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'Fiesta'val Tickets now available

23/06/2008
Tickets for 'Fiesta'val 2008, the Netcase annual charity garden party, are now available. This year's theme is Bollywood and we have a fantastic line up of entertainment to make this another great night. For full details please visit our 'Fiesta'val sub site.
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Kayakers win Netcase Victory Honey

20/06/2008
Finalists at SlopeJam 08, an extreme kayaking competition held on the Fournel river in the French Alps, were rewarded with a pot of Netcase Victory Honey. What better way for the competitors to be reminded of the sweet taste of success! Our congratulations go to all the competitors, and well done to Netcase sponsored paddler Lowri Davies for getting through to the final.

Photo : Paul Wilkinson

Netcase lose 6-a-side friendly

11/06/2008
The Netcase 6-a-side football team were in action against a strong team from Edwards and Blake caterers. Although Netcase started the stronger they failed to convert their early chances and were ultimately well beaten 4-2.

Netcase welcomes new programmer

09/06/2008
Netcase are please to welcome Mike Harris as the newest recruit to the programming team. A graduate from the UEA school of computer science Mike specialises in Java application development, but boasts a host of useful different skills. We are expecting great things from him!

Netcase sponsors European kayak freestyle champion

27/05/2008
Netcase are pleased to be sponsoring Lowri Davies when she heads to Spain in July to defend her European Kayak Freestyle champion title. This sponsorship deal demonstrates Netcase's continued commitment to supporting young athletes in the outdoor industry sector, an area where Netcase has a growing client base. We are looking forward to regular updates from Lowri as she heads out to the French Alps to train for the championships, and then news from the event itself. We wish her the best of luck and are sure she will retain her title.
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Netcase support young archers

22/05/2008
As part of our continued commitment to our local community, Netcase are pleased to have donated a domain name and web hosting package to Thorpe Hamlet Juniors Archery Club.
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Power is restored after fire

11/05/2008
The Netcase office has had its power restored after a fire in the building last Friday caused damage to an electrical transformer. The office will therefore be open as usual on Monday. Many thanks to those who have worked through the weekend in order to ensure that disruption to business on the premises was minimal, and of course many thanks to the fire service for their prompt response on Friday.

Fire closes Netcase office

09/05/2008
Due to a minor fire within the building, the Netcase office is currently without power and is therefore closed. We are hoping that power will be restored over the weekend and we can return to work as normal on Monday. Until then, if you need to contact Netcase, please either email us at mail@netcase.co.uk or leave a message on our main phone line, 01603 450957, and someone will call you back.

Netcase donate Geomi site to SeVA

22/02/2008
As part of Netcase's continuing committment to the community we are pleased to donate website design, a Geomi CMS licence and hosting, for the new Sexual Violence Alliance (SeVA) webiste.
Based in Norwich SeVA incorporate two other charities, Norwich Rape Crisis and MPower, to support and empower the survivors of sexual violence and their supporters. Netcase are very pleased to be able to support this valuable, and at times very difficult, work.
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Charity 'Fiesta'val 2008 date set

05/02/2008
After the phenomenal success of last year's charity 'Fiesta'val which raised over £1100 for From Houses to Homes, we are doing it all again in 2008! It is early days at the moment so there is still a lot to finalise, but a date has been set of the Saturday 12th July 2008. Keep the evening clear!

We have yet to decide on a charity to which the proceeds of the evening will go, so if you have any suggestions, please get in touch.

The New Year beckons

02/01/2008
Its 2008. Seriously. Where did the year go? Aren't we due Jetpacks by now?

At netcase, we've been busier than ever, but we wouldn't be doing it at all without the clients we work with, to whom we wish a very Happy New Year, and all the best in 2008.

Still, being the new year and all, you might be considering sprucing up your Internet presence. We'd like to help, and be there for you building the ideal website. If you've got a project in the offing, don't hestitate to give us a call, or drop us an email.

Like an early Christmas Present, we get a new staff member

20/12/2007
With our beloved Daniel 'Watsie' Watts departing for pastures overseas, we've taken on a new, ruggedly handsome designer (who had no part in describing himself as ruggedly handsome, honestly!), and he has some mighty big boots to fill.

So, because the Internet lacks a drum roll feature, please pretend, and help us welcome Kez Knight into the Netcase Web Solutions fold.

Netcase Charity 'Fiesta'val Raises £1160

06/08/2007
Last Saturday saw the 2007 Netcase Charity party, the 'Fiesta'val. The Netcase team were joined by 60 friends, family and clients for a fantastic Latin American garden party where eating, drinking and dancing were the order of the day. Salsa lessons, pinatas, sangria, a treasure hunt (with a real treasure chest full of gold) and the hottest day of the year so far helped the make the party a huge success. A magnificent South American buffet was laid on as well, and live entertainment and music went on into the night. Some of us had very little sleep!
The result from this fun filled night was £1168.38 raised for From Houses to Homes, to help the rural poor in Guatemala, plus a slightly sore head the following day.

A massive thank-you needs to go out to everyone involved in the organisation of the party as well as those who so generously donated their time and services to the cause. Netcase would also like to thank everyone who attended plus those who couldn't attend but donated money. A great time was had by all and we all look forward to next year!!!

Victory for Netcase in 6-a-side friendly

13/07/2007
In preparation for the annual Norwich Research Park 6-a-side tournament, Netcase played their first friendly against Norfolk & Waveney Enterprise Services on the 9th of July at the UEA Sportspark.

It was a closely fought match with the lead changing hands regularly. Team Netcase eventually ended up 9-8 winners, scoring with the last kick of the game.

With the upcoming NRP tournament being put back to September, we now have more time to fit in further friendlies. So if you fancy an hours 6-a-side at the UEA Sportspark, Netcase are open to any challenges from local businesses.

If you would like to get in touch with us to organise a friendly, please contact us on: 01603 450957 or email us.

Netcase's redesigned website is launched

14/06/2007
Now that the sun has come out, our site has been given a good work out and is now kitted out in fresh bright colours ready for the summer! Please feel free to browse, we hope you can find all the information you need.

If you are left with any questions or just want to chat a project through, don't hesitate to get in contact, it would be great to hear from you.

A Grand Day Out - Netcase boss kayaks the Grand Canyon

23/05/2007
Netcase Managing Director, Julien Pike, has just returned from the US where he was one of a party of 23 kayakers to paddle the 240 mile stretch of the Colorado river which runs through the Grand Canyon National Park.

The trip, which took fourteen days to complete, involved negotiating in excess of 100 major white water rapids. Also on the expedition was Dan Murphy, who at 15 became the youngest Briton ever to undertake the journey, who Netcase had employed and sponsored in order to help him raise the funds required to join the team.

From Houses to Home - Netcase donate web site

22/05/2007
Netcase are very pleased to provide the charity From Houses to Homes with a free fund raising web site.

The charity, which builds homes and aims to improve the lives of the rural poor in Guatemala, is hoping to use the site to raise enough money to buy a new 4x4 pick-up to help with its building projects. The web site, which was launched today and is fully integrated with PayPal's donation facility, will also be hosted on the Netcase servers free of charge.
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The Scout Association choose Geomi

01/05/2007
Netcase are pleased to announce that The Scout Association will be utilising a custom built version of Geomi Web Builder, the Netcase content management system, to maintain its UK web presence.

The Scouts are the largest youth movement in the world and have around 500,000 UK members, and their web site consists of approximately 30,000 pages. As well as the standard Geomi features Netcase will also be producing a number of extended functionality modules, offering site users with a fully interactive and dynamic web experience.

The awarding of the web site contract to Netcase follows the recent development of the highly successful Programmes Online facility which was awarded the 2006 Computing award for Voluntary Sector Project of the Year and gained a highly commended in the 2006 BCS Information Management Awards.
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