Bridge Mergers & Acquisitions

Client Brief

Bridge Mergers & Acquisitions Ltd provides a comprehensive and professional service for those wishing to buy or sell companies. They have been trading for over 30 years and already had a website before approaching TNC (IT Solutions) Limited. They believed their existing website had become dated and no longer reflected the modern outlook of the company. It was also difficult to maintain as there was nothing in place to update the website content.

The Solution

TNC (IT Solutions) Ltd created a new, modern design concept for Bridge Mergers & Acquisitions Ltd along with a new company logo.

Online market research was completed to evaluate the strength of the market and identify keywords which potential clients might be using to search on the internet. Copy write was prepared which presented the end user with an outline of the services offered along with the benefits of using Bridge Mergers & Acquisitions Ltd, while still attracting good search engine listings.

Once the design was approved the website was created on the ASP.Net platform using Xhtml and CSS, with an access database to hold dynamic content.

Features

Company News – Company News items can be added using a management console. The latest news headlines are displayed on the home page and the full item can be viewed by following a link. New news items are automatically added to the Site Map and XML sitemap to ensure that they are found by both website visitors and search engines.

E-newsletter – A registration system was created which allowed website visitors to subscribe or unsubscribe from the company e-newsletter. Subscriber details can be accessed from the website management console and downloaded in an Excel spreadsheet. An e-newsletter is an essential tool for maintaining contact with your client base and ensuring that they are aware of industry trends.

Dynamic Xml Sitemap – Most search engines now accept search engine submissions using an Xml sitemap. This is a specially formatted text file which lists each of the website pages along with relevant page information. It is important to ensure that this is kept up to date and that any new pages such as new news items are added to this file so that search engines are automatically informed that new content is available.

Links Database – A links database is used to ensure that links can easily be added and removed from the company links section. Adding links to a website can create a useful resource for your website visitor and if focused will often form a “hub” of information that search engines will index.

Additional Services

Due to the global nature of their business, Bridge Mergers & Acquisitions Ltd have a number of staff working from virtual offices around the country. TNC (IT Solutions) Ltd provided Bridge with a Hosted Exchange service which provides corporate communication facilities. SharePoint Services was introduced to provide access to company information and documents for staff working remotely. The combination of these products enabled staff working from virtual offices to effectively communicate and collaborate without the overhead of maintaining an in-house IT infrastructure.