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Is your logo working hard enough for you?

To answer that question you must understand the purpose of a logo and why it matters to your customers. People think designing a logo is simple, that it is just the company name written out in a nice font. The truth …

by Sunny Simmons 4 Mar 2019

Merry Christmas

Wishing all our clients a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! It’s been a busy and successful 12 months at Castlegate IT and we’ve been lucky enough to work on a range of exciting projects. I’ve picked out a couple of examples to …

by Sunny Simmons 15 Dec 2018

Interview with our designer Sunny

Sunny is the newest recruit to the Castlegate IT team, a graphic designer with experience in branding, print, and web design. We sat down with him over a coffee to find out a bit more about him. So first off, tell …

by Jim Semlyen 18 Oct 2018

We’re hiring a Support Desk Coordinator / Trainee Web Developer

We’re looking for an enthusiastic new recruit to start their web development career with us as a Support Desk Coordinator and Trainee Web Developer. We’re looking for somebody with enthusiasm and a strong desire to learn and improve their web …

by Andy Reading 12 Jul 2018

We’re hiring a talented website designer!

We’re looking for a talented graphic designer to join us and help make beautiful, accessible and useable websites. If you’ve got a natural flair for design, a strong creative streak, some experience of web design, and like working with clients …

by Andy Reading 2 Feb 2018

New staff, new sites, and better security: our 2017 in review

It has been a while since our last blog post and that reflects how busy a year 2017 has been for Castlegate IT. We have launched new sites for new clients and taken on new projects for many of our …

by John Hughes 29 Jan 2018

Community fund news: York Mind

As part of our ethical policy, Castlegate IT has a Community Fund pot, for which our staff nominate and vote on recipients each quarter. At the end of 2016 our staff selected York Mind to receive the latest donation. York …

by Andy Reading 27 Feb 2017

Changes to Google Local Search

We’ve dropped off the business listings!  What can you do to get us back to number one? We’ve been hearing that a lot over the last few weeks.  Many websites have dropped a few places and are not appearing in …

by Andy Reading 29 Nov 2016

Felines funded from Castlegate’s community pot

Director and cat lover Andy Reading adopted his furry friend from York Cats Protection in 2013. He put forward the nomination after the delays in their adoption centre and the flooding of their charity store across the road from us on Walmgate. We’re pleased to be able to contribute to the feeding, treatment of housing of unwanted cats until they can be re-homed.

by Andy Reading 21 Sep 2016

Justified text on the web revisited

Since we published our original post on justified text, we have received a lot of feedback, had a lot of heated debates, and seen the technology behind web typography continue to improve. So we thought it was about time we revisited the topic and asked again: should you use justified text on the web?

by John Hughes 20 Sep 2016