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Martin Kay - web design

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Intranet maintenance

Intranet maintenance work was one of the initial mainstays of my web design business, particularly in the field of project office and quality system documentation intranets. I specialise in routine maintenance of sites related to project, business and quality management, processes and procedures, in line with clients' organisational intranet standards.

Clients use my services if they are finding it difficult to recruit and retain web design staff to work on these types of sites. My experience shows that these are the types of areas where budding web designers cut their teeth before moving on to join a dot-com commercial design company or as part of an internet start-up. So the intranet sites are often being handed over to new owners, with little continuity and maybe frequent gaps whilst sites lie idle and grow more outdated.

So in the long run, you may find it more cost-effective to "outsource" the maintenance of these types of intranet pages, rather than go through the rigmarole of continually recruiting and training new staff.

The service offered

Maybe just a day or two per month is all that you need, depending on the volume of updates required, to maintain your site according to business needs. I can also field users' emails and telephone calls, providing approachable and pragmatic user support and advice, and can attend your company intranet workshops and other meetings if required. You can see some examples of my intranet work on the portfolio page. A particular speciality is intranet pages to support company procedures, processes, and the project support environment (quality, risk and issue management, project planning and document control). I use a special approach to documenting processes and procedures, which makes for user-friendly documents that staff want to use - click here for more information.

No accommodation required

I operate as an independent consultant and you don't need to provide me with any office space, but you do need to grant me publishing rights to your intranet and provide me with a means of gaining remote access to it via a dial-up. (Using tools such as Go To My PC (opposite) makes remote access to files that much easier, too.) This also facilitates updates outside of your regular office hours, which is the best time to do it, to avoid confusion amongst users when new pages are released.

Authoring tools

Macromedia Dreamweaver is my tool of choice, but I can work with sites created in Microsoft Front Page as well. I have my own licenced copies of these.

Virus-free environment

If you are concerned that a virus might get into your intranet via my system, don't worry, so am I! My systems are firewall and Norton Antivirus protected and the signature files are updated every 14 days. I have never had a virus infection and intend to keep it that way.

Fees

I charge a daily rate of £450 + VAT for intranet work (£350 + VAT in the Somerset area), (£250 or £200 respectively for a half day) plus any travelling and accommodation expenses, invoiced monthly or at the end of a particular assignment. Full records are kept showing what work has been done each month so you know what you have got for your money. IR35-exempt part time or teleworkable contract assignments at or around this kind of rate are welcome.

For more information call or email me at the contact points below.
 
 
Kay Initiatives Ltd · Registered in England No. 3091739. Office hours tel 0845 658 4320. Click here to email me
 
 
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