Umbraco CMS Website for Riverside Training
Mobile responsive website with high-functionality to create the perfect user experience
PSP Transforms Riverside Training’s Digital Presence with a New Umbraco Website
Client Overview
Riverside Training is a specialist provider of workplace qualifications, offering training for childcare workers, teaching assistants, administration staff and managers. As an accredited sub-contractor for the Skills Funding Agency and awarding bodies such as Cache and Futurequals, Riverside Training needed a modern, user-friendly website to showcase their range of services effectively. They partnered with PSP to develop a new website using the Umbraco CMS, aiming to improve their digital presence and streamline course applications.
Challenge
Riverside Training’s previous website was outdated and did not provide the functionality needed to support their growing business. They required a platform that would be visually appealing, easy to navigate and optimised for search engines to increase online visibility. Additionally, the new site needed to support course applications directly from individual course pages and offer a content management system (CMS) that would allow Riverside staff to manage updates independently. Ensuring the site was responsive across all devices and included features for tracking sales enquiries and showcasing job vacancies was also crucial to their requirements.
Solution
PSP leveraged its 16 years of Umbraco expertise to build a dynamic, user-friendly website tailored to Riverside Training’s needs. The project began with a detailed functional specification outlining technical and design requirements, ensuring a clear roadmap for development. Using Umbraco CMS, PSP developed a website that enabled Riverside Training to have full control over their content, making it easy for staff to update pages, add new course listings and manage enquiries.
The new site was designed with a focus on responsiveness and SEO optimisation, ensuring it performed well across smartphones, tablets and desktop devices while achieving higher rankings on search engines. The intuitive design allowed users to find information quickly and a dedicated sales funnel feature was incorporated to streamline course applications and track leads effectively. PSP also implemented a job vacancy page to enable Riverside to post local employment opportunities, providing additional value to site visitors.
Results
The launch of the new Umbraco-based website transformed Riverside Training’s digital presence. The refreshed design and modern structure significantly enhanced their online brand image, making the site more inviting and accessible for potential students. With the Umbraco CMS, Riverside Training now has the flexibility to manage and update their content in-house, reducing their dependency on external developers and enabling quicker content updates.
The site’s responsive design ensures a seamless browsing experience across all devices and the SEO enhancements have resulted in improved search engine rankings, driving more traffic to the site. The integrated sales funnel has streamlined the course application process, allowing Riverside to capture and respond to leads more effectively. The addition of the job vacancy page has expanded the site’s functionality, providing a platform for Riverside to connect with job seekers in the community.
Conclusion
PSP’s implementation of a modern Umbraco CMS website provided Riverside Training with a flexible, scalable platform that enhances their digital presence and operational efficiency. The new site supports Riverside’s business goals by increasing user engagement, streamlining course applications and offering an easy-to-use content management system that empowers staff to make updates independently. PSP’s expertise in Umbraco ensured a high-quality solution that meets Riverside’s needs, positioning them for continued growth and success in the competitive training sector.
"PSP IT and Design have been a superb company to work with. The old website presented ourselves as an outdated business, PSP have managed to freshen up the whole outlook of the business and have successfully created a website which is extremely user friendly for potential customers. The whole experience we have had with PSP from meeting the staff to getting the website live has been superb. They are friendly and supportive with any questions you have. The customer service team have been great to help the Riverside Training staff understand how to use the website from our own offices, giving us freedom to upload and update our website constantly. We are extremely pleased with how the website has been completed and will definitely recommend PSP to anyone looking to update or create a new website. "
