New faces...

With new business coming in all the time, as well as continuing work with current clients, the time is right to start expanding the ID team...

As we're a small team, personality is just as crucial as the qualifications you hold. We have a dynamic that works well, so our goal is to find new staff who contribute to that set-up and really add something to the team.

Introducing...
Rob Carlow has joined us a web developer. A recent graduate, Rob has spent a couple of years working as a software developer before joining us. Under the guidance of James, our Web Development Manager, Rob will become an integral part of the team responsible for maintaining and supporting our current web portfolio.

Hannah Dornford-May is our new Marketing Executive. Working with the project management team on internal and external projects, she is also responsible for the management of the ID website.

Project Manager, Rebecca, is pleased with the new additions, "Both Rob and Hannah have settled in really quickly. They've each had a steep learning curve, but have taken it in their stride and made real contributions to our work. It already feels like they're part of the furniture!"

Want to know more?
Head on over to our meet the team page where you can get the lowdown on all the ID people - old and new!

It's twin girls!

Hannah Oddy, our Project Co-ordinator, has become a Mum (to two beautiful kittens)...

Once upon a time...
Izzy and Bella (then called Jill and Purdy) didn't have the best start in life. Born as part of a small semi-feral colony living in the garden of a Lytham hotel, it looked likely that they wouldn't have had the chance to become the fun-loving cats they are today.

Luckily, the hotel's owner took pity on Izzy and Bella, their mother and two other littermates, by feeding them and gave them a place to stay. When the kittens were two weeks old, the hotel owner grew concerned about their future and took them to Easterleigh Animal Sanctuary in St Annes.

Once at Easterleigh the kittens were well looked after. It wasn't long before Hannah and her partner, Adam, came for a visit and fell in love with two pairs of beautiful blue eyes! As the kittens were only 4 weeks old, Hannah and Adam had to wait an agonising 3 weeks before they could come home.

"It was like waiting for Christmas to arrive!! I've always wanted cats of my own, but because my Dad was allergic I wasn't allowed any. Since buying my own house in January I've been planning for them, we only planned in adopt one kitten, but on seeing these two we fell in love and couldn't choose!!"

When brought home, the newly named Izzy and Bella were incredibly shy, but it didn't take long before they were exploring every hidey hole in the house... and trying to climb the curtains when nobody was looking!!

...and they lived happily ever after
Izzy and Bella are now 5 months old and have come a long way since they first arrived. Both are now no longer shy kittens, and love nothing better than to roll around on your lap for some belly tickles. They are also particularly fond of tucking into a plate of tuna and taking the odd nibble of unsuspecting toes!!!

Can you help?
Easterleigh Animal Sanctuary is run by a small group of volunteers relying on donations and support from the public. If you're looking to adopt a pet, or think you could help out in some other way, please visit their website for further details.

Craig's big day

Some couples prefer the traditional church, some like to keep it simple with a registry office, whilst others go a little crazy and leap off a bridge tied to a bungee rope.

Not so for Craig, our IT Support Manager. Whilst the rest of us were busy working on March 10th 2008, Craig and Amy were half way around the world in the Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Hosted by the Iberostar Costa Dorada hotel, the wedding was signed and sealed by one of the town judges. Craig and Amy exchanged vows yards away from the sea and sand, in the company of friends and family. Craig summed it up well... 'It was the best day of our lives. We wanted to have a wedding that was out of this world and had been planning this for months. When the day finally came, everything fell into place and it'll stay with us forever'.

The day was captured by the hotel film crew, which meant Craig and Amy could share the day with the ID crew on their return... with wedding cake! For friends and family that couldn't make it to the Domincan Republic, the couple held a reception party in the UK on March 22nd 2008. And best of all, Amy got to wear her wedding dress a second time!