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2020 Sees a Double Anniversary Celebration for the Calico Team
Calico was originally set up in 1994 by Paul and Maggie Symonds, and as many of you will already know, 10 years later on the last day of 2004 we had a staff buyout. So we're now...
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Volunteering with the UHI at Guides Do STEM!
Being a STEM Ambassador is a great way to make sure Calico gives something back to the local community. In my role as a technical ambassador, I volunteer to get involved in vari...
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Support Small Businesses on #SmallBizSatUk
Tomorrow, 7th December, is Small Business Saturday for 2019. On this day you are encouraged to support small businesses. The first ever Small Business Saturday was created back ...
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Calico UK's DYW Work Honoured at the Highland Business Awards
It was a proud day for the team here at Calico UK on Friday 27th September at the Highland Business Awards as we were one of only four companies awarded a Highly Commended statu...
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Reasons to Start a Website
Some of our customers have registered their own domain name, but only use it for email access and never put up a website. We think they are missing out. There are lots of reason...
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Getting Started with a New Website
So, you've registered your .com/.co.uk/.scot domain name and you've got great ideas for what you'd like to see on your website, but how do you get the ball rolling? If you're no...
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.UK Domain Names - The Final Phase
A few years ago Nominet launched the simpler, shorter .uk -ending domain names. If someone already had a .co.uk, .org.uk or .me.uk domain name they could reserve the equivalent ...
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Guidance Regarding Nominet .UK Right of Registration Emails
You may have received an email from Nominet in the past few days, like the one in the image below, and wondered if it's genuine and safe, and what it's all about. We can confirm...
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WordPress - The Easy Way to Create Your Website
Thinking about giving your website a make-over? Or looking to start a new website from scratch but aren't sure where to start? Maybe WordPress would be the answer. WordPress is ...
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