Hi, we are a small web development agency called Applecado based in Hampshire, UK. We specialise in standards compliant, accessible, functional and attractive websites. We love the internet, and want to help improve it where ever possible through use of quality code, design and best-practices. We have over 10 years experience and have excellent knowledge of Content Management Systems, e-Commerce Systems, Web Applications, HTML Emails, Mobile Applications and all other aspects of the web. We also work with some great freelance designers and successful web agencies in the UK.
In addition to creating beautiful and functional websites, we are just as happy working on your projects. We pride ourselves on our excellent coding skills, and offer a 'silent' service to agencies and designers, taking on their development work or overspill, completing it on time and on budget.
We also offer web hosting to our clients, making us a well rounded one-stop-shop.
In 2012 Applecado were awarded a top 50 spot in the Wirehive 100, a league table for agencies in the south east, proving that despite the size of our team we are able to give a quality service to our fantastic customers. We strive to go the extra mile for our clients and we think it shows that we are on the right track!
Featured Clients
We work for some great clients, but we can't show them all off. Here's a couple have given us permission.
The non-profit foundation of the Virgin Group, revolutionising the way businesses and the social sector work together.
"It was a great pleasure working with Applecado to build the online platform for Virgin Mobile USA's FREE.I.P. program. At every step of the project they responded quickly to our needs while continuing to deliver a high quality product. Applecado quickly became a company we knew we could rely on".
Marc Humphries - Virgin Unite
"We've been fortunate enough to find Applecado to outsource the over-flow of development work during those busy months. It's very cost effective for us and is a far better solution than many freelancers' "fire and forget" approach to projects. Alex is forming a great development house at Applecado who we can rely on to get the job done and to get it right. We look forward to a long term working relationship".
Ben Bush - Co-Founder of FHOKE
"As a freelance designer, I was relieved to have found a reliable developer in Applecado, who I can send designs to for them to build and have a quick and hassle free experience. Attention to detail is key for me to get the most from my designs and I'm pleased to be working with Applecado".
Aaron Rudd - Founder of Aaron Rudd Creative
Who We Are
Our Services
Design
- Websites
- Logos
- Business Cards
- Flyers
- Holding Pages
Build
- PHP5
- MySQL / PostgreSQL
- Accessible CSS
- Compliant XHTML
- Javascript
- Mobile Apps
(iOS, Android, etc)
Development
- Content Management
- e-Commerce
- RSS Feeds
- Secure Logins
- Web Applications
- .. Anything!
Our websites are built with web standards in mind; rigorously tested and future proofed.
We make websites as intuitive and functional as possible, with ordinary people in mind.
Selected Works
Seaview Art Gallery
Seaview is an art gallery located on the Isle of Wight who display and sell art by over 50 artists.
Their new website allows them to manage content pages, as well as provide information, artwork and pricing for many artists based on the island.
The website was designed by Aaron Rudd.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
Smooch Rings
Smooch Rings offer beautiful bespoke wedding rings. They run in a unique appointment based way, giving first class customer service.
We were asked to build them a new website to encourage people to make an appointment, as well as fix their bounce rate. The new site has achieved this with halving the bounce rate, doubling the time people spend on the site and a huge increase in bookings.
Fhoke did the design work.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Hosting
OXB Solutions
Oxford BioMedica is a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative gene-based medicines and therapeutic vaccines that aim to improve the lives of patients with high unmet medical needs. This website was commissioned to support the GMP manufacturing part of their business.
We built the site for design agency thinkerdoer using the Symfony framework, allowing the administrators to manage all of the content throughout the site.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Hosting
SignBox Shop
Signbox is the first name in architectural signs designed to inspire & bring buildings to life.
Signbox asked us to build them a new website, to replace an outdated existing online shop.
We built the site using the Symfony framework, creating a bespoke E-Commerce platform, and integrated with Sagepay for payments.
Aaron Rudd Creative did the design work.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- E-Commerce Platform
- Hosting
thinker/doer
thinker/doer are a london based design & marketing agency. They do fantastic work for all sorts of clients, but wanted a website which would be different to their competitors.
All of planning and design work was done by thinker/doer, and we made it happen exactly as they wanted.
We built the site using the Symfony2 framework, creating a bespoke CMS to allow TD to update their entire website easily.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Web Hosting
JBC Online
JBCOnline are the leading online retailer of glass packaging and closures. Based in Morden, Surrey, Part of a wider group of companies which stretch across the globe, the companies have been built upon a combination of good quality products, competitive pricing and good old fashioned pricing.
We built the site using the Symfony framework, creating a bespoke CMS and E-Commerce platform, along with a Sagepay integration.
We hired Aaron Rudd Creative to do the design.
Deliverables
- Website Design
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- E-Commerce Platform
Atom Cup
The Atom Cup is the UK’s only Ariel Atom race series. Starting in 2013, the series should go from strength to strength with good tv coverage, great race tracks and one of the most exciting cars money can buy.
Phase one of this project is a simple CMS driven website to give information to potential entrants. Phase two coming later this year will include lap timing, video footage, live streaming and calendars.
We hired Aaron Rudd Creative to do the design.
Deliverables
- Design
- Website Build
- Bespoke CMS
- Hosting
Croxsons
William Croxson & Son are a leading glass packaging and closure solutions supplier, supplying standard glass packaging for every food and beverage sector, and closures to match, for clients from the smallest start-ups, to the largest multi-national.
Their website consists of a content management system and product database solution, allowing them to position themselves as a premium brand, and show potential clients their fantastic products.
Deliverables
- Website Design
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Product Database
Wine Therapy
Wine Therapy are a newly established and independent boutique wine store situated in the heart of Cowes.
Their website consists of a content management system and ecommerce solution, allowing Wine Therapy to position themselves as a premium brand of Wine Retailer both on the highstreet and online.
Aaron Rudd planned and designed the site.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- ECommerce System
Premium Island Vacations
Premium Island Vacations are somewhere between being a tour operator, a travel agency, vacation planner and a concierge and lifestyle management company offering best luxury rental villas and deluxe hotels on St Barts.
The content management system controls two websites, their US and UK offering, allowing easy updates to control their whole company’s web presense.
Applecado built the site using the Symfony framework and used the Google Maps API for the maps.
Deliverables
- Website Design
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- SOAP data feeds
NerdyDayTrips
Dr Ben Goldacre approached us to create a new website for his NerdyDayTrips project. The site allows users to post and share their favourite ‘nerdy’ spots throughout the world, and other users can comment and view them.
Applecado built the site using the Symfony framework and used the Google Maps API for the maps.
Aaron Rudd Creative designed the site for us.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Custom Mapping
- Content Management
- Social Signins
Toto Merch
Toto Merch is an online retailer of band merchandise - but with a difference. Bands can sign up and sell their own merch through their own customised shop. The can also create products such as t-shirts and hoodies through an easy to use online interface, to be printed and posted by Toto.
Toto approached Applecado to build the new version of their website after using a Proof of Concept site for a year beforehand. The design work was created by Capra.
We built TotoMerch using the Symfony framework which allowed a quick and robust development.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Custom CRM
- User Registrations
- Product Creation
- ECommerce
Sunglasses for Sport
Sunglasses for Sport is an online retailer of designer and branded sunglasses. SFS Came to us asking for a new online store to replace their existing, dated, ecommerce website.
We built a CMS and E-Commerce platform on the Symfony framework to fit their needs.
Deliverables
- Website Design
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- E-Commerce System
- Order and Invoice Management
JP Designers
Jonty from JP Designers contacted us to develop the CMS and frontend code for their new website.
We used our CMS as a basic ‘boilerplate’, adding case study and portfolio management to enable JPD to effectively manage their entire site.
The site was designed by JPD
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
Springhouse Law
Springhouse is an independent firm of highly qualified solicitors and advocates. We built their striking website on our CMS platform, and added a feature-rich Blog module to enhance the experience.
The website was designed by Fhoke and we were commissioned to carry out the development side of the website.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
Frog Prince
Frog Prince is a fantastic wedding planning outfit based in Ireland. The website was built to display galleries of their work, as well as contact details, case studies and stories about weddings they have been involved in.
The website was designed by Fhoke and we were commissioned to carry out the development side of the website.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
The Tree house
The Tree House is a house build and restoration by artist Lisa Traxler. We built the website as a Content Managed Solution, enabling Lisa and her husband to update it with a diary and pictures of the build. The house was featured in an episode of Grand Designs on Channel 4
The website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative and is built on our bespoke CMS platform.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
Farmer Jacks
Farmer Jacks Farm Shop originally opened in 2005, a partnership of two established Island farmers with the shared aim of providing quality and variety of local produce available from the many farmers and food producers of the Isle of Wight. The site is going to be launched in 2 releases, the first being a content managed site, and the second a full eCommerce solution.
The website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative and is built on our CMS platform with a bespoke E-Commerce module.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Twitter Integration
Virgin Mobile FREE.I.P 2010
Virgin Unite hired Applecado to build the online volunteering platform for Virgin Mobile USA’s FREE.I.P 2010 program.
The system is totally bespoke, featuring volunteer signups, charity management and login, volunteer project and reward systems, and a complete CMS to manage the content.
The platform was used to great effect creating many thousands of volunteer hours, but the site has now been superseded.
The site was designed by 1TrickPony
Deliverables
- Website Build
- System Design and Planning
- Content Management System
- Bespoke Volunteering Platform
- Webserver Management
Reader’s Interiors
Readers Interiors are an independent family business, and have been retailing on the island since 1994. Over the last 16 years they have developed their shop from a factory outlet, selling seconds and overstocks, into an eclectic home shop offering unique and charming products from an international supply base.
The website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative and is built on our CMS platform with a bespoke E-Commerce module.
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- E-Commerce Module
- Order and Invoice Management
Wines of Uruguay
Wines of Uruguay is a small business supplying wonderful Uruguayan wines to the UK
We created a bespoke e-Commerce system to cater for single bottles or cases to be puchased which was built around a content managed website.
The Wines of Uruguay website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- e-Commerce
Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce
The Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce website was in need of an overhaul and they approached Aaron Rudd to do the work. Aaron asked me to help out and we built a fully content managed website, with user memberships and logins, forums, and a bespoke events and news system.
The Isle of Wight Chamber website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Bespoke Member Forums
- Data Import and Exports
Island Food and Gifts
Island food and gifts supply mouth-watering delights and hand picked gifts from the Isle of Wight’s award winning food producers.
Consisting of a simple website with an online shop their customers can choose and order the items they want to give their loved ones easily.
The Island Food and Gifts website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- e-Commerce
- Bespoke Order Management
The Tomato Stall
The Tomato Stall are a company based in the Isle of Wight who bring the freshest, ripest and tastiest organic tomatoes from the Isle of Wight to Farmers’ Markets all across the South of England.
The Tomato Stall’s previous website had no functionality at all, and they wanted something more. We built them a fantastic Content Management System and e-Commerce system, and they immediately started taking online orders!
The Tomato website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- e-Commerce System
- Website Hosting
- Email Hosting
Medina Innovation Trust
The Medina Innovation Trust provides a local platform to develop and enhance opportunities for young people focused on raising the standards of young peoples health, education and achievement.
The Medina website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Website Hosting
- Email Hosting
Isle of Wight Lottery
The IoW Lottery website is fairly small with basic content managed areas. The site also has a winners database which contains all the previous and current winners and can be managed by the IoW Lottery themselves.
The Lottery website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Winners Database
- Web Hosting
- Email Hosting
Christ the King College
Christ the King College needed a fully content managed website to enable them to keep staff, pupils and potential pupils fully informed and up-to-date with all the news and information about the college.
After being given the initial design, we then set about building the site and creating a content management system.
The college’s website was designed by Aaron Rudd Creative
Deliverables
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Video Encoding
Force Racing
Force Racing specialise in made-to-order titanium reproductions and scratch built automotive components, ensuring their parts are functional, ultra-lightweight with incredible strength.
The website is fully content managed allowing the users to edit and alter any page, image or text on the website. The CMS also allows new pages to be added easily and quickly.
Force Racing also needed website and email hosting and we were happy to help.
Deliverables
- Web Design
- Website Build
- Content Management System
- Hosting

































