Magellan News

Support for Small Businesses

• by Magellan
• 16-09-2020

  Support for Small Businesses In an effort to support struggling businesses Magellan will no longer be charging for the design and build of our 'Information' websites for the remainder of this year. Many people who have lost their jobs and need to start out on their own can also benefit from this scheme. The only cost is for hosting and site updates.This is not government backed, we are funding this ourselves. 2020 is an important year for Magellan as we celebrate 20 years in business, this is a genuine offer to help any small business, especially in hospitality. Our ‘Starter Hosting’ payment plan is just £25.00 per month. This includes hosting, SSL certificate, daily off-site backups and up to 30 minutes of free website updates per month. The design and build of the responsive website is free! Do you know any business that could benefit from this offer? By helping others we help ourselves.  

Magellan Restaurant Menu Builder CMS

• by Magellan
• 17-08-2020

  Magellan Restaurant Menu Builder CMS Magellan is pleased to announce the launch of our Menu Builder for Restaurants and Pubs. You will enjoy creating mouth-watering online menus with this easy to use content management system. Take control of your menus, create countless categories (salads, soups, meat, desserts etc.) Add multiple dishes to each category, add names, images, descriptions and prices. Enable/disable products as per availability. Treat your customers by launching special offers. Upload images of your food, the system will automatically optimise your images on upload. Have a brand new responsive website including our Menu Builder from just £35.00 per month and no design and build cost! Includes hosting, 30 minutes of site updates per month. Upgrade anytime to include Restaurant Reservations, Paperless Menu, Delivery/Takeaway or Hotel Booking. Magellan, building quality websites affordable for everyone! https://magellandesign.com/menu-builder

Crisis brings opportunity for technological progress

• by Magellan
• 04-07-2020

  Crisis brings opportunity for technological progress Very pleased to be in the newspapers again and a lovely testimonial from one of our new hospitality clients! Bury St Edmunds firm Magellan Design mark 20 years with innovations to help firms through Covid-19 A web developer company has said its ability to adapt has helped it survive 20 years in business. Magellan Design, based in Bury St Edmunds, has launched a food ordering and payment system to allow customers a safe and secure transaction in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Andrew Osman, managing director, said it is opportunism like this which has helped the Eastern Way-based company thrive for two decades. He said: “I try to think back 20 years but it is hard. “So much has happened in such a short period of time. I feel sad and celebrations no longer seem appropriate. The reason we have managed to make it to 20 years is that we adapt in order to survive.” The Sorrel Horse in Shottisham has become one of the first clients to use the food ordering and payment software for pizza takeaway. Magellan has also launched event booking software that gathers all the required information to comply with government guidelines for their re-opening.   by Willam Matter Bury Free Press Read full story     "We somewhat stumbled across Magellan Design after reading an article in the East Anglian Daily Times offering support to small businesses during this dreadful Covid’19 pandemic. And what a fabulous ’stumble’ it proved to be! Despite the challenges of communication and being unable to meet in person Andrew of Magellan provided our business with an excellent and effective bespoke online ordering system for our pizza takeaway service, instantly understanding our needs. But arguably the speed and efficiency of the launch of an event booking system was incredible and even more impressive. At any time of day Andrew has been available to support our business. Thanks so much for the kind assistance which has been sincerely appreciated by us all at Team Sorrel."