We were recently asked to create a logo for the re-brand of a London-based music school.

We've also launched a couple of new CMS sites - one to promote personal training courses and another for a beautiful hotel in the lake district.

The past month has seen us finishing off a couple of web projects that will be going live at the start of next month. In the meantime we've given the site a bit of a makeover. Big images, lots to load and doesn't work in ie6 - never mind...

Download the background.

Being a single man in London is tough, or so it would seem... It was only after 250 days of having, ahem, last having relations with a woman, that a good friend of ours realised just how tough it was.

We built him a site to broadcast his experiences, after all a problem shared is a problem halved... thedryspell.com

Unfortunately, the site depends on one of the most 'laid-back' people we know documenting all his attempts at finding 'the one' - so keeping it up to date has been a challenge.

We've been working with our good friends from The Loyal Few for years now, including the design for their last website. However, when it came to redesigning their site, we got thinking about what a band really needs from a website. The trouble is that bands, and particularly unsigned bands, have to use all the channels they can to get them more exposure and connect to current and potential fans.

A Myspace profile is pretty much taken for granted these days, as is a Facebook presence for your band. But even Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and a Last.fm account are all common place. One thing leads to another and before you know it a band could have 6, 7, 8+ profiles across a variety of sites without even trying.

In any other situation, this is the sort of time we would propose a website that pulls all of this together. Where's the logic in keeping your photos on a different site to your tracks, and your Twitter feed different from your gig listing? And that's exactly what the last The Loyal Few site did.

But it didn't work. It didn't get updated as often as Twitter, as much traffic as Myspace, or have as many photos as Flickr.

The new website actually does very little, particularly in comparison to the old site, but what it provides is a jumping-off point to all their profiles, sites and services that The Loyal Few can be found on. And beyond that? You can download their E.P. And that's it. It will never be a burden to update and spoon-feeds the user with every link to every site of The Loyal Few.

This strategy will inevitably change should the band's popularity increase sufficiently to command a high level of traffic to the site in it's own right, however for now, this is exactly what the band need.

Take a look at the new theloyalfew.com site now, and download a free copy of their E.P. while you're at it.

We have nothing but love for Spotify, the free, legal and social music-streaming service. Aside from everything else it just works so well, and with future developments that are bound to include better recommendations, links to purchase music/merchandise/tickets, videos etc, it is poised to be an unstoppable force, and one that is on the same side as the record labels for a change!

We've put together an actionaction playlist so take a listen. You'll need to sign up and download the Spotify software first.

We were recently approached by R-Art, a new eco-aware community arts initiative who are starting to run workshops and classes for young London-based artists, to design a website and some eco-friendly branding.

We've thrown up a holding page for them while the new site is under development. If you know anyone who may be interested in this fantastic scheme then they'd love to hear from you.

actionaction have just been commissioned to manage the search engine optimisation and PPC advertising for a new employment website zookle.com.

We've just finished working on a fun little project for a new interiors design and home makeover startup - allyourinteriors.

We put together a logo and brand identity plus a portfolio site to show off their most recent projects. Take a look at the results or head over to allyourinteriors.co.uk to check out their work.

So, after a year of mostly ignoring our stagnant, unloved and largely barron portfolio site, we thought it was time for a revamp, so here it is. We've stripped it of the dead weight, had a makeover and added some personality.

Keep checking back to see what we've been up to and what we've been enjoying.

Follow us on Twitter, add us on Last.fm or drop us a line if you have any questions, comments or queries. We're always interested in new projects so feel free to get in touch for a quote for anything, big or small.