Shanks Group plc the waste and resource management company serving customers in the UK, Belgium and Holland, have appointed Leftfield Digital to revamp their online presence.

Within the organistation over 3,000 people are employed at more than 100 sites offering a wide and often innovative range of waste management solutions. Shanks needed a web content management tool to serve the information needs of it’s customers, prospective customers, partners and staff.

Working in partnership with design and branding agency Appetite, Leftfield will deliver a custom install of Drupal CMS covering a range of content including information on social responsibility and client case studies.

Leftfield Digital have been appointed to deliver ecommerce for Leeds Metropolitan University Student Union, following the successful re-launch of their Union website. The new store will be a customised Magento commerce installation, and will enable the Union to maximise revenue from their commercial activities.

Initially selling tickets for gigs and events (both for University venues but also other non-Union locations), branded merchandise and clothing, the initiative will look to extend the range of product and services offered by the Student Union online. Further integration between the various online systems will be delivered post-launch to provide students a single view user registration for all Union services. 

The site is due for launch for the start of the new academic year in early September.

Not a moment too soon, we’re delighted to welcome two new members to team Leftfield - Nanna Halinen and Dave Nash.

Nanna is joining us in account management, previously having freelanced at Box New Media and studied Interaction Design at New York University (no less). She’s already well into projects for Leeds Met Student Union, AIG UK Ltd and TVOnics.

Dave hails from NZ and is our latest addition to the design team. Working with creative director Alex Blaney he’s already produced two project winning concepts (nice work!).

Welcome to both of them!