Cole Fabrics Plc, recently listed in the Telegraph's 1000 Brightest Businesses, is one of the country's foremost manufacturers of ribbons and embellishments. Although their Head Office is based in Nottingham, they work on a truly global basis, listing amongst their clients prestigious names such as Harrods, Clinique and Chanel.

We're getting ready for what promises to be a very busy and exciting 2012 with two new job openings here at Absolute. We're looking to appoint an experienced Web Designer and a PHP Web Developer with specific experience of the Magento ecommerce platform to complement our existing team.

Back in June of this year, Absolute was appointed to develop a new campaign for the consortium bidding to operate Nottingham's Tram network.

The consortium's marketing team wanted Absolute to help position the tram brand to reflect the reality of a clean, efficient and modern transit system that will enable Nottingham's population to gain access to a reinvigorated city.

Respect for Animals gained notoriety in the 1990s for their innovative advertising and media campaigns such as the famous David Bailey ‘Dumb Animals' poster and cinema commercial. They and have been a major force in changing the public's attitude to the use of fur in fashion.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients for the projects they placed with Absolute over the past year and wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

2011 was a year of continued growth for Absolute, with the business growing overall by 20% and web design & development growing by 38% based on 2010 turnover.

The owners of Low Energy Hand Dryers have over 20 years' experience in supplying washroom products to the trade. They saw a gap in the market created by a well-known dryer that uses a blade of air to remove excess water. They now supply a range of ergonomically designed hand driers that retain the excess water rather than simply swipe excess water onto the surrounding floor.

If you are not familiar with QR codes, they are a box of blocky graphics that behave very similarly to a barcode. You may have already noticed them appearing in magazines or other print advertising across the country. Essentially they contain small amounts of data that can help in your marketing campaign.

We regularly work with businesses in the manufacturing sector and deliver match funded subsidised web design consultancy through the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS). As such we are made privy to the latest news within the manufacturing sector and believe it to be important to share this information with our subscribers. We aim to highlight any trends and elements of interest within the sector.