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The Company

We started in 1997 and have been providing Scottish and UK businesses with web design, development and training services ever since. Our clients range from individuals and SMEs, to plcs, public sector and charitable organisations to a growing number of academic institutions. We are known for our knowledge, expertise, outstanding design abiltiy, friendly personal service and above all, integrity.

Our design team specialises in creating cost-effective content managed sites based on the highest standards of design, db development and SEO. With an in-depth knowledge of usability and accessibility, we are committed to providing clients with sites that bring a real return on investment. Our work is regularly highlighted on CSS gallery sites worldwide and our clients stay with us year after year.

We also offer unique consultancy and training to a wide range of clients in all aspects of web development, from scheduled courses to bespoke one-to-one sessions. We have worked with over 150 businesses and organisation to upskill their staff and have delivered gov-funded training to over 700 unemployed people in internet and web technologies, helping them to get back to work and creating new jobs in this industry.

Partnership

We work with a variety of creative design and advertising agencies, both in collaboration and as an effective outsourced team. If you need to provide clients with sophisticated, technical web development to back up your campagins, then give us a call.

We have years of expertise in all aspects of web design and build from creating XHTML/CSS templates to bespoke framework and database (PHP/MySQL) builds/integration, content management systems, secure login encryption, web 2.0, multimedia integration (audio, video, podcasts, webcasts) and web application development. We can help your team with consultancy, pitches, proposal writing and planning for all types of projects in a discreet partnership that allows you to deliver a 100% professional service.

The Team

Sara Dodd

Sara is the founder and Director of Net Resources with over 10 years commercial experience in the Internet industry. Nowadays, she specialises in business development and growth, project and account management and new initiatives.
Roan Lavery

Roan leads the creative and design output from Net Resources, as well as managing all key accounts. His design work has been featured in best selling web design books and magazines and presented at international conferences. Away from Net Resources, he is an active member of the UK web standards community.
Peter George

Peter has worked with Net Resources for a number of years, starting out as Training Manager on the long running Graduate Internet Course. Peter introduced the Certified Internet Webmaster programme to Net Resources, and helped us win a National Training Award for the Graduate Internet Course in 2006.

He is currently an instructor on our Cisco Certified Network Associate course, and plays a key role in the development of our overall training portfolio.
Richard Cross

Richard has been a leading light in the web industry with over 10 years exp as a Creative Director and Head of Production in Edinburgh internet agencies.

He specialises in e-commerce implementation and acts as key project manager for big web projects. Whenever projects permit, he's most likely to be far in the Highlands, following his natural profession as a brillant landscape photographer.
Ian Morgan

Ian is graduate of our GIC Course who discovered his old programming skills could actually be transferred to modern web languages to build website applications.

He is our main back end developer primarily involved with finding solutions to create dynamic data driven websites.

He also does a fair chunk of our front end development work too, but we keep him away from the design side of things, or all websites would end up black and purple.
Brian Porteous

Another graduate of our GIC Course, Brian joined the team after excelling as a student. He currently works as front-end designer and developer.

His thirst for internet knowledge is only surpassed by his thirst for coffee, a thirst that can never ever be quenched.
Jonathan Barrett

Web construction worker by day, Jonathan's chief talents lie in the development of usable software to help businesses manage their "stuff" online.

A client's "stuff" is most often their website's content, but also includes events, shop products, news and blog posts, images, videos, mailing lists, user accounts, and virtually anything else that can be digitised.

With a keen eye for keeping software usable instead of adding useless features, and a strong background in teaching and training, Jonathan's projects are universally characterised by clean, uncluttered systems that clients love to use.
Cole Henley

With over 10 years experience in web design Cole has a background in archaeology, a keen eye and a passion for good design.

Cole recently joined us from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland where he worked as their Web Development Manager, overseeing the online presence of government heritage organisations in both Scotland and Wales.
Sandra Gordon

An Adobe Certified Instructor (Photoshop) and a European Computer Driving Licence Expert, Sandra delivers our Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office training courses.

She worked for many years in the IT Department of an energy company and for the last ten years has been providing training to a wide range of clients. She likes to make her courses practical, focused and, most of all, enjoyable.