Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Sheffield for UK City of Culture

In a few hours the winner of UK City of Culture will be announced. Sheffield is amongst the four finalists competing for the honour against Birmingham, Norwich and Derry, with the winning city’s economy looking to benefit in the region of £200m.

July 15, 2010 • Posted in: Blog, News • Posted by: rjesson • Comments

5 reasons why Quba are better than England

New Business director David Sealey discusses how working with Quba is more reliable and enjoyable than watching Capello and the boys getting thrashed by Germany…

1. Goal-keeping
At Quba protecting our customer’s goals for a project is hugely important. Using a team of dedicated specialists and in house project management software we never let our clients down [...]

June 30, 2010 • Posted in: News • Posted by: David Sealey • Comments

Quba dives into social media for Speedo

Sheffield-based Digital marketing specialists Quba have produced a new website for swimwear manufacturer Speedo to help launch its latest range of next-generation costumes.
Quba created the interactive www.speedosculpture.com site to showcase the new Speedo Sculpture ShapeLine series, widely described as the closest thing to made-to-measure swimwear available on the mass-market.

The site utilises fashion photography and video [...]

June 17, 2010 • Tags: , , , , • Posted in: News • Posted by: Quba • Comments

My Dangerous Loverboy in line for Royal Television Society award

A campaign group from Sheffield working to expose the hidden world of ‘internal’ sex trafficking has been short-listed for an award at the upcoming Royal Television Society Awards.

My Dangerous Loverboy, a collaborative voluntary project between digital agency Quba and film-makers Virginia Heath and Grant Keir, uses social media websites such as Facebook and Youtube to [...]

Quba recruits digital team to meet growing demand

A sharp increase in demand for its award-winning services has resulted in Sheffield-based digital marketing agency Quba expanding its team of industry-experienced professionals.
Quba is an acknowledged leader in its field, working with big brand names and smaller companies looking to increase traffic to websites, run online marketing campaigns and develop the look and feel of [...]

May 27, 2010 • Posted in: News • Posted by: jeaton • Comments

Warning: Google Adwords Phishing Emails

It has come to Quba’s attention that there is a Phishing attack being carried out on those who use Google Adwords. Although it’s fairly unsophisticated, the attack looks like Google and could easily capture secure login details. If you receive a similar email to this one, get in contact with Quba before entering your login [...]

May 4, 2010 • Posted in: News • Posted by: Quba • Comments

Introducing our new CMS partner

At Quba we recently completed the lengthy process of selecting a Web Content Management System to serve clients who require an enterprise level solution with the flexibility and functionality to suit their particular needs. We spent a long time evaluating a large number of systems, but ultimately one particular system matched our way of thinking [...]

March 5, 2010 • Posted in: News • Posted by: Nick Higgs • Comments

Recycling Push at Quba Removes the Equivalent of Four Cars off the Road

At Quba, we try to be as environmentally responsible as we possibly can. A year ago we arranged for a company, Recycling Revolution, to start collecting all our cans, glass and plastics.  As you can imagine, getting people to use the correct bins for the correct waste can be pretty tricky, after all it is [...]

March 3, 2010 • Tags:  • Posted in: News • Posted by: Anna John • Comments

Quba Pool Season 3 Review

The closing stages of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. England versus Ireland in the Six Nations. The non-handshake between Wayne Bridge and John Terry. All big sporting events this weekend.
They all pale in comparison, however, to the finals of Quba Pool Season 3 which took place on Friday 26th February 2010. Could it live up to [...]

February 28, 2010 • Tags: , • Posted in: News • Posted by: Ben Franklin • Comments

Quba launches Welcome to Yorkshire blog

Welcome to Yorkshire has just launched their new online magazine; This is Y Magazine. The magazine which celebrates all that’s great in England’s greatest region has been designed to provide visitors with engaging content about what’s going on in and around Yorkshire. The site has been developed in partnership with Welcome to Yorkshire’s design agency [...]

February 5, 2010 • Posted in: News • Posted by: Quba • Comments