Category Business
By Will F On August 26th 2010

We have recently completed the design and build of the new Glazing Vision website.

Glazing Vision create lots of different types of rooflights for residential and commercial properties.

www.glazing-vision.co.uk

Category Business
By Will F On August 13th 2010

We have designed the new logo and website for Wine Merchants and fellow Warrant Holders, Walker & Wodehouse Wines.

The site gives a good basis to build on in the future.

www.walkerwodehousewines.com

Category Social
By Will F On June 18th 2010

This year again we entered the Royal Warrant Holders Football Tournament.  The tournament was again held at The Royal Chelsea Hospital Grounds and as usual we semi fancied our chances (good old British optimism). 

We didn't start particularly well in the group stages losing 1-0 in a tight encounter with PAYE, however we followed up with two wins against Rokill and Taylor Pearce.  This left us second in our group with 6 points and as a result a knockout tie against Toye, Kenning & Spencer.  The knockout game was close, however TK&S snuck a goal and we couldn't find an equaliser, again another tight encounter but one which left us knocked out and packing our bags. 

The eventual winners were Calor Gas Ltd. who beat DHL in the final.  No one has managed to retain this prestigious trophy as yet- we'll be back next year to try again...

Category Business
By Will F On June 18th 2010

Raven's Den (formally Harvest Food) have a stand at Taste of London in Regent's Park this year. 

We have been working hard in order for them to launch the new branding at the show.  Below you can see an image of their stand which features the new branding for the first time.

Category Business
By Will F On June 9th 2010

Since re-branding Harvest Food's as Raven's Den Fine Foods, we have been working with them to promote their new name and their delicious handmade pies.

To announce the name change our illustration and design team utilised the new branding to create this leaflet. The look and feel will be carried over everything from labels to t-shirts.

Raven's Den will be at the Taste of London show (Regent's Park) next week, where they will be selling their tasty pies and showcasing the new banners and signage we produced for them.

Category Business
By Will F On June 9th 2010

The new Howes Percival advertising campaign has been 'kicked off', with the first advert featured in today's EDP business section.

The creative concept of utilising words to create shapes, relating to quality statements describing Howes Percival, has been carried across a number of different adverts. These will be in the EDP business section over the next few months. By keeping the bold colour palette of the Howes Percival branding, the adverts are designed to have strong impact and visibility.

Category Business
By Will F On April 30th 2010

In Today's EDP Business Section you can read all about, Nick and how Farrows started.

Alternatively, you can view it online here

Category Business
By Will F On April 29th 2010

I have recently photographed the newly finished Thomas Paine Building at The University of East Anglia.  The building contains a large state of the art lecture theatre as well as lots of rooms for conferences.

Category Business
By Will F On April 23rd 2010

I have recently photographed the staff at Price Bailey Norwich.  The concept was to create a slightly more casual, informal look.

www.pricebailey.co.uk

Category Business
By Will F On April 7th 2010

We have recently completed a new website for Hansells Solicitors and Financial Advisers.

The site features a large custom made content management system to give Hansells control of the website.

The design allows a diverse range of content whilst maintaining consistent aesthetic levels.

www.hansells.co.uk

Category Business
By Will F On April 1st 2010

Category Business
By Will F On February 2nd 2010

We have just completed and uploaded the new W.S. Lusher & Son website.  The site is clean and modern yet maintains the history and heritage W. S. Lusher & Son have as a company.  Good use of javascript saves space and cuts out the need to scroll other than on the news blog.

The site features lots of photography we have also completed for W. S. Lusher & Son.

Category Business
By Will F On January 29th 2010

December was an incredibly busy month for Farrows, the highlight (other than Christmas) was that we were selected to take part in an internal trade show at Buckingham Palace held by the Royal Warrant Holders Association.

It was a great opportunity to meet members of the Royal Households as well as other Warrant Holders. 

Below is an image of our stand for the show which features our new branding.

Category Business
By Will F On December 11th 2009

Category Business
By Will F On December 11th 2009

We are pleased to announce that as part of our 30th Anniversary we have created a new branding for the company.

This new identity will lead us forward for the next few years.  Many will have seen the new branding, which is as gradually making its way over all of our existing material and websites.

The websites will be having a makeover ready for the new year

Category Charity
By Will F On November 27th 2009

We were named the lucky winners, in the Leeway Big Cake Break Competition, this meant that we were given a Chocolate Fudge Cake.

The cake was presented to us by Leeway Patron Chrissie Jackson from Heart Radio and Victoria Griffin from Leeway.

The competition was part of the Cake Break Campaign held by Leeway to raise awareness of domestic abuse and to celebrate it’s 35th anniversary.  This week was National Domestic Violence Awareness Week and Leeway have been putting on lots of events to raise money for the cause.

Visit www.leewaysupport.org or telephone Leeway on 0845 2412171 for more information of the work they do.

Category Charity
By Will F On November 17th 2009

I gave a short presentation at the BITC Pro Help Breakfast of The Nimmo Twins 2010 calendar.  The calendar is a project we have recently completed.  All proceeds from sales will go to Nelson's Journey of which Karl from the Nimmo Twins is a trustee.

The calendar will go on sale shortly in various places around Norwich including Jarrolds.

Category Business
By Will F On October 13th 2009

I recently photographed a series of properties for W.S. Lusher & Son. All properties have been renovated by Lushers and form part of the company's portfolio.

Category Other
By Will F On October 12th 2009

A couple of weeks ago (I am a bit behind on updates), we took a trip to Blakeney for the SRWHA Annual General Meeting.  This year's meeting was to be more exciting then usual as Nick was to receive presidency of the Sandringham division for the next year.

As you can see from the images below Nick was passed on the president's medallion from Mark Davenport of Donarbon to begin his year of presidency.

A busy but exciting year lies ahead...

Category Business
By Will F On October 9th 2009

I was asked to photograph the launch of the Holland and Holland Overfinch Range Rover which was being launch and H&H’s shooting grounds in Northwood on 22nd September.

The event started with an hour of shooting, followed by afternoon tea served by Claridges in the Dining Room (delicious sandwiches, followed by tasty scones and amazing mini cakes). 

Then followed the main event, the unveiling of what is deemed as the most luxurious Range Rover ever.  A combination of the unmistakable Holland and Holland style and craftsmanship with the engineering and design experience of Overfinch, it was bound to be quite something.

Only 100 will be made, and only about 50 will be available in the UK and you can guarantee that they won’t be available for long.

Category Charity
By Will F On September 29th 2009

We have been working with the Hamlet Centre for several months in recreating their logo and branding in a way which is sympathetic to what they already gives a fresh approach and allows them to portray all of the services they offer.

The new branding was revealed at their AGM last week.  The event was covered by the local press, click here to read the article.

Category Charity
By Will F On September 3rd 2009

Last week we entered the Mills & Reeve charity sports day to raise money for Big C.  There were 13 teams, most of whom had entered the event in previous years. It was a fun event and a successful fundraiser, bringing in over £1300 for the Big C which will help them continue with research and support.

Category Social
By Will F On July 7th 2009

We recently attended the Royal Warrant Holders Association Shoot at Holland & Holland.  The day can get quite competitive and often we see ourselves desperately close to being the losers...

This year however we did alright and were quite comfortably above the losers.  As part of the day, the flurries at the end included a remote controlled plane known as a 'Gnat' which you had several opportunities to hit and try and to take down. Many tried and a couple succeeded, one of which was us!  Something we were pretty proud of!

Overall a great day...next up Brimslade!

Category Social
By Will F On July 1st 2009

We entered a team into the Royal Warrant Holder Football Tournament again this year hoping for slightly more success than our last year's efforts.  Feeling a bit more prepared and aware of the standard we headed bright and early to London for the morning league section. 

We were keen to finish in the top two of the league and started off well with a good win against Louis Roederer.

Following on from that we had two further games against E V Bullen and Fairhurst Ward Abbots both of which we should have won but ended in 0-0 draws.  Scoring was looking like being our problem yet again like the past year.  Anyway 5 points was enough to get us through to the 2nd Round in second place.

Our 2nd Round Knock Out game was against Shepherd Neame who had won their league.  It was quite a tough game and again one we probably should have won, however 0-0 it was again but this time penalties would decide it... Penalties were tense but we got a break through thanks to some great goal keeping and good finishing.

We then faced a quarter final clash with last years tournament winners, DHL.  We battled well but ended up being beaten to a team who looked to be heading for the final... However Cranegates had different ideas and beat DHL in the semis to set up a final with Mayfair Cleaning Company.  A heated final ended with Mayfair getting a well deserved win and the trophy.

Hopefully we will further ourselves again next year....

Category Business
By Will F On June 29th 2009

We recently completed the design and build of bagshowpiece.  bagshowpiece is an online handbag store selling many different brands including Hobo International and Billy Bag.

There is a Introductory offer available on non-sale items for a limited time. Enter the code: introoffer before paying to receive the 10% off.  There is also free shipping on orders over £75.

To see our full website portfolio, head over to Farrowsweb

Category Social
By Will F On June 12th 2009

The tickets we designed for the Royal Warrant Football tournament arrived today.  The programme we have designed will be issued on the day.

Looking forward to the big day and hopefully getting a few wins under our belt!

Category Business
By Will F On June 12th 2009

Nick gave a  talk yesterday morning at the National Skills Academy in Norwich to people involved with the academy and IOD members.

The talk entitled 'Good at Doing Bad' looks at working through a recession and focusing on your core offerings.

You can watch a recording of the talk and see the slides here

Category Business
By Will F On June 10th 2009

Just completed is the new Watton Produce website.

The Watton Produce website has been created to be a direct and straight forward information source with a clean, contemporary look.  Good use of Java to keep the site tidy and compact without the need for scrolling.  Java also used for fading imagery to add a bit of life.

To view the site, please click here

Category Business
By Will F On June 9th 2009

We have set up a new website dedicated to the web-based section of Farrows, known as Farrowsweb. This website contains more information about our capabilities in this genre and also shows examples of projects we have completed.

We are currently working on Farrows main site and others to enhance our presence.

To view Farrowsweb, click here

Category Business
By Will F On May 22nd 2009



Our 30th Anniversary Gifts have nearly made their way out to you.  If you haven't had it quite yet and you are expecting one, don't worry as there is still a few to go out.

2009 sees Farrows enter our 30th year of business. To celebrate this feat and thank friends and those we have worked with over the years we have created 4 mugs, there are limited quantities of each of the designs.

Over the next few weeks there will be further information here about each of the individual mugs we have created for the occasion.

Category Business
By Will F On May 7th 2009

Those of you who received our Christmas card can expect a gift from us shortly, that's if you haven't had it already....

This year, Farrows entered its 30th year of trading. To celebrate this feat, we have created gifts to thank those who have worked with us and supported us since 1979.

Keep your eyes peeled!

Category Charity
By Will F On March 10th 2009

Category Business
By Will F On February 16th 2009

Nick was recently invited to talk to 80 businesses at an IoD Conference entitled 'Leading and Succeeding in Challenging Times'  held at 116 Pall Mall on the 12/2.

He was one of 6 speakers and appeared on a question and answer panel also. Farrows have traded successfully through 2 recessions and therefore Nick was asked to speak on altering your marketing strategy to stay buoyant during this downturn.

Category Business
By Will F On February 10th 2009

We have just completed the redevelopment of Thursday Cottage's website.

As part of the project we also created the concept, produced the design and imagery to give Thursday Cottage an online presence which reflects the brand's ethos.

www.thursday-cottage.com

Category Business
By Will F On January 26th 2009

The final part of the Cross & Fairhead rebranding has been completed in shape of the company website.

This is now online to view at www.crossandfairhead.co.uk

Category Other
By Will F On December 19th 2008

Monday saw the opening of the IOD Norfolk member's facility at the National Skills Academy for Financial Services in Norwich.

To read more about the facility head to the article in the EDP here

The facility was opened Monday evening by Nick, and Head of the Academy, Dick Palmer.  Miles Templeman, Direct of the IOD gave a live video conference from Pall Mall.

Category Business
By Will F On December 11th 2008

Category Social
By Will F On October 17th 2008

Those of you who received our 2008 calendar, should now have it turned to October to which you will see that it is about the festival 'October Plenty.'

This years 'October Plenty' is fast approaching.  It will take place in London, starting outside of Shakespare's Globe theatre from 12 noon on Sunday 26th October.

The festival is good fun; you get to go inside of Shakespeares Globe theatre, which is a good experience in itself.



Here is a bit of information about the festival:

October Plenty is an Autumn harvest celebration held annually in Southwark. Beginning on the Bankside, by Shakespeare's Globe, October Plenty mixes ancient seasonal customs and theatre with contemporary festivity, joining with historic Borough Market, Southwark.

October Plenty is a collective celebration of the seasons, weather and food, in a public place, with access to everyone. The event is free, and happens whatever the weather.

This year, October Plenty, will be a part of Borough Market's Apple Day celebrations, with Southwark Cathedral.

pictures taken from The Lionspart, For more information, head here

Category Business
By Will F On October 7th 2008

I have recently completed a concept based food photo shoot for Japanese Catering Company, Ritsuko & Co.  The imagery will be used for their upcoming website and brochure.

Ritsuko & Co create authentic Japanese dishes using the finest ingredients available. 

Category Business
By Will F On September 8th 2008

An image I took for The Company of the Watermen & Lightermen of the Doggett's Race has been used in this months Rowing & Regata magazine.

Category Business
By Will F On July 25th 2008

(Above) The eventual winner prepares himself for the the race start.

(Above) The race begins with all competitors in a line, the field soon opened out.

(Above) One Rower's tactics back fire and leave him capsized with the current sucking him under a barge.

(Above) Having Capsized, this rower manages to get back in and continues the race.

(Above) Powering towards the finish line, having battled the Thames tide for around thirty minutes.

Category Social
By Will F On July 25th 2008

The RWHA organised another shoot recently in Brimslade, at the Gauntlett Sporting Company.  It was quite a different experience to previous shooting events I had attended; it felt as close to shooting birds as possible without actually shooting them, no cages and very random clays flying all over the place.

There was also a talk about shotgun history and particularly 'mufflers,' which included a demonstration of an old shotgun which when shot shook the floor like a small earthquake!

It was a really interesting day and I think we both improved a fair bit.

Thanks to everyone at the Royal Warrant Holders Association and Bruce Gauntlett for organising it.

Category Business
By Will F On July 11th 2008

We were asked to photograph the Thames Barge Race for The Company of Watermen and Lightermen last Saturday.

The Thames Barge Race is a race in which teams row the old style barges along the Thames from Greenwich to Westminster Bridge. The race is like taking a trip back in time, as this method of rowing barges, is the way the Watermen would have traditionally worked on the Thames. 

This year the weather was good, possibly a bit too hot, as there was a strong wind and a difficult tide.

The winners completed the race in just under two hours; a pretty good feat, watching the race you realise that rowing a steel barge is seriously hard work.

All in all it was a very interesting day.

Category Social
By Will F On June 27th 2008

On Wednesday, Nick, Heather and I attended the Clay Pigeon shoot at Holland & Holland for the Royal Warrant Holders Association.

We were in a team with David Wilkinson from Wilkinson PLC and Sally Stubbs from Barclays.

There was a team competition and also an individual competition. We didn't win, and more importantly we didn't come last either, which was a relief...

The highest amateur score was 43 out of 48 for individuals, David was the highest in our team with 27.

After shooting, we had a nice hog roast lunch and headed back to Norwich.

Thanks to those at the RWHA for organising another great event and Holland & Holland for hosting it.

Category Charity
By Will F On June 9th 2008

After weeks of training, finally our big day came on Saturday; the RWHA 5-A-side Cup held at Kensington Palace. Repping Norwich in the teamís away kit, we started out in a mini league with Owen Brown, Fortnum & Mason and Fairhurst Ward Abbotts.

Our first match was against Fortnum & Mason. It was a tough encounter to say the least but we overcame our nerves to win 1-0 with a tidy finish from Will Pointer. Next up was Owen Brown, a match we dominated but failed to score; the match finished 0-0. Our final game was FWA, a match we wanted to win to finish top of the league. This match was pretty even with both teams having a couple of good chances and Neil Bedford making some vital saves. FWA, however, slotted one home resulting in a loss and us having to go into a play-off against Fortnum & Mason for second place. In the play-off we played well but Fortnum & Mason broke through and scored. From then on we piled on the pressure and got one back through Matt Taylor with an emphatic finish. We continued to push for the winner but ran out of time.... penalties it was. All was even until I stepped up third and hit the post. Fortnum & Mason continued scoring and were a goal up with the final penalties to be taken. Will Pointer bravely stepped up and put the ball wide, putting Fortnum and Mason through into the Prince William Cup and us feeling upbeat about our chances in the Prince Henry knockout.

We were put up against Tiptree in the knockout for a place in the quarters. Tiptree being a team we really wanted to beat having received rallying phone calls prior to the competition. We stepped out feeling hydrated thanks to the copious amounts of Gatorade we had knocked back and took Tiptree apart with a dominant 2-0 win. Goals came from Paul Strowger who saw the goalkeeper off his line and hit a sweet first time effort, then another another followed from Matt Taylor. This put us through and up against Champagne Louis Roederer.

The quarter final was a tough encounter, both teams very much trying to pass it and carve out an opportunity. Champagne scored with an unstoppable long range effort and from then on we pinned them back; Al smashed a great goal home after a maizy run into the opposing half. The game was then marred by a contentious decision (not the officialís first), in which the referee gave Champagne a penalty for a so called back pass by myself to Neil in goal. Anyway, Champagne finished it and although we pushed to equalise, they went through and we went out.

Champagne Louis Roederer went on to win the Prince Henry and DHL (UK) Ltd ran out winner of the overall competition.

A great time was had by all and we will definitely be back next year having pumped some serious iron. We would like to thank Victoria from RWHA and John Shepard from Partridges for organising the event. Thanks also go to our fans who came and cheered us on, Britvic for the Gatorade and Sam at Norwich City for loaning us the kit, at least we looked pro!

Category Social
By Will F On May 19th 2008

Neil Bedford aka Keef Urban invited me to photograph Japanese Rock Band Vola and the Oriental Machine at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton with him.

Hear Vola and the Oriental Machine on their myspace page

To view our galleries click the links below:

For my gallery, click here

For Neil's gallery, click here

Category Other
By Will F On May 2nd 2008

Farrows will be closed on Monday 5th May for the Bank Holiday

We will be open as usual on Tuesday 6th May.

Enjoy the Long Weekend!

Category Other
By Will F On April 8th 2008

I recently helped out Neil Bedford, another Photographer and friend of mine on a project for Nike. There is an exhibition of the work at the Truman Brewery, on Brick Lane in London from 11th-27th April to celebrate 23 years of the Nike Dunk.

Nike have been celebrating the 23rd anniversary of the Dunk in most major cities around the world.

Its a nice combination of different type of media being used together and is definitely worth checking out. See below for more details:

Category Other
By Will F On January 21st 2008

This year we sent out a Christmas Card combined with a 2008 Calendar (see below).

Rumour has it that some rascals have been scowling the desks of their innocent co-workers, stealing these calendars. CCTV footage is yet to provide any incriminating evidence, but its only a matter of time... keep your eyes peeled, and your calendars close in sight!

Category Business
By Will F On January 3rd 2008

Category Business
By Will F On January 3rd 2008

Farrows have been granted the Queen's Royal Warrant for a further 5 years.


We are all very pleased and honoured to have achieved this for a second time.

Category Other
By Will F On December 12th 2007



'Me In My Bag' is a book I contributed towards recently, it features 100 different people and exposes fully the contents of their bags... Its a fun book which can become quite addictive. An ideal Christmas present for friends, family and loved ones!?!

If you look closely theres even a few of us from Farrows!



For more info or to purchase one of these lovely books, go to the noodoll website

Category Business
By Will F On December 4th 2007

Category Charity
By Will F On November 21st 2007

We have just started working with a small charity called 'The Norfolk Venda Educational Project,' Farrows will be supporting this charity using our skills as a donation. Something that is especially nice about the charity is that small amounts of money make a big difference.


The Charity works towards helping to provide people of the Limpopo Provinces in South Africa with water, stationery, and schools. Providing these necessities allows the people to become self sufficient and vastly improves the quality of life. We hope to raise greater awareness for the charity to enable them to further their already impressive support for the Venda people.

If you wish to know more about The Norfolk Venda Educational Project, please contact Philip or Ceri through their website: www.norfolkvenda.org

Category Other
By Will F On October 31st 2007

During our time in the current premises there have been lots of rumours and sitings of an odd figure who supposedly walks the corridors and operates macs whilst us mortals sleep.

Whilst running a routine check on cctv footage we came across something out of this world, funny that this figure should reappear coincidently so close to Halloween.


The figure, who until now has never been caught on camera, seems to be working on some kind of design unknown to anyone The files cannot be found anywhere on our systems. Footage showed his strange skeletal hands working a mouse like no man i have ever seen!

It seems there is no logical explanation to this..... very strange indeed!

Category Business
By Will F On October 17th 2007

There has been a few changes on the site

The missing staff members have been added amongst a few other bits and bobs!

Category Other
By Will F On October 8th 2007

October sees Norfolk celebrate Black History Month for the 5th time.

The month is set to be jam packed with loads of events which are sure to bring cultural diversity and something different to Norfolk.

Check out the website, where you can download the full schedule of events.

http://www.norfolkblackhistorymonth.org.uk

Category Business
By Will F On September 28th 2007

Finally, we have put together a new website...

There are a few staff members missing, they have not been sacked and will be added later this week all being well!

There will be regular updates and blog entries so please keep coming back!

We hope you like and enjoy it!

Category Charity
By Will F On September 6th 2007



Our charity for the year 'Big C' have their annual charity ball coming up. This year the theme is Sorcerers.

Tickets are £60 each and available by calling Rachel or Les on 01603 619900

Category Social
By Will F On September 6th 2007

Thats right, Nick has popped off for a spot of fishing for a couple of days

Here he is with one he caught earlier!


Keep up the good work!