Well there has been no slacking at codegent towers over the holiday season. Even on New Year's Eve half the office is still here finishing off bits and bobs for the various January campaign launches we are doing for our clients. Dedication to the cause!

2009 looks like an interesting and tough challenge for us all, but one we are relishing. We expect clients to be looking very hard at what they are getting for their money. It's something we've always believed is important but never more so than now. We're an ideas-led agency but we always make sure that they relate back to the client's commercial requirements. We call this process a "Return on Ideas" and it's something we're looking to refine over the next few months.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone
Mark, David and Luke

PS We couldn't sign off without giving you a little pressie now could we?

Feel free to play with Youth Music's Elf band and slap down your very own remix of Jingle Bells whilst you catch up on what Youth Music have been up to in 2008.
http://seasonsgreetings.youthmusic.org.uk/ »

And if you have experienced the embarrassment of a card turning up from someone who failed to make your own list all is not lost! We knocked this little app together in one day as a proof of concept for our latest gizmo, the "Snapper"... more on that one in January :)
http://lastminutexmascards.appspot.com/ »

Dear Secret Santa,
if you are having trouble working out what to get me this christmas, just follow this link

Don't want to look like a doofus this Christmas? Get your Christmas Crackers from the British design company Angry and create a your own felt hat,Each cracker contains felt, badges can be customized using the included scissors.

One of Santa's little helpers dropped by Codegent today to spread some cheer.

2005 has come and gone and what a year it was! We picked up lots of new clients and hired more people. We ended up producing some great projects for the BBC and built a hugely successful recruitment website for Gap.

We also met lots of fabulous people who in various ways have suppported us. Some gave us work, some introduced us to people who gave us work, some ended up working for us and some were just inspirational people we want to stay in touch with.

Whilst the rest of the world was relaxing over Christmas, we were pressing on, launching two sites in time for January the 1st. The first one was a microsite for Evian which aims to help Christmas over-indulgers get their bodies back on the straight and narrow with tips and techniques and a pretty cool competition.

The second was a promotion for Tiger Beer; a site to support a sales promotion campaign created by our good friends, Toucan.

So what about 2006? So far we have a lot on and a lot more in the pipeline. In the run-up to Christmas we were overawed by the amount of opportunities that seem to be coming our way. We're always too cautious about counting our chickens, but all the signs are good. We've just hired a new designer and animator and we're in the process of hiring a new project manager.