Companies should permit individuals to have their own home pages. Many people enjoy doing this and go off and learn HTML on their own to do so. Adding information should be simple. If each department is responsible for updating their own pages, maintaining the data should be pretty straightforward. Limit the size of graphics on your pages.
Many people enter the Web from modems rather than direct connections.
The bigger the graphics, the longer it takes the page to load. Some users won't wait very long. When links are added to the page, be sure the links go somewhere. And be sure each link does have accurate data attached. Just do it.