Yes that's right! We will be offering children's face painting, together with a balloon and a gift, from our offices on Queen Street from 3-6pm on Sunday 20th November. This is our involvement in the annual turning-on of the Amble Christmas Lights, an event which attracts visitors from all over the area.

The face painting will be performed by a fully qualified and insured face painter, with any profits being donated back to next year's Lights fund.

So bring along your young ones and enjoy a great day out in Amble.

Businesses in Amble are already feeling gloomy over the pending arrival of a Tesco supermarket to the area in 2012, but one local business is riding against the tide.

Colin Harris Website Development are delighted to announce the appointed of Steven Ions as the company's new Website Developer.

No, we haven't filled the vacancy for a PHP developer - much more important than that! Colin became a father for the second time this week, to Sophie Alice.  Weighing in at a bouncing 10 pounds 1 ounce, she is will no doubt be causing even more sleepless nights to Colin than worrying about late paying customers.

We are currently looking to employ a PHP Website Developer with the following skills:

• Website development using PHP, Mysql, Jquery, HTML and CSS
• Skills in at least one of Wordpress, Drupal, Magento
• Experience of developing for and working with Content Management Systems (CMS)
• Ability to build secure, functional websites from specification
• Knowledge of web standards and technological trends
• Understanding of business requirements, deadlines and meeting expectations

Full details of the job description and requirements - job listing.