Case Studies
Case studies will show how businesses similar to yours have already benefited from the adoption of broadband. From the Case Study Jukebox, you can select the most relevant examples of real life ICT and broadband projects by business sector, location, size and technologies used, and see the resultant business benefits.
Six case studies are featured below - use the search facility to find any others you are interested in. All case studies are downloadable as PDFs, which can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. We are keen to make sure this area has a variety of real-life examples, so if you have a case study that you would like to add to the site, please use our Submissions Form.
- Bridgwater Electronics
Date: 17 March 2006
Colin Palmer, of Bridgwater Electronics in Burnham-on-Sea, originally commissioned a simple two-page website. - Golden Chord
Date: 17 March 2006
Roger Firman, of Golden Chord in Milborne Port, runs an online service for blind and partially sighted musicians providing them with braille editions of sheet music. - Project Computers
Date: 17 March 2006
Penny Ward and Colin Balkham, of Project Computers in Luxborough on Exmoor, were unable to receive broadband as their business was too far from the telephone exchange. - Nailsea Music Shop
Date: 17 March 2006
Marston and Diane Dufty, of Nailsea Music Shop in North Somerset, carry several thousand stocklines in their busy music shop. - Wells Film Centre
Date: 17 March 2006
Location: South West England
Derek Cooper, of Wells Film Centre in Somerset, runs a small independent cinema. In the last ten years ninety-six multiplex screens have opened up within a forty minute drive from his cinema. - Cosyfeet in Street
Date: 7 March 2006
Size: SME
Application: Multimedia
David Price, of Cosyfeet in Street, explains the impact that e-business is having on his traditional shoe-making business. - 5pm.co.uk
Date: 1 March 2006
Category: Food & Drink
Location: South West England
Size: SME
Application: Buy & Sell Online, Communications
5pm is a web-based service that allows potential diners to browse for late eating out offers and to book discount meals at hundreds of restaurants across the UK. - A V Dawson Ltd
Date: 1 March 2006
Category: Manufacturing & Engineering
Location: Rest of UK and International
Size: Large
Application: Communications
Import/export cargo handling firm AV Dawson boasts a large fleet of haulage vehicles along with a 60-acre multi-modal distribution centre, and has used technology to create greater efficiency, cost reductions and increase sales. - ABC Holiday Extras
Date: 1 March 2006
Category: Leisure & Tourism
Location: South West England
Size: Large
Application: Buy & Sell Online
ABC Holiday Extras has an on-line reservation service - Alfred Briggs
Date: 1 March 2006
Category: Retail
Location: Rest of UK and International
Size: SME
Application: Buy & Sell Online, Sales & Marketing
A Marshall, a small East London office furniture manufacturer, has used e-commerce successfully to reduce its marketing costs, improve the conversion rate of sales leads and enhance the image of the company's Blue Line brand