HeX hosts Global GovJam 2018

As an organiser of any event there will always be apprehension and nerves.  Thankfully we were surrounded by an amazing bunch of people who were around to calm the nerves, share their knowledge and support HeX in their very first Global GovJam in Nottingham.

Events, Local Gov, Team, Content, Development, Education

HeX’s Bespoke Website Theme

It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has a more-or-less normal distribution of letters, as opposed to using ‘Content here, content here’, making it look like readable English.

Advice, Industry, Development, Wordpress

How our woman in business copes with stress

I believe that stress is a self-fulfilling prophecy. In today’s society it is almost unacceptable to not be stressed. If you’re not stressed you’re clearly not doing enough, if you’re not doing enough, you’re lazy and if you’re lazy you don’t care. Wow – that is a lot of pressure to have on your head!

Advice, Awareness days, Content

Accessibility in Development

As a relatively new developer who manages projects at a relatively new agency, I have alot on my plate. I’m currently learning not only how to produce what is required of me technically, but also the right outcome with the ‘right’ processes across many different devices. This is alongside managing the workloads of developers with varying levels of experience, some far more senior than I am.

Industry, Accessibility, Development, Maintenance, Web design

True web accessibility – a call to arms!

Our web developer, Ben Lumley, runs us through the fight for accessibility and how businesses could be missing the mark on more than 30% of their customer base if their website is not accessible!

Industry, Accessibility, Development

Stay safe on the internet

Today (6 February) is international Safer Internet Day, so our content writer Caroline finds out what you can do to keep your young people safe online.

Advice, Industry, Development, Social media

The advantage of using automated emails

A month or so ago, we published a blog about email marketing being an effective campaign to drive customers to your site and make conversions. Despite touching on automated campaigns, we’ve never been into detail about this, but, now we are.

Advice, Industry, Email marketing