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Website Specialists Build Links With Housing Sector

A NORTH East digital creative agency has secured a six figure contract with one of the UK’s leading housing associations.

Roundhouse Digital, a subsidiary of Newcastle-based design agency The Roundhouse, has been appointed by The Guinness Partnership to build and maintain a fully interactive website.

Formed to provide affordable social housing, the Guinness Partnership owns and manages nearly 60,000 homes nationwide and is one of the largest social housing providers in the country.

Its new site will facilitate rent payments, enable tenants to register any problems or issues and provide advice and information.

It will also offer a property search, giving details of retirement, sale and rental properties available through The Guinness Partnership across the UK.

The three-year contract, for an undisclosed sum, is the latest project win within the housing sector for Roundhouse Digital, which recently completed a £50,000 contract with property investment and development company, Calthorpe Estates.

The West Midlands-based company is responsible for delivering a multi-million- pound regeneration portfolio across retail and leisure, office and medical sectors, including Edgbaston Medical Quarter, Pebble Mill, Edgbaston Village and Edgbaston Stadium.

Roundhouse Digital was retained to compile Calthorpe Estates’ annual report and to construct a website which would facilitate interaction with tenants and property purchasers and provide information about existing and upcoming developments.

The agency has achieved international recognition for creating websites and digital solutions, working for global institutions and blue chip companies in a range of sectors from higher education and the arts to the legal and financial professions.

And Roundhouse Digital director, Michael Armstrong, hopes the recent contract wins will lead to greater involvement within the housing sector.

“These wins were very significant for us,” he said, “because, due to the stature of The Guinness Partnership and Calthorpe Estates, we were competing with some of the biggest digital agencies in the country.

“We are delighted that, in securing these contracts, we have extended our geographical reach and proved we are a national contender within our industry.

“We now look forward to strengthening our links with the housing sector even further.”

For more information about Roundhouse Digital call 0191 274 1685, email design@theroundhouse.co.uk or visit www.theroundhouse.co.uk.

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