A SMALL internet design company in Shrewsbury has just completed a piece of business for some of the most famous car manufacturers in the world.

The Web Orchard has designed a business website for use by Aston Martin, Honda and Nissan.

Since the online launch a few weeks ago, Jaguar and Land Rover have also signed up to it.

The technical website allows car companies to make sure that their suppliers and products - which run to many thousands across the world – adhere to a strict regulation on chemicals and their safe use implemented by the European Union last year.

Nathan Bensley-Edwards, one of the founders of The Web Orchard, which is based at The Pumphouse on Coton Hill, said: “Over the coming years this regulation will have big implications for all manufacturers in Europe.

“The website www.auto-reach.com has been designed as a communication tool for the companies within the supply chain.  It allows companies to make links with their suppliers and customers securely and confidentially.

“As a small company, it has been a great opportunity for us.  We were obviously thrilled to be awarded the work by such global brand names, and we hope that it shows other businesses that it’s not necessary to hire major online service companies to carry out such work.  It can be handled by a small enterprise such as ourselves in Shrewsbury.”

The business came the way of The Web Orchard through its work for the environmental consultancy Enviros.

Will Martin, Senior Consultant at Enviros, said: “The Web Orchard has produced an excellent, versatile communication tool in Auto-REACH to support our clients’ compliance strategy with the REACH Regulation.  This work was carried out against a challenging time frame, but the end result has been a great success.”

The Web Orchard can be found at www.theweborchard.com.

For further information, please contact:
Nathan Bensley-Edwards, of The Web Orchard, on 01743 343411 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it