Darren Hickey

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I am the Founder and MD of Fellowship, an award-winning web design and development…

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  • 116 Site WordPress Multisite for Genesee & Wyoming USA

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    Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) owns or leases 116 freight railroads with 7,300 employees serving 3,000 customers. The company’s North American operations include 111 short line and regional railroads that serve 43 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces over more than 13,000 track-miles.

    When G&W acquired two of our clients – Freightliner and Pentalver, we rebuilt and rebranded these websites within a new WordPress Multisite. Subsequently, G&W USA commissioned us to build a multisite promoting…

    Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) owns or leases 116 freight railroads with 7,300 employees serving 3,000 customers. The company’s North American operations include 111 short line and regional railroads that serve 43 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces over more than 13,000 track-miles.

    When G&W acquired two of our clients – Freightliner and Pentalver, we rebuilt and rebranded these websites within a new WordPress Multisite. Subsequently, G&W USA commissioned us to build a multisite promoting their business and their 111 short line railroads.

    THE RESULT
    A lean and efficient, data fuelled website that clearly demonstrates the huge scale of G&W’s operations in the USA. Individual microsites provide in-depth information on every individual railroad within the G&W network. G&W’s customers have also appreciated the reorganisation of their websites into a structure that spotlights each of their primary services and provides a hub for customer use.

  • 12 Site WordPress Multisite for Xplor Technologies

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    Xplor Technologies is a global platform integrating SaaS, payments and Commerce Accelerating Technologies to help businesses succeed. In 2022, their software solutions served over 78,000 customers that processed over $36 billion in payments, operating across 20 markets.

    Xplor Technologies have a suite of 26 websites, built by different agencies on a variety of platforms including Webflow, Drupal, and custom HTML. This makes them very difficult to manage and expensive to maintain. Our…

    Xplor Technologies is a global platform integrating SaaS, payments and Commerce Accelerating Technologies to help businesses succeed. In 2022, their software solutions served over 78,000 customers that processed over $36 billion in payments, operating across 20 markets.

    Xplor Technologies have a suite of 26 websites, built by different agencies on a variety of platforms including Webflow, Drupal, and custom HTML. This makes them very difficult to manage and expensive to maintain. Our first phase for this ambitious project was to redesign and build the first 12 websites into a new WordPress Multisite network.

    THE RESULT
    "We have 26 websites that have been built on a variety of platforms. They’re difficult to manage and expensive to maintain, so we commissioned Fellowship to redesign and build the first 12 of these within a new WordPress Multisite network. The first two sites – Xplor Gym and Truecoach – are now live. We’re delighted with them! Thanks to Fellowship’s custom build, it’s quick and easy for us to create pages from the blocks available. It’s a game changer for managing our business more efficiently and cost effectively.”
    Luke Handley | VP Corporate Marketing, Xplor Technologies

  • Transforming CSO Marine’s online presence

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    The CSO Marine Group provides integrated strategic solutions for the marine renewables and offshore energy industries. The Group operates worldwide providing a range of commercial, operational, personnel, and technical services.

    CSO needed to integrate three outdated and inaccessible websites with their parent website, in a way that could be quickly and efficiently updated. We designed and built a WordPress Multisite that brings the Group’s four company websites together, with consistent…

    The CSO Marine Group provides integrated strategic solutions for the marine renewables and offshore energy industries. The Group operates worldwide providing a range of commercial, operational, personnel, and technical services.

    CSO needed to integrate three outdated and inaccessible websites with their parent website, in a way that could be quickly and efficiently updated. We designed and built a WordPress Multisite that brings the Group’s four company websites together, with consistent branding and design.

    THE RESULT
    "The Fellowship team have done a fantastic job of transforming our company websites, by integrating them within a WordPress Multisite. As part of our wider CSO Marine Group brand refresh project, we knew a cohesive suite of WordPress sites would be a key aspect of achieving our overall vision for the Group’s brand and identity. The multisite solution gives us brand consistency and saves us time and effort. It’s been a game changer.”
    Jaye Dry, Director Conversion Communications (on behalf of CSO Marine Group)

  • WooCommerce Website for Gratnells

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    Founded over 50 years ago, Gratnells is a world leading manufacturer of innovative storage solutions, operating in over 70 countries. Its products are particularly popular with schools and other education establishments.

    Gratnells commissioned us to build a bespoke WooCommerce website that consolidates all their product information, support documents and 3D models into a single, user focused experience.

    THE RESULT
    Gratnells now have a scalable E-commerce website focused on…

    Founded over 50 years ago, Gratnells is a world leading manufacturer of innovative storage solutions, operating in over 70 countries. Its products are particularly popular with schools and other education establishments.

    Gratnells commissioned us to build a bespoke WooCommerce website that consolidates all their product information, support documents and 3D models into a single, user focused experience.

    THE RESULT
    Gratnells now have a scalable E-commerce website focused on helping their customers find the right products, with the customisation and features they need. Within 3 months of going live the site has achieved a 31% increase in visitors and a 42% increase in engagement.

  • WordPress Multisite consisting of 11 Translated Local Websites for Flexiteek

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    Flexiteek is the world’s leading producer of synthetic teak decking for boats ranging from tenders to superyachts. Flexiteek’s range of global websites needed substantial revision and consolidation to ensure consistency of branding and messaging across multiple countries and dealerships.

    To support their ambitious plans for global expansion, we created a master WordPress website, along with 11 dedicated websites tailored to individual countries, using the same brand assets and messaging,…

    Flexiteek is the world’s leading producer of synthetic teak decking for boats ranging from tenders to superyachts. Flexiteek’s range of global websites needed substantial revision and consolidation to ensure consistency of branding and messaging across multiple countries and dealerships.

    To support their ambitious plans for global expansion, we created a master WordPress website, along with 11 dedicated websites tailored to individual countries, using the same brand assets and messaging, each one translated into the local language.

    THE RESULT
    Since we overhauled Flexiteek’s brand and marketing, they’ve attracted prestigious new clients and expanded their operations around the world, including a new manufacturing facility in Poland.

    BUSINESS GROWTH AFTER YEAR 1
    • 44% increase in turnover
    • 40% increase in sales (sq m)
    • 45% increase in website leads

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