ScreenSelect.co.uk links up with Boots.com, Virgin Megastores, RealNetworks, Loot.com and radiotimes.com

Big brands choose industry leader to offer customers online DVD rental LONDON, 9 March 2005: ScreenSelect.co.uk announced today five new marketing partnerships with Virgin Megastores, Boots.com, radiotimes.com, RealNetworks, and Loot.com to promote its market-leading online DVD rental service t...
Published on: 12:00AM on 9th March 2005

Lack of online customer service hurting both organisations and consumers - Transversal launches Top 10 Rules of eService

Transversal releases Top 10 Rules of successful eService to satisfy customers and increase sales Cambridge, UK: Despite one in four of the UK population now shopping online, too many organisations are alienating consumers by not providing even basic levels of customer service online. This is the...
Published on: 12:00AM on 9th March 2005

Ladbrokes appoints Agency.com and WWAV Rapp Collins for holistic CRM solution

London – 8th March 2005 - Ladbrokes has appointed Agency.com, the full service interactive agency, and WWAV Rapp Collins, the UK’s leading direct marketing agency, to provide a holistic CRM solution for Ladbrokes online and telephone customers following a 7-way pitch. The fellow Omnicom-owned a...
Published on: 12:00AM on 8th March 2005

ReadSoft software automates the processing of the UK’s largest independent business survey

ReadSoft software enables rapid processing of the British Chambers of Commerce Quarterly Economic Survey Milton Keynes, UK, March 8, 2005 - The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has selected ReadSoft DOCUMENTS for FORMS software to automate the processing of its Quarterly Economic Survey, the U...
Published on: 12:00AM on 8th March 2005

Smart agencies get cost advantage by outsourcing creative production

United Virtualities launch offshore creative production services for European agencies Responding to the need for businesses to do more with less in an increasingly competitive global economy, US-based company, United Virtualities, launches South-Sourcing. Digital creative agencies can now outso...
Published on: 12:00AM on 3rd March 2005

UK Usability & Accessibility market to surge beyond £100m in 2005

The combined UK usability and accessibility market will be worth more than £100m in 2005, according to new research published by E-consultancy, the London-based internet marketing group. The forecast is taken from E-consultancy’s new, 175-page ‘Usability and Accessibility Buyer’s Guide 2005’ (ht...
Published on: 12:00AM on 3rd March 2005

ValueClick Expands European Senior Management Team with New Head of Search

ValueClick Expands European Senior Management Team with New Head of Search LONDON, UK, 3 March 2005 - ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK), the leading provider of digital marketing solutions, today announced the appointment of Nigel Frith as Head of Search for ValueClick Europe. As Head of Search, ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 3rd March 2005

Police report welcomed by LINX

A report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, which concludes police are sometimes so busy dealing with Internet child pornography that they have insufficient resources to pursue child abuse enquiries, has been welcomed by the UK’s largest membership organisation for Internet services...
Published on: 12:00AM on 3rd March 2005

Direct Line appoints Tamar for SEO

Direct Line has appointed interactive media agency Tamar to optimise its website, www.directline.com one of the UK’s most popular financial websites. Tamar will optimise Direct Line’s motor, home, travel and pet insurance on leading search engines in the UK, as well as a full range of personal fi...
Published on: 12:00AM on 3rd March 2005

Alchemy Worx launches new Sky Sports Ezine with targeted, original, quality content

Alchemy Worx delivers new high-value advertising and sponsorship inventory Alchemy Worx will launch a completely new ezine for skysports.com, the Sky Sports online service, this March. The new content-rich email newsletter - to be sent to users of skysports.com, the UK's most popular commerci...
Published on: 12:00AM on 2nd March 2005

DoubleClick ‘search before the purchase’ report finds that one out of two online purchases is preceded by a relevant search

– Study Shows That Purchase-Related Searching Takes Place Long Before the Transaction and Generic Search Terms Dominate Purchase Related Research – DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ: DCLK), the leading provider of marketing solutions for ad agencies, marketers and web publishers, today unveiled a new stu...
Published on: 12:00AM on 2nd March 2005

Moonfish wins Big Chip Award for Digital Marketing

Moonfish, one of the top 20 digital marketing agencies in the UK has won the award for ‘Best Digital Marketing Campaign’ at The Big Chip Awards, the leading industry awards for the digital industries in the North West. Moonfish accepted the award at a glittering ceremony on Thursday 24th Februa...
Published on: 12:00AM on 2nd March 2005

Linx directors re-elected as membership grows and prices fall

Members of the world's largest Internet exchange re-elected three of its directors at an annual general meeting which heard that the organisation's growing size and financial strength is leading to lower costs for handling Internet traffic. Internet service providers (ISPs) which are members of ...
Published on: 12:00AM on 1st March 2005

e-Gov intelligence, speed-trap limited’s e-business intelligence solution for Government, is product of choice, for local authorities’ website study

speed-trap e-Gov intelligence used to provide quantitative analysis about how websites are used & provides insight for improving website user’s experiences in the future Newbury, Berkshire, March 1st, 2005  speed-trap Limited announced today that Socitm; (the Society of Information Tech...
Published on: 12:00AM on 1st March 2005

Macromedia rich internet embedded in Straker CMS

Unique integration of Macromedia Flex and Straker Shado enables rapid development of Rich Internet Applications Weybridge, Surrey, UK, March 1, 2005 – A new licensing agreement is enabling Macromedia Flex Rich Internet Application development and ColdFusion MX 7 Enterprise solutions to be embedd...
Published on: 12:00AM on 1st March 2005

Bizanga Utilizes Cloudmark Technology to Deliver the Most Scalable and Top-Performing Email Security Appliance for the Global Market

Internet Portal Lycos Europe Successfully Tests Combined Solution for its More than 25 Million Mailboxes SAN FRANCISCO, CA & LONDON, UK — March 1, 2005 — Cloudmark® Inc., the company that delivers the immune system for safe, secure and productive email messaging, today announced a partnership wi...
Published on: 12:00AM on 1st March 2005

Cimex creates new website for the Human Genetics Commission

Cimex has designed and built the new Human Genetics Commission’s website launched this week http://www.hgc.gov.uk The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) is the UK Government’s advisory body on new developments in human genetics with a focus on the social, ethical and legal issues. The Commission ha...
Published on: 12:00AM on 28th February 2005

PlusNet plc - Public Wireless Free Trials

PlusNet is giving UK Internet customers the opportunity to try out public Wireless Broadband for free, via BT’s Openzone ‘hotspots’ which cover over 1500 restaurants, hotels and major rail stations and other public places. Public wireless broadband enables users to check email and surf the web v...
Published on: 12:00AM on 28th February 2005

Valueclick Rebrands UK Media Business - vcmedia Launches With New Leadership Team

LONDON, UK, 25 February 2005 - ValueClick, Inc. (Nasdaq: VCLK), the leading provider of digital marketing solutions, today announced the rebranding of its UK media business. Complete with a new corporate identity, vcmedia (formally ValueClick Media) will begin operating under its new brand forthw...
Published on: 12:00AM on 25th February 2005

Serco Usability Services announces two promotions.

Following a prosperous 2004, usability and accessibility consultancy Serco Usability Services (www.usability.serco.com) are pleased to announce two promotions. Andrew Swartz and Simon Herd move from their previous roles as Principal Consultants to new roles as Managing Consultants. Andrew desig...
Published on: 12:00AM on 25th February 2005