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Local companies to provide
esolutions to UK companies
by David Kelleher
Two local companies will be providing e-commerce solutions
to UK companies after reaching a deal that is expected to lead
to further business opportunities.
Bulldog Design Group and Webcraft Ltd, a subsidiary of Internet
Service Provider Waldonet, have been commissioned to provide
an e-commerce solution for a large British Honda and Mitsubishi
dealership.
The deal was signed two weeks ago after months of negotiations
between the UK advertising and design company Positive Advertising
Ltd and Bulldog Design.
Contacted yesterday, Mr Nick Whittaker, accounts director at
Positive, told The Malta Business Weekly that his company has
seen some of the design work by Bulldog during an exhibition.
“We came across some samples of Bulldog’s work during
a design exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham last year. We were
quite impressed and contacted them. As Bulldog Design Group
are geared towards design rather than full-blown e-solutions,
they suggested that we also use one of their clients, Webcraft
Ltd,” Mr Whittaker said.
Discussions began a couple of months ago and the deal was sealed
two weeks ago. “We came to Malta for three days and they
gave us a presentation of what they were proposing. In fact
a prototype of the product should be ready by the end of January.
Our company has also commissioned Webcraft and Bulldog to design
our website,” Mr Whittaker said.
Speaking to The Malta Business Weekly, Waldonet’s chairman
Aldo Calleja said his subsidiary company Webraft would be providing
the expertise to develop the e-solution require by the UK company.
Asked how important this deal was to local companies, Mr Calleja
said it was very important.
“This is very important because we were chosen even though
the quality of the competition at the exhibition was very high.
In fact, we were competing with quite a few big brands. It is
also a very important step for us. Over the past few months
we have been gearing up to do business abroad. It will also,
hopefully, have a domino effect, and provide us with the necessary
contacts and possible business ventures,” Mr Calleja said.
Bulldog Design, CEO, Ren Spiteri, said his company was a design
agency that over the past few months was carefully gauging the
impact e-commerce was having on international markets and business.
“We have been doing business abroad since the company was
set up, however we realised the important of e-commerce. Not
being able to provide the expertise in e-solutions, we roped
in one of our clients – Waldonet,” Mr Spiteri told
The Malta Business Weekly.
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