Hey, thanks for that. I've managed to get everything to shift up, and the logo is gone, but the strip remains.
This is the area of code I'm looking at. Do I have the change the height of the grey box?
.navigation {background:#2C2C2C; border-bottom:2px solid #000000;}
.navigation .left {float:left; padding:30px;}
.navigation .right {float:right; padding-right:30px;}
.navigation .links {text-align:right; padding:26px 0px 12px 0px; color:#e6e6e6;}
.navigation .links a {color:#e6e6e6;}
.navigation .nav_1 {float:left; padding:4px 15px 3px 0px;}
.navigation .nav_2, .navigation .nav_3 {float:left; padding:1px 15px; border-left:1px solid #4D4D4D;}
.navigation .input_search {width:110px; padding:3px;}
.content_bg {background:#2C2C2C url(../images/bg_cont.gif) top repeat-x;}
.welcome {background:url(../images/welcome_bg.jpg) top left no-repeat; padding:0px 0px 30px 154px;}
.welcome h2 {padding:6px 0px 3px 0px;}