We’re a specialist new media agency, founded in Brighton and Hove - one of the UK’s foremost digital media hubs.
We believe we created the UK’s first e-commerce site, and created one of the first commercial intranets. But we’re not an agency to live on our past achievements. Today we’re responsible for the highest-ranked UK corporate website according to the respected site auditing company Sitemorse.
Our History
CST Group was founded in 1995 by three stalwarts of the Media and Advertising industry (Mike Cobbe, Nigel Smith, and John Terris), plus an authority on all things “Technology” (Paul Ockenden), and was described by the Daily Telegraph as the “Dream Team”.
CST has always been a bit unique. The founders were all known and respected in their various fields, and had years of experience and a fully rounded skill set: Marketing; Advertising; Media; Client; Agency; and Technical.
A series of firsts
You know that expression “Been there, done that, got the t-shirt”? Well, at CST we have a whole cupboard full of those t-shirts. As far as we’re aware, we were:
- One of the first UK agencies (possibly the first) to build Web sites for consumer brands.
- The first UK agency to build an e-commerce site. If only we’d patented the idea!
- Drivers of the UK's first online sponsorship by a consumer brand.
- Pioneers in the development of Intranets, Extranets, and Portals - long before those terms were coined.
- The first (and indeed may still be the only) company to offer a full production and technology audit service for new media projects.
Our Recent and Current Clients Include:
To find out more about what we've done for our clients, please view our projects section.
Let's Talk
Whether you have a new or existing project, we’d love to hear from you.
Our experienced team thrive on problem solving and working with your business goals in mind.