The world of FCD

A lot of you may have begun to notice the “Not Secure” badge appear on your Google Chrome browser when visiting certain websites, this is a big deal and here’s why. With the rising number of ‘scam’ websites, the reputation of legitimate sites are being significantly hurt. FCD have found that users are more likely...

FCD have just taken delivery of some brilliant Barnsley Youth Choir, Edinburgh Fringe, Back Pack Flags! Designed and printed alongside flyers, banners and other promotional items, these back flags are an awesome way of engaging with the festival goers, enabling you to promote your event and sell tickets. Once your event is over, the back packs...

Exciting day yesterday for Tour De Yorkshire, Stage 1, for Men and Women! We took a couple of photos of both races at the finishing line to help capture the event in all it’s glory, here in Doncaster (Women’s in the morning, Men’s in the afternoon). Excellent atmosphere outside the studio, too, with the racers...

Video production comes with its own set of problems, some that require the invention of their own special kind of solution. We’ve just began a video project with Marcrist to produce a set of ‘modular’ videos that sell/promote their high quality tools. The idea is to have short yet informative videos produced independently of one...

The visual impact of any design is what draws attention to the message, and that’s so important because once a readers eyes have turned away from the message, they very rarely come back for a second glance. That’s why ‘Bad Design’ is bad for business. First impressions are so important too. If you turn up...

Successfully delivering The Garrison’s branding solution, a new sports and live music venue, located in the heart of Barnsley town centre. We are proud to be a part of the branding and visual identity for The Garrison, a new sports and live music bar due to open in Barnsley on 2nd Dec. Located on Hanson...

Within FCD headquarters we have the facilities that help us create all sorts of top marketing material. This week we photographed Morphy Richards kettles using our very own, in-house photographic studio. It’s so difficult to photo a product that reflects and absorbs light at the same time. But at FCD we are masters in making...

If you have a content management system like WordPress, security should be your number one priority after the design. Here’s how we do it: On average, a small website with around 100 weekly visitors can get at least 70 failed login attempts a day, and that’s just from one country! Overlooking security is like leaving...

84% of online shoppers abandon a website if it doesn’t have the SSL green padlock The ‘green padlock’ on a browser shows that a site has the full protection of SSL, providing a level of trust to the visitor. Security on a website is crucial as cyber attacks are becoming more and more common. SSL...

AT LAST! The NEW FCD branding has been launched. Re-branding other companies is what we do, but finding the time to re-brand ourselves is hard when there are only 24 hours in a day. But miracles do happen and we’ve found that elusive time. So after creative meetings, creative collisions and creative evolutions we have...

“FCD helped Darton College to engage our learners by displaying our school ethos in a host of creative ways. The team installed bold and creative concepts around the building to enhance and stimulate learning” – Public Relations & Marketing Lead. Tasked with more than just the design and installation of new signage and a prospectus,...

“We were over the moon with the photography shots FCD produced for us. They captured the evening & memories perfectly.” We were asked by Sir Thomas, a local school within Doncaster, to do prom photography for their Y11’s and capture the evening event. We covered the varied, colourful arrivals and the main event, taking photos...