The CV for Students website has been launched.

Specialising in helping young people on to the job ladder, the site takes a new and innovative look at making student resumes stand out from the crowd. Director Graham Harrington commented ‘It’s amazing how many CVs we receive that all look and say pretty much the same thing. Our new service will make sure these talented youngsters successfully communicate the benefits they can bring to prospective employers.’ Further details on www.cvsforstudents.co.uk

Dialhouse have just completed the graphics for an NHS pilot scheme designed to support nursing homes across South Staffordshire. The Nursing Homes Support scheme was launched by South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust in April 2011. It will provide specialist support to nursing homes in the region in a bid to improve elderly care and cut unnecessary hospital admissions.

If the scheme is a success, there are plans for it to be rolled out nationally. The pilot will include 18 specially trained staff who will offer their expertise to care homes in the region in areas such as End of Life Care, Infection Control, Wound Care, Continence and Nutrition.  The service also includes an extensive data-base of clinical information that healthcare professionals can access via the website at www.nhsnhs.co.uk.

As part of their branding strategy, Dialhouse was in charge of creating a visual identity for the scheme that was both professional and imaginative. This included creating the logo, the slogan and a website with a CMS format which can be regularly updated by the staff. Dialhouse also produced promotional materials such as leaflets, posters, stickers, and stationery to help advertise the service aimed at enlisting the cooperation of the nursing homes in the area.

Julie Hughes, Project Manager of the Nursing Homes Support scheme said: “Dialhouse understood exactly what we wanted for the scheme. They responded quickly and creatively to our needs and worked professionally to provide a uniquely tailored package. We are very happy with the results.”

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It was almost a year ago that we decided we needed to modernise our own identity and to create a new website for ourselves that properly reflects the 'full service' agency that Dialhouse is today. Being the 'cobbler's children' and putting our customers first has led to one delay after another. So today we are proud to officially launch the all new www.dialhouse.co.uk!

Birmingham and Solihull's new Chlamydia website developed by Dialhouse, www.besure.org.uk, has gone live. The site gives young people all the facts they need to know about the disease and allows them to order test kits on-line, or directs them to their local test centre.

A further development will see professionals able to access a wider database of information, and to replenish their own stocks of kits and other marketing materials on-line.

Dialhouse has produced a wide-ranging set of literature for Aim Higher's Unifest campaign. It is designed to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to sample a taste of further education and life by visiting Midlands Universities during the summer holidays.

Update - June - Record numbers of applications have been received making Unifest 2010 the most successful summer school programme ever.

Dialhouse Visual Communication, has launched a new website to help holiday home owners to get more bookings. The site address is www.holidayhomemarketing.co.uk where you will find various ideas to make your holiday home stand out from the rest.

We propose a variety of inexpensive tools to help your property promotion. These include:
• E-books - a new and novel way of sending potential customers an on-line brochure all about your property.
• Full websites - where you can include all the e-book information and an availability calendar and possibly on-line booking.
• Postcards - Once you have a supply of cards featuring your property just leave them for visitors to send back home to their friends and relations complete with testimonial.

The costs of all this are currently very low, hundreds not thousands of pounds. For most people just one more booking and the investment will immediately be worthwhile.