The Challenge

Cecil Macdonald are a leading supplier of branded beers, wines, spirits, and snacking products to the UK Travel Retail market.

Cecil Macdonald approached us because the old website was well out of date and the client wanted a simpler brochure site, but of high quality to appeal to their industry contacts.

The new site was to act as a way for brand owners to find out more about the clients business, when doing their research.

Cecil Macdonald New Website
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Our Approach

We involved the whole Leadership Team to make sure everyone had input, so we were creating a website that was going to be popular with the team.  Getting this stakeholder investment means we get things right at every stage.

On the About page we featured the Leadership Team to promote transparency and connect faces to the Cecil Macdonald name.  This promotes a friendly, local company, in this corporate space, who are an important player, offering their clients great service.

We created a secondary theme for Ambassadors Choice, to promote the AC branding and offer a contrast with the Cecil Macdonald side of the business.

A page was also added to showcase the clients new Snackboxes collaboration with Jaq out the Box, including a product gallery to show the Snackboxes to potential interested parties.

The website is based on an easy-to-use CMS, backed up by full agency support from our team.

Results

The project has been a huge success in the following ways...

  • Aligned with new branding
  • Easier to make website updates
  • Simplified, easy-to-read new  website
  • Alternative theme for Ambassadors Choice

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The results
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95+

Happy clients

150+

Websites in our care

10+

Years trading

94%

Client retention
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Google Reviews

We are delighted with the website that Made Simple Media created for St Andrew's Church, N16. They really understood our vision for the project and turned it into reality, whilst suggesting additional ideas throughout. The whole project was seamless and enjoyable.

Stuart Smith, The Smithy Creative

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Google Reviews

Would highly recommend Dave Reeder at Made Simple Media. From the initial meeting he understood our needs and wants and was able to enhance our ideas, incorporating the new website into our company rebrand. We are delighted with the final result, which has already resulted in new enquiries for our business. And all in a timely fashion and within budget.

Steve

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Tanya

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Matthew Sykes, Sir Simon Milton Foundation

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