Web company's cultural contract

A WARRINGTON-based web specialist has secured a two year £400,000 contract with the UK’s leading cultural relations and educational opportunities organisation.
Ixis, who are on the Wilderspool Business Park has worked with the British Council for more than six years and this latest project will include hosting and maintaining a collection of educational websites including Learn English, Teaching English and Premier Skills English which brings together English and football.
The company will work on a project to create four individual platforms for hosting key websites on – moving away from just one main infrastructure. Hosting the main sites separately will improve the resilience, efficiency and overall uptime of the individual websites.
Ixis will also provide continued 24/7 website support to the British Council which has around eight teaching and learning websites generating more than 35 million page impressions a month.
Martin Heineberg, websites and media coordinator for the British Council, said: “Our free learning and teaching English language websites are used by more than 65 million people each year alone. It is essential for us to ensure these important learning tools are working efficiently and are accessible at all times for our users.
“Having worked with Ixis for more than six years, we knew we could rely on them to provide the right solution for hosting the websites. They are always quick to respond and resolve any rare instances involving technical issues.”