What makes us tick at work? Why do we get up in the morning? How can we keep motivated in a work environment? These, and many other related questions are ones we all ask ourselves from time to time.

At WDL we believe having strong business values, a mission, a vision and instilling a company culture can go a long way towards creating that work-life balance we all crave, and help to answer some of those age-old questions.

WDL Vision

Happy Clients + Happy Employees = Success

WDL Mission

At WDL, we aim to give our clients a refreshing experience.

We enjoy being involved beyond the normal project process and want to help you exceed your goals and achieve your business dreams. To help facilitate this we’ve spent a long time gathering and developing a special team of unique skills and talents.

We care about more than just incredible design, expert development and happy clients. We’re also acutely aware of the bigger picture and the wider cultural shifts, and as such we’re constantly looking at ways to reduce the environmental impact, and increase the social responsibility of our day-to-day business.

In essence, we’re always looking to improve (professionally and personally) to be the best we can be. The way we see it, if we’re at the top of our game you will be too.

WDL Culture

At WDL, our culture is a collective state of mind and a way of life. We believe in each other and the products, services and solutions we provide. Our approach is one of integrity, quality, consistency and a genuine passion for what we do. It’s a team effort and an environment of openness and fun. We believe these qualities are crucial to our continued success.

Effective Communications

Polite, efficient and friendly; WDL communicate in a language that you understand.

Expertise and Education

We learn from our mistakes and empower ourselves, while sharing our knowledge and keeping up to date in our specialist areas.

Reliability

Giving you realistic expectations, we strive to deliver what we say we are going to; on time and on budget.

Honesty and Integrity

We won’t lie to you to make you like us. We’ll always be upfront, honest and give you the best possible solutions for your business. If we know we can’t help, we will put you in touch with people who can.

Respect

Respecting our clients and colleagues, we’re tolerant and always mindful of others.

Unity and Teamwork

As a team we all understand the objectives of WDL. We are non-competitive and work together where possible, sharing knowledge at every opportunity.

Consistency

Everything we do is consistent; from following tried and tested process, to being open to new ideas. We all follow the vision, mission and culture of WDL.

Accountability and Responsibility

Our aim is to make it happen for our clients whilst acting in their best interests and to be held accountable for our actions.

Quality    

We want to produce work of the highest quality no matter what the size or value of your project and we take pride in what we do.

Balance

It’s important to us that all employees have a balanced work and home life to help maintain a positive outlook and to help foster an atmosphere of creativity, fun and professionalism.

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Available Now! -  Fantastic office space for rent at No. 1 Thomas Court in Colchester, Essex.
The attractive courtyard style office development at Thomas Court is situated approximately 1 mile to the east of Colchester town centre; close to the River Colne and opposite the historic ‘Old Siege House’.

The building, constructed in 1992, is principally made of cavity brick walls with timber boarding to the first floor and a pitched slate roof with accommodation provided over three floors.

The available accommodation is situated on the 2nd floor and provides car parking (1 space per suite), WC facilities and a remote door entry system.

For more details please visit www.thomascourt.co.uk

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WDL received a delivery of 100% recycled paper from fenner paper today. We’re using a variation of weights in the same stock for business cards, mail and complimentary slips. Beautiful texture which Matt seems to be admiring.

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Like many small businesses, we struggle daily with one of life’s most difficult issues: who’s turn is it to make everyone’s hot beverage of choice??

After many meetings, and some consultation, we elected to adopt the ancient method of Nümberwang to decide. Many of you will already have heard of the Nümberwang in it’s modern adaptation as a maths-based quiz, but it actually has roots far back in the mists of time.

History of the Nümberwang

The original concept was developed for everyday use by an ancient Tibetan Monk called Gampopa; he proposed it as a solution to the all-too-frequent border and property disputes of the local populace. In it’s original format, Nümberwang was enacted over several days in a long and convoluted ceremony.

Widespread use of the Nümberwang was initally supressed, mainly due to the losing party’s attitude that the process was “really unfair”. Eventually, enough time passed for the process to be considered traditional and people travelled from far and wide to have their grievances decided by the Monks of the Nümberwang.

By this time, casual, bootleg versions of the Nümberwang process were in use in isolated villages and towns; local leaders would use shorter ceremonies to manage the local residents and decide difficult legal cases.

The Nümberwang can be found in use in many social situations in more recent history; for example, Victorian schoolchildren would use the Nümberwang as a playground game when conkers were out of season. The most notable recent adaptation was used in the trenches during the Great War by german soldiers (mostly to decide who would go up and check for neraby enemy forces), which is where the process adopted its modern-day umlaut.

Rules of the Nümberwang

There are only a few rules for the historical Nümberwang:

Rule #1 – You do not talk about the Nümberwang.

Rule #2 – The leader (originally known as the ‘Chosen’ or the ‘Wanger’ chooses the condition for the current iteration (highest even, number announced 3rd in sequence etc).

Rule #3 – The decision of the Chosen/Wanger is final and binding, on pain of death.

Daily use of the Nümberwang

In honour of the original process, we have tried to stick as close as possible to the original code although we have made two major amendments: the process is slightly shorter, normally lasting a maximum of 30s; and we have dropped the death penalty for disputing the outcome and replaced it with a healthy barrage of insults.

Disclaimer:

Most, if not all of the above is completely untrue (apart from us using it to decide the tea/coffee round). Numberwang is actually a fictional gameshow from the popular tv show ‘That Mitchell and Webb Look‘.

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After months of planning, we’ve finally moved to our new offices in the centre of Colchester. We are here in East Street. Actually, we’re in the building behind where the arrow is pointing. It took a whole weekend to move from our old premises in Manningtree, but all went smoothly, and we were up and running for business as usual by Monday morning.

We’re enjoying the new facilities, and it’s nice that we’re not sitting on top of each other any more. Feel free to pop in and see us any time for a cup of tea.

Oh, and if you’re looking for offices to rent near the centre of Colchester, we have 2 available, get in touch!

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