Allen Carriage an Essex based luxury private hire and courier business, commissioned Hooklinks to provide a web presence for them to help promote their business in the the Thurrock area of Essex. Seeing this as a more cost effective option than local newspaper advertising. In addition they commissioned business cards and promotional leaflets to further promote the services they provide through business contacts and functions.
With a very competitive market in the private hire business in their immediate area, the brand name has established itself quickly and by selling the ‘luxury’ qualities has achieved a page 1 ranking for ‘luxury private hire in grays essex’ their prime operating market. The promotional material sells a Google search using key words ‘allen carriage’ which has been providing a steady flow of work.
Services include logo design, graphic design and web design/development
The site integrates a dedicated booking form to help potential customers get a quick quotation on cost and availability.
Website: http://allenluxuryprivatehire.co.uk

My Name is David Batten, I have been working as an illustrator since 1985, working freelance for various individuals and publishers (Crowood, EMAP ) producing angling book and magazine illustrations. In 2000 I had a chance to go full time and set up Hooklinks to manage my work life after 30 years in engineering.
In 2001 it became evident that there was a wider market for my skills when asked to do some packaging work for 2 tackle and bait manufacturers, Korda and Innovatebaits. The latter was to see my skills pushed into web design and development.
Today all of these skills are used to provide support for a wide range of angling, fisheries and related businesses. On the journey I have taken on insurance, mortgage and NLP businesses as clients, all of whom continue to use my services today,
My angling illustration has come a long way from those humble days in the mid 80's as you will see in the various pages of my website.
David Batten 