The Guild site is designed, implemented and maintained by Black Book Services Limited, and the company would be very pleased to advise and assist any Guild members in their general interactions with the World Wide Web, at no charge.

Specifically, however, the company has agreed preferential rates for Guild members:

• for enabling those members currently with web sites to showcase them in this Guild site, and
• for those who wish to join the e-commerce arena to have a site designed and built to their chosen style.

Inclusion in the Guild Site

Those Guild members who already have their own web site may - at the discretion of the Guild committee - have an entry included in the Members' Sites section of this Guild site, for a one-off payment of £35 + VAT. This payment will secure a descriptive entry along the lines of the current entries, to include a 'billboarding' thumbnail of up to four pages from the site, a hyperlink to the site proper, and on-going maintenance to cover minor changes to the description and the site appearance.

Bespoke Web Site Design

For those members who would like to advertise their business or their professional activities on the Internet, but do not have a web site, the company offers a full design, implementation, publishing and maintenance service. The cost depends very much on the nature and extent of the service required, but prices start at £350 + VAT. The service can be tailored precisely to the needs of the member, and can include either total house-style design or use of current logos and colour-schemes; scan-in of the member's photographs and publicity or on-site digital photographic work; free registration and publishing on the Internet, or securing of personalised domain names; registration with all major Search Engines, so that the site may be reliably found by prospective clients; preparation of business cards in the style of the site; and much more.

And don't forget, you don't need an Internet connection or even a PC to take up this service - all you need is a desire to advertise your business to the entire world through this new technology, and we'll do the rest!

For further information on either service, or simply for a chat if you have any Internet-related problems, please call Black Book Services Limited on

0118-959 9844

or e-mail on

services@blackbook.co.uk.

To ensure that you are offered the best possible rates, please make certain when contacting the company that you make it clear you are a member of the Guild of Traditional Upholsterers.

And finally, if you would like to read more about the activities of Black Book Services, and see examples of their web sites in other fields, visit the company site. But don't forget when you've finished browsing, to return to this page, close the Black Book Services site window.