Arrivist Web Design has been producing web sites for over five years, and is the trading name of the award winning web designer, Richard Lilley.

Based in Henlow, Bedfordshire I have designed web sites and custom modules for customers as far afield as Australia, Mexico, Panama and Japan.

My ethos is to have a good ground knowledge of web culture, and clear ideas of your end goals before starting out on any Web venture. In order to successfully utilise the internet as a business tool you must offer some unique content. Your website should be easy to navigate, accessible and overall place the information you provide at your customers fingertips. A website can only ever be successful if the right content is in place, and the right people see it. To that end, great emphasis is placed on designing your site so that it is search engine friendly, and has the best possible chance of attracting visitors through the many search engines.

Some facts about me:

· Started Web design in 1995

· Achieved a First Class Honours degree in computing with qualifications in software engineering various computing academic and vocational areas.

· Currently rated in the top 10 of 4500 freelancers on the php-freelancers website. (Jan 2005)

· Current knowledge base of: HTML, DHTML, XML, ASP, Flash, Java, JavaScript, Perl with specialization in PHP scripting and MySQL database integration.

· In addition to web design, I have produced several commercial programs including a financial package (supporting double entry book keeping, customer database and booking management) for publicans.

· Active member of the UK Web Design Association