At the beginning of May, EAB completed a new website for St Albans City & District Council, called Recycling for a Premier Community. Based on eZ Publish 4.0 and utilising Ajax technology, this website provides information about the new recycling services provided by the council, including an on-line search facility for residents to find their refuse and recycling collection days.

On Thursday May 8th, EAB's managing director Andre Bottin gave a talk "How can an artist succeed on the Internet". This evening event is a regular Networking event run by Creative Herts (www.creativeherts.com).

This talk is aimed at those who are keen to make a living out of their artistic gifts and provide useful tips on how to create a winning strategy. Although the talk includes loads of tips on what to do and what not to do with a website it actually majors on a number of necessary marketing activities which are necessary to be successful.

Andre's experience in web development is considerable as he's been implementing web solutions since 1995 for a wide range of clients, including local government, commercial organisations and many small businesses. Andre has also business interest and experience in the local art scene, both via his online gallery ventures: enterprisefineart.com and island-of-art.com and as being a long term Organising Group Committee member of the Hertfordshire Visual Arts Forum. Andre runs a newsletter dedicated to artists, more information about how to subscribe can be found at www.eab.co.uk/artists/.

For further information contact Andre on 07931328017 or via email at abottin@eab.co.uk or his company's website at www.eab.co.uk.