The year has almost gone…

Well the year is drawing to a close, thank God, and to be truthful I will view it with some mixed emotions…

It started well with me taking the company from a lowly sole trader to a more established Limited Company. I wanted to do this for several reasons but the main one being it gave me a lot more opportunity for growth and stability…

May bought a massive change for me when I purchased www.helmstore.com It was the largest singular investment I have made to the business and it’s also been the most successful! It was nerve wracking spending a considerable amount of money on something that I wasn’t 110% sure would succeed. As it happens, turnover has tripled with the acquisition and bought with it a huge increase in the customer base so I think it’s safe to say it all worked out quite nicely!

Growth in the hosting and design business was very strong throughout the year until November when a mini-disaster struck and very almost put us out of business. Those of you that host with us will know the full details but needless to say it was a very traumatic and stressful couple of weeks..

It was those events that really made me realise what a fantastic and loyal group of friends and customers I have as without them, I wouldn’t be writing this now…

So what’s planned for 2006?

Well there are several new sites launching for clients as well as the beginning of a project that I’ve been toying with for quite some time and I’m sure it will be a winner. I’m looking forward to the New Year and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a good ‘un!!