Euro London are International multilingual recruitment specialists for Permanent, Temporary, Contracts and Interim opportunities.

The website itself is also multilingual, providing localised versions for the regions Euro London work in.

A multi-site solution: CaspianOne have 3 main divisions, which each have their own colour-coded website. The websites and digital marketing are all operated from a single FXRecruiter administration system, reducing effort and costs.

Founded in 1997 MRL, is a specialist Recruitment and Executive Search consultancy with separate divisions and dedicated consultants for each market, and offering the highest levels of specialist executive recruitment service. Reverse Delta built a highly functional website including an option to quick-apply to jobs with LinkedIn, and a fast dedicated mobile jobs site.

I wanted a brand new website, with more functionality and to integrate my original WordPress.com blog so it was all contained within one website. Paul at Reverse Delta did a fantastic job of building my new website exactly to my requirements and helped me understand the content management system behind the scenes.

Reverse Delta host my new website which is based on a WordPress.org template, I have the ability to refresh and add new content, widgets and plug-ins and tweak the design and layout. It is no longer a static website and the functionality and options available are endless.  It is perfect for my business and I am very pleased with the result. I highly recommend Paul and Reverse Delta.

Jobs board for the ACCA using our core FXRecruiter technology.

• Self-service career portal, with job opportunities from many leaders in accountancy and finance.
• Expansive content library for ACCA members and students
• Advanced candidate filtering increases quality of applications
• Advanced CV parsing and CV search capabilities
• Fully integrated payment system powered by WorldPay

Reverse Delta provide consistent and expert advice to Regan & Dean. From the technical workings of our recently developed website, the development and process management of our bi-monthly Email Newsletter, through to a full Search Engine Marketing programme. They are honest and realistic about what can be achieved and totally reliable on all levels, often going the ‘extra mile’ to get things right…Needless to say, any future projects will be handled by the team at Reverse Delta.

We have been working with Reverse Delta for the past 6 months in developing our new Website and have found them to be an excellent partner in getting the very best out of our requirements. The core FXRecruiter system and approach to Content Management not only makes our new site a leading edge proposition it allows for real time updates of our content which is essential when optimising the site.

Reverse Delta have delivered all that was promised and more both within the timescales and budget and the whole experience has been de-stressed as a result.

After less than 2 months the website has nearly paid for itself, It has also helped to raise our profile and both new members of staff and competitors have commented on how fab the new site is and this is just the beginning!

I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending them as a development partner.

The onus falls upon the owners/operators of websites to ensure compliance and at the current estimate is expected to cost business in the UK £10bn to implement.

Obviously, in this climate, this is a burden that most companies could well do without and like many in the industry, ever since we heard about the law we’ve been waiting for a clear and concise directives from the ICO (Information Commisioners Office) but even so close to the deadline, clarity is the one thing missing in all this.

(More general information on this topic can be found at the ICO here - http://www.ico.gov.uk/for_organisations/privacy_and_electronic_communications/the_guide/cookies.aspx)

In general cookies will fall into two categories:

1. essential – which are exempt (job / shopping baskets)
2. non-essential – fall under these regulations (tracking & analytics cookies)

With our FXRecruiter recruitment websites, we feel the vast majority of cookies used fall into the “essential use” category and thus would be exempt.

However, there is one cookie that a huge number of sites use and will soon fall under the “non-essential” category, is the cookie used for Google Analytics (GA).  As this GA cookie is used on millions of websites, there is a major concern about this legislation and there are ongoing discussions about how this can be resolved without the cost to UK business, which up to now have yielded little help from the ICO.

In fact in one of their earlier updates several months ago, they state that analytics cookies are well down on their list of priorities for action:

“Although the Information Commissioner cannot completely exclude the possibility of formal action in any area, it is highly unlikely that priority for any formal action would be given to focusing on uses of cookies where there is a low level of intrusiveness and risk of harm to individuals.”

So there, in a nutshell is the problem.  Google Cookies are “non-essential”, thus consent must be gained before storing them on a users PC. But hey – if you don’t then we are unlikely to fine you.  Confused ?  Join then masses.

How do I become compliant?

Firstly, as the onus of the regulation falls onto the site owner, we strongly urge you to review the regulations at the ICO site and  ensure that the requirements are met. If you are unsure about them, take appropriate legal advice.

We can advise on technical issues only and are not legal advisers.

We do have a solution for our FXRecruiter sites that we can discuss individually with our clients and depending on their legal advice.  For other bespoke sites then clients can approach us for advice.

There are also other solutions out there on offer which a Google search should find and we can advise you on the best way to integrate with your site should you be advised to display an option to site users.

Watch this space…

Although HTML5 is still technically under development (yes – still! – despite it being 15 years since the standardisation of HTML4!) it feels like it’s starting to be very settles now at long last.  I’m now happily turning off Flash on many sites and allowing the web browser to just work the way it should. I hope you are.

Great article for non geeks here on the BBC website - ironically its embed options are limited to Flash though !!

Their online store uses Magento e-commerce software and presents a simple, clean interface for both retail customers (using a Sage Pay integrated checkout system) and wholesale customers, with options for large bulk orders on purchase order.