Read, Learn and Grow
We share the latest news, industry insights and more from the team as well as news and views on all things ecommerce & digital marketing.
July 21, 2020
We’re thrilled to announce that Venture Steam has hired and onboarded four new members of staff during lockdown, bringing our full-time team to 23. As Venture Stream continues to grow, we’re joined by four new members of staff across our digital marketing, creative and website development departments. Liam Cottrell joins us as Frontend Developer from […]
March 24, 2020
We are excited to announce that recently, we have made several internal promotions in a recent restructure of the business, including a number of C-Suite appointments as part of the company’s wider growth strategy. Effective immediately, former creative director Andy Robinson has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and the company’s former commercial director, […]
February 12, 2020
We are delighted to announce that Venture Stream is now supporting local North East charity; FACT (Fighting All Cancers Together) in Charity of the Year partnership. FACT is a local cancer support charity that helps anyone who has been affected by cancer in any way. The charity was founded in 2003 by Joanne Smith, from […]
January 24, 2020
Last week Google confirmed that a broad core algorithm update titled the ‘January 2020 Core Update’ is rolling out imminently. Taking to Twitter to announce the update, Google’s guidance regarding the algorithm update points to a blog post they have previously used to help inform site owners of what this update means for a business. […]
January 24, 2020
It’s the beginning of a new decade, which means the inevitable predictions for the forthcoming year are upon us… and we are jumping on the bandwagon, without all of the jargon, but with some useful tips. By now, the majority of businesses have grasped the prevalence and significance that social media has in shaping the […]
December 18, 2019
This year, Black Friday was one of the busiest weeks for us at Venture Stream HQ. For our ecommerce clients, it was an important time to capitalise on the fast growing trend of ‘Black Friday’, provide some fantastic deals for customers and increase brand awareness. At our end, we are proud to say that we […]
December 12, 2019
Following our last win at the UK Search Awards in London, we are delighted to announce we have been shortlisted for the third year running, at the 2020 Northern Digital Awards for Best Integrated Agency.
November 26, 2019
In the past, websites were all about plain text and basic images. They weren’t necessarily designed to be visually appealing for desktop computers let alone mobile devices. Their main purpose was to deliver their data in an effective manner. Those days are mostly gone and now web design has become something of a fashion trend […]
November 21, 2019
On Tuesday night, our team celebrated at the UK Search Awards 2019 where we were delighted to be crowned the winner of the ‘Best Small Integrated Search Agency’. The awards are regarded as the premiere celebration of SEO, PPC and content marketing in the UK and took place at The Brewery in London, hosted by […]
October 14, 2019
Having had a number of successes at regional awards, including wins at the Northern eCommerce Awards and Northern Digital Awards over the last three years, this year, for the first time ever, we decided to enter Venture Stream into the UK Search Awards – and we were over the moon to find out that we […]
October 8, 2019
About Us, Website Design & Development
There is no hiding from the fact that the role of a website developer is a very specialist yet demanding job, and with the ecommerce market growing at a rapid rate, here at Venture Stream our developers are busier than ever. Although we specialise in building ecommerce sites on either Magento or Shopify, we’re pretty […]
September 19, 2019
The ecommerce landscape is a quickly evolving one, and has changed significantly over the last 5 years. Recent figures show that over half of traffic to retail websites is now coming via smartphones and tablets and mobile commerce now accounts for the majority of UK e-retail sales. The potential for your brand to get in […]