Leading Web Design Agency Moves to Hastings

Hastings, United Kingdom, April 21, 2016 (Newswire.com) - ​​​The Rye Agency, a web design and development studio that's worked with major UK brands has moved their studio into the centre of Hastings, East Sussex.

Previously based in Ashford and Rye, The Rye Agency has taken offices on the 4th and 6th floors of The Creative Media Centre in Robertson Street.

The Rye Agency has already become involved in the local community, having given a talk about digital design to students at Sussex Coast College and being involved with local business networks.

As part of the move to Hastings, the company is looking to add to the town. They're giving Hastings based businesses free digital marketing consultation and preferential rates to help boost Hastings' digital economy.

"Hastings isn't performing that well online right now - so we're wanting to share our expertise to help grow the local economy online and off." said David Roder, Managing Director and Founder of The Rye Agency, "We've tested hundreds of local sites and 21% of them don't work on mobile phones and tablets like the iPad properly. They're also slow - Google ranks the speed of websites and that plays into how well they perform on search results - in our testing the town is averaging at about only 54%. And in terms of Domain Authority, a score that models how respected a site is, the average score is only 16.7%."

The Rye Agency also hosts conferences and events - some of which will now be hosted in local Hastings venues.​

The Rye Agency designs and develops websites for local companies and some well known brands. Past clients include Ashford Borough Council, One Water, Mixmag, and Rocksound Magazine.

They’ve also worked with new technologies including developing for the new Apple News platform, for which they've met with and worked closely with Apple in London, UK and Cupertino, CA.

Source: The Rye Agency