Welcome to the new Octopus home on the web. We think it's very cool. Why? Well, mainly because the DNA of what you see was defined by everyone in the company. Quite literally. It's colourful, it's full of energy and it's easy on the eye. Hope those of you who know us agree.

But it got me thinking about websites and how they reflect your company life stages. Take a look at the first Octopus website from 2002. Done by a mate for £500, all in flash, no real content - we had no people and less clients - but we loved it. Full of fun and optimism that most broom cupboard start-ups have. This was the Toddler site.

Our first site... back in 2002

Our next site was launched when we moved into our posh new office in 2006. Felt like we'd started to get noticed. We were working with some great brands, nominated for PR Week awards, growing like stink, we were over-excited, full of stuff to say and we couldn't hire people quick enough. This was the Teenager site.

Hopefully, our new site shows bravery, hunger, is true to our roots, occasionally astute and beautifully together (check me living the values there). Let's call it our new Grown-Up site. Experienced, award- winning, well qualified, insightful but still delivering everything with a smile.

Hope you enjoy the site, the blog and all the things we plan to use it for in the future. Oh and cheers to, Rubbaglove, for the inspiration.

Jon

In between stuffing our faces with mince pies and taking hearty medicinal swigs of sherry, there's nothing we love more in December than a good end-of-year pitch to get our teeth into. Of course, we like them even more when we win said pitches as well, which is why we're thrilled to announce that we've been selected to provide PR and comms support to both FISITA and clean-tech business news and information source Greenbang.

FISITA (the Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Ingénieurs des Techniques de l'Automobile, to give it the correct name) is the umbrella organisation for national automotive societies in 38 countries around the world representing more than 165,000 automotive engineers around the globe. FISITA focuses on helping to create efficient, affordable, safe and sustainable automotive transportation by providing a global forum for dialogue between engineers, industry, government, academia, environmental and standards organisations.

Founded in 2007, Greenbang offers up-to-the-second news for global business leaders tasked with working towards a low-carbon future. Greenbang gives its readers insight into cutting edge sustainability strategies, technological breakthroughs and comment from leading green and clean tech thinkers.

Find out more about why FISITA and Greenbang chose to work with Octopus here.

While there's still some debate over which family unit we resemble most here at Octopus Towers (some say Waltons, most favour Addams), we're always thrilled to be welcoming new Octopedes into the fold.

So it's with big smiles all round that we're delighted to be saying a big "HELLO" to not one, but two new members of the Octopus team this month.

First up, Agi Augustyniak joins our specialist influencer relations team where she'll be working with on analyst programmes for a number of our clients. Agi will add great credentials to the team following experience with Microsoft EMEA, Qulacomm, Samsung and Intel.

We're also delighted to welcome Julian Moore on board as our Business Development Consultant. Julian joins us from RSW in London, and brings with him a wealth of BizDev experience from across the B2B, B2C and branding fields (not to mention a frankly unhealthy dislike of John Cusack).

But that's not all - just like the ever expanding pot of porridge from that kids story, we just keep getting bigger. We're currently looking for a few good people to join us at Account Executive, Account Manager and Account Director level as well, so if that sounds like you, why not drop us a line here