One of the great benefits of being a successful business is that we’re afforded the opportunity to support organisations and causes we believe in.

In place of sending Christmas cards to our clients, it’s been our Christmas tradition in previous years to make a charitable donation. In the past we have donated cheques to Concern and Saves The Children — this year, we’ve decided to support Guide Dogs UK and Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.

Most of us know someone who is blind or visually impaired, and if you’ve ever seen that person with a guide dog, then you’ll know what a tremendous impact they can have on their owner’s life. Guide Dogs help give blind people throughout Ireland “independence and dignity” through their world class dog and ancillary services.

The organisation receives over 85% of its income through voluntary donations and fundraising, so it desperately needs every penny it can get. That’s where both Spiral Hosting and you, come in.

From today (Wednesday 5th December) until 30th December, we will donate 10% of income from new web hosting orders to Guide Dogs in the UK and Ireland.

How it works is simple – the more you spend on www.spiralhosting.com/hosting, the more money goes to charity. Simply place a web hosting order on our site and we’ll automatically donate 10% on your behalf . We’re really proud to be sponsoring Guide Dogs in the UK and Ireland, and we hope you get behind us and them in the coming weeks!

If you would like to know more about the great work that these charities do, visit www.guidedogs.ie or call 1850 506 300 for Irish Guide Dogs and www.guidedogs.org.uk or call 0118 983 5555 for Guide Dogs UK.

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We’re back with another sensational Black Friday Web Hosting Promo!!

In honour of the increasingly popular annual tradition, we’re slashing our web hosting packages (Size XS to Size XL) by a massive 50% until Sunday 25th November. This means you can purchase any new shared web hosting package for half price and keep the rest of your money to spend on Christmas presents!

To take advantage, simply like our Facebook or Twitter pages then enter the promo code “BLACKFRIDAY” when placing your order. The offer is open to both new and existing clients. The offer includes 1-year, 2-year and 3-year hosting plans; 1-month plans are excluded.

All other normal T&C’s apply.

How’s your Mo coming along?

Wild and untamed, we hope!

If you have absolutely MO idea what we’re talking about – during November each year, Movember is responsible for the growing of thousands of moustaches on men’s faces in the UK and all around the world. The aim of to raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer.

Here at Spiral Hosting, we love helping charities almost as much as we love moustaches so this is something we couldn’t wait to get involved in!

It’s currently Day 20 of our challenge and  for the rest of Movember you can purchase any webhosting plan from www.SpiralHosting.com/hosting with promocode “movember” to get a 10% discount and we’ll give a further 10% donation to your local Movember charity to help fight prostate cancer.

Some of our staff are also growing Mo’s – helping to raise money for a good cause, while also looking awesome!

Start cutting eye-holes in your bed sheets and carving creepy smiles into your pumpkins because Halloween, the scariest time of the year, is finally here!

In celebration of the spookiest and most fun holiday around, we’re slashing the prices of some of our most in-demand domain extensions!

Check our our Monster Mash of domain deals here.

I know what you’re thinking, “Oooooohhh, those are terrifying deals!!! ”

All of these horrific deals end on November 30th 2012 and apply for the 1st gruesome year only. Normal T&Cs apply.

Have you seen the Twitter competition we’ve been running over the last few days?

If not, don’t fear — we’re opening it up to everyone from today!

We’re offering .CO.UK domains for half price for the rest of the week. Simply enter the PROMO CODE “SAVEBIG” at the checkout and you can take advantage of this fantastic offer! Make sure you grab yours by Sunday.

Also, if you’re not already doing so, add us on Twitter to keep up to date with news, exclusive content and competitions!

Linux Server Administrator & Customer Support

Due to our continued expansion we are looking to recruit a Linux Server Administrator, with a special aptitude for Linux servers and the cPanel control panel.  This is a full time position and the successful applicant must be available to work from our office in Belfast, N Ireland. We are a 24-hour business and the candidate will be required to work a mixture of day, night and occasional graveyard shifts.
The successful applicant must be confident in performing the role detailed below and they must possess the skills required, including the appropriate qualification detailed below.

Role:

- Install, configure and manage (predominantly Linux-based) webhosting servers.
- Responsible for server management, optimisation and security of webhosting systems.
- Answering customer technical inquiries via our support ticket system, live chat, IM, email and phone
- Quickly resolving any high priority tasks (e.g. server failure) and updating our network status blog
- Liasing with customers and advising them about any technical issues, server upgrades etc.

Skills required:

- Must have a qualification in I.T or Computer Science
- Knowledge of Linux/Windows webhosting and server products
- Knowledge of cPanel and Plesk server control panel products
- Knowledge of network technologies – TCP/IP and DNS etc.
- Familiarity with Windows and Linux operating systems
- Understanding of HTML/CSS, PHP and MySQL.
- Excellent phone manner and writing skills
- Must be professional, flexible and reliable

To apply for this position please email jobs(at)spiralhosting.com for an application form.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their religious beliefs or political opinions, sex, marital or family statuses, races, sexual orientations, ages or whether they are disabled.

We do not require any assistance from job agencies. Please do not contact us regarding this job position. Thank you.

Here at Spiral Hosting, we like to offer the best value for money to our clients.

After all, good value for money goes hand in hand with happy clients. And happy clients are better for business.

It’s just common sense.

With that in mind, we have slashed the prices of some of our top-selling domains with up to 50% off.

New prices…
.com  €6.95 / £5.79
.net  €6.95 / £5.79
.ie  €15.95 / £ 13.29
.me  €7.99 / £6.66
.mobi  €4.99 / £4.16

Get them while they’re hot!

* Usual T&Cs apply. Purchase ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Made in Belfast. Famous the world over.

No, we’re not talking about Spiral Hosting (although that description also fits our company!)…. we’re talking about RMS Titanic!

As you know, Titanic fever has been building in recent months, culminating in terrific celebrations over last weekend for the ship’s centenary.

Here at Spiral Hosting, we’re marking the anniversary in a couple of ways.

Firstly,  for the next wee we will be renaming our hosting packages after 5 of the most famous White Star Liners.

So, instead of Size XS, S, M, L and XL we will have:

The Tropic
The Majestic
The Oceanic
The Olympic
and The Titanic

Additionally, we will be launching a very special offer – something we’re calling 10 Days of Titanic.

What’s the offer?

In a nutshell, you can get a massive 50% off a new Size XS, S or M hosting package for the first year.

How long does the offer last?

This special offer will run for 10 days until midnight on Sunday 22nd April 2012. Get it while you still can!

How do I get this mega deal?

Simply ‘Like’ us on Facebook, then add any hosting package to your shopping basket, and enter the PROMO Code “TITANICHOST” at the checkout.

Is this the one of the absolute best web hosting offers anywhere in the word, taking into account price/performance/reliability and service?

Yes. Yes it is.