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Wish to Invest in Overseas Property?

A new company has been launched to serve the needs of the growing number of people who wish to buy overseas properties for investment purposes, but who don't want the high-pressure sales and inspection trips associated with the traditional European markets. This company caters specifically for... - October 07, 2006 - Principal International

Find Parking and Storage Spaces in Cyberspace

Are you a garage or storage owner or property owner with garage assets? Would you like to see your revenues increase by attracting new clients to your property? - October 06, 2006 - GetACarPark.com

A Brand New Affiliate Scheme from Gaylooking Dating

Gaylooking has launched a brand new affiliate sheme paying 10p for each new member. - October 06, 2006 - Gaylooking Dating

A Link Worth $1000

A new concept site which gives members of a web directory the oppertunity to receive cash payments. - October 06, 2006 - Life Changing Link

Edworthys.co.uk Step into Motor Sport Sponsorship

On-line car part and accessory retailers Edworthys.co.uk has recently taken a further major step in its progress by sponsoring a sports saloon racing team. - October 06, 2006 - Edworthys

Glendorgal Hotel’s Website Demonstrating Excellence in Best Industry Application Nominated for 2006 WSI Web Awards

Glendorgal’s new website demonstrates best practices in awards category. - October 06, 2006 - WSI Internet

BuyYourCar.co.uk – Online Car Sales, But Not Like You’ve Seen Before

It would be unfair to state that BuyYourCar.co.uk was trying to re-invent the wheel. BuyYourCar.co.uk does not seek not to change the way that people research, buy and sell cars on the Internet. Its goal is to improve the way that this is done, making it more efficient whilst saving the... - October 06, 2006 - BuyYourCar

A Free New Social Networking and Dating Site called GayLooking.com Has Been Launched

A free new social networking and dating site called www.gaylooking.com has been launched. This new service is launched on the success of the previous site but has been built from the ground up. The site has a fresh, uncluttered feel with easy to use functions and unlimited pictures on... - October 05, 2006 - Gaylooking Dating

LOVEFiLM Chooses Codestone to Implement SAP Business One

Europe’s leading online DVD rental company, LOVEFiLM International Ltd, has chosen Poole-based IT solution provider Codestone to implement SAP Business One. - October 04, 2006 - Codestone

Full Circle

Attendees of City Information Group’s (CIG) Open Day were treated to a stand up routine - complete with (partial) costume changes – during the RM group’s chairman, Manny Cohen’s presentation about ‘Who is a buyer and who is a seller?’ Using a routine based on... - October 04, 2006 - Raymond Morris Group

Productivity Europe Present People Management Award

Friday 29th September saw the presentation of the Best Factory Awards at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel in London. 400 guests, including representatives from all the shortlisted companies, were present, and Malcolm Jones, director of Productivity Europe, presented the People Management Awards, which... - October 04, 2006 - Productivity Europe

Looking for a Fantastic Lifestyle that Also Allows you to Have a Fast-moving Property Investment – Turkey is the New Property Hotspot

Set in one of the most spectacular seaside towns on the Aegean Coast of Turkey, Akbuk Villas is one of the region's most attractive property developments. Each of the 24 three to six bedroom villas is detached, sold with freehold ownership, offers private swimming pool and private garden along with stunning views of the sea and the forest. - October 04, 2006 - Hot Properties Worldwide

Podtours Launches Downloadable Audio Tours of European Destinations

Podtours offer all the advantages of a personal tour guide, without having to follow the guy with the umbrella. Tours of Florence, Rome, Venice, Paris, Rouen, Chartres and the English cathedrals show you history and art, tell a few strange stories and find some offbeat sights - and are all downloadable as mp3s from podtours.co.uk. - October 04, 2006 - Podtours

Newly Relaunched Web Site Reduces Risks for Bettors

Web Site Creates Educated Bettors - October 03, 2006 - BookmakersReview.com

World Beyond Dieting Week

A prominent weight-control charity has declared the inaugural “World Beyond Dieting Week” to strengthen the fight against growing obesity and endemic failed dieting. - October 03, 2006 - The Weight Foundation

Ultimate Renaissance Use SAP Business One to Power Business Management

The UK division of the UR Group, Ultimate Renaissance Limited, has chosen Poole- based Codestone to implement SAP Business One today. - October 03, 2006 - Codestone

Seniors Discounts Launches Travel Section

Seniors Discount Travel launched to assist mature travellers find, compare and book holidays. - October 03, 2006 - Seniors Discounts

Pageflakes Strengthens Executive Team with the Appointment of Technology Veteran Uday Walia

Pageflakes, a leading player in the rapidly-growing personalized Internet start page market, today announced the appointment of Uday Walia. As Chief Information Officer, Uday will oversee the technical operations and will lead the company's engineering team in Bangladesh. Uday has more than 20... - October 02, 2006 - Pageflakes Ltd.

Farncombe Estate Near the Cotswold Village of Broadway, Worcestershire is Hosting a String Chamber Music Weekend with The Coull Quartet

Chamber music course offers excellent chance for pre-formed string quartets, quintets and sextets to study with one of the country's top quartets from 9th-11th Feb 2007 at the Farncombe Estate in Broadway, North of the Cotswolds on the Worcestershire / Gloucestershire border. - October 02, 2006 - Farncombe Estate ALC Ltd

What Can the Butcher, the Policeman and the Artist Teach You About Wealth Creation?

For those watching the value of their pension shrink and looking for financial freedom, find out how the butcher, the policeman and the artist changed their lives with simple wealth creation strategies at Acorn Property Concepts’ free wealth creation seminar in Peterborough, UK, on Saturday 30th September 2006. - September 29, 2006 - iBizCo Ltd

whichfranchise.com to Exhibit at Birmingham Franchise Exhibition

whichfranchise.com will be exhibiting at this year’s National Franchise Exhibition, held at the NEC, Birmingham on the 6th and 7th October. The franchise exhibition gives visitors the perfect chance to find out more about franchising and the opportunities available. Over 200 franchise... - September 29, 2006 - whichfranchise.com

NATO Enlargement Conference 20-21 Nov 2006, Croatia

As NATO looks ahead to welcome new members in 2008 and beyond, SMi brings you the third event in their prestigious NATO Enlargement Conference series. This event has been expressly designed to attract the most senior military and government decision-makers in order to gain an essential and... - September 29, 2006 - The SMi Group

CODA Completes Demerger from CODASciSys plc

Floats independently on London AIM market under the CODA ticker, launches new investor resources section of corporate web-site. - September 29, 2006 - CODA

CODA Fast Close Achieves “Certified for SAP NetWeaver®” Status; Improves Period-end-close Processes for Customers Using SAP® Solutions

Fast Close certified for use with SAP NetWeaver Portal Addresses period-end issues outside of ERP functionality - September 29, 2006 - CODA

CODA Announces Strong Results for First Half-Year 2006

Profit up 6.5% to £4.9m, Revenue up 7.4%, Improvements in all key measures - September 29, 2006 - CODA

Louvre Hotels Books into CODA

Chain of over 900 hotels and restaurants, based in France, standardises on CODA-Financials. - September 29, 2006 - CODA

Pimp Succumbs to Edworthy Temptation

MTV Programme 'Pimp My Ride' Turns to Car Accessory Website for its Bling - September 29, 2006 - Edworthys

Sales Performance Benchmarking Tool Launched Online

A new free online tool for benchmarking your organisation's sales performance has been launched this week. The tool provides benchmark data and reports to improve sales performance. - September 28, 2006 - Thompson Strategy Works

Francis Taylor, Ex-Marijuana Addict, Launches 3 Disc DVD, "How To Stop Smoking Marijuana Program"

Francis Taylor, an ex-marijuana addict, has today launched his 3 disc DVD How To Stop Smoking Marijuana Program. The program promises to take even the most addicted marijuana smoker, from the mind-numbing daily addiction, to a fresh, new, drug-free life in just a few weeks or thereabouts. - September 27, 2006 - Francis Taylor

Eastern Promise - Let Your Belly Move You the Arabian Harem Nights Way

No more routine cocktails, another birthday party, the same barbecue and more stories of hen night party that most people can't remember a lot because of the booze. - September 27, 2006 - Harem Nights

Mobile Phones Help Lose Weight

A new technique for helping people to lose weight is being launched using mobile phone technology and a large spoonful of positive attitude. - September 27, 2006 - VitalMessages.com

Site to Make Net's Largest Environmental Donation

An Eastbourne-based site has taken on the challenge of helping save the environment. - September 27, 2006 - Free Classifieds

Green Tea May be Good for us but Does it Have to Taste so Bland?

Numerous stories and scientific studies abound about how good green tea is for health. So what is stopping all us health conscious folks from guzzling gallons of the stuff, like the Chinese or Japanese do? Our study shows that it is the taste of green tea that is putting us off. Despite being well... - September 26, 2006 - China's Secret Ltd

E-consultancy Registers for Audit with ABC Electronic

Internet publisher E-consultancy announces today that it has registered with ABC Electronic so that it can have its traffic figures independently audited to industry agreed standards, as set by JICWEBS*. ABC Electronic audited data provides the online media industry with a trusted and robust... - September 25, 2006 - Econsultancy

Blue Star Capital Makes £150,000 Convertible Loan Investment in Izimi.com

"Attractive returns expected," says CEO. - September 23, 2006 - eSeekers Ltd

Creative Zen Vision:W Receives Perfect Marks All Round

Creative's most recent addition to the PMP market has been receiving unanimously positive praise in the press. Blompo.com rounds it up. - September 22, 2006 - Blompo.com

CODA Predicts BI and CPM Applications Will Have to be Simplified to Attract Users

The line between CPM and BI is blurred. Companies are using BI to manage corporate performance. Many applications are difficult to use and expensive. - September 22, 2006 - CODA

London CD-ROM Postcard Offers Cyber Souvenir for Slick Sightseers

A postcard of London with a difference is being launched for September 2006 by Gideon Multimedia and is available from CD-ROM postcard webshop. The internationally recognised company is cleverly combining slick multimedia technology with a classic postcard format to target London visitors, using an... - September 22, 2006 - Gideon Multimedia

Work Hard, Play Harder

LondonCareers.net is proud to announce an exciting new addition to its portfolio, a guide to entertainment across London. Entertainment.LondonCareers.net contains everything a Londoner needs to know when planning a night out! Restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs are all covered in this... - September 22, 2006 - LondonCareers.net

Eragon: The Launch of the International WAP site

Twentieth-Century Fox announces the first stage in the launch of Eragon, the first film of a magnificent trilogy and one of this year’s most eagerly anticipated movies. - September 22, 2006 - 20th Century Fox - Eragon

The Top-Poker-Deals Freeroll Tournament Tour Rolls on with Another $100 Prize Pool

Registration for the free www.Top-Poker-Deals.com Texas Holdem freeroll is now open with a $100 prize pool and no registration cost. The tournament will take place on 24th September 2006, 14:00EST (7pm UK Time) through Cake Poker, as the TPD Private Tournament. - September 21, 2006 - Top-Poker-Deals.com

Specialist Conference Venue Provider Sundial Group Leads Industry Survey Measuring Customer Satisfaction for Its Four UK Venues

800 competing conference centres and hotel chains assessed by their customers in BDRC's continuous research programme to find the best performing Conference Venues in the UK. - September 21, 2006 - Sundial Group

Small Firms Plan to Boost Internet Advertising

Small companies are planning to increase their internet ad spend, according to a new study by DirectoryM. A survey commissioned by the firm found that 37 per cent of SMEs are planning to increase the size of their internet advertising marketing budget in the future, with an average of 52 per... - September 21, 2006 - Momentum Web Solutions

Yahoo Previews New Search Advertising Platform

The world's second largest search engine is to renew its new search engine advertising platform. Dubbed "Project Panama," the new system is planned for launch in the last three months of 2006, according to ClickZ News. John Kim, product marketing vice president at Yahoo!, promised... - September 21, 2006 - Momentum Web Solutions

Supermarkets Making Poor Progress Towards Website Usability

Many of Britain's major supermarket chains suffer when it comes to website usability, according to a report. In a survey of the top five food retailers' websites, AbilityNet found that Tesco was the only firm to exceed minimum accessibility standards and the only site to be easily accessed by... - September 21, 2006 - Momentum Web Solutions

New Book Dedicated to Search Engine Optimisation

A new book helping individuals train themselves to become search engine optimisation (SEO) experts has been released. "Search Engine Optimization with Richard John Jenkins," published by Iyada.com, gives essential tips to reaching the top of Google and Yahoo! rankings - from optimising... - September 21, 2006 - Momentum Web Solutions

Email Marketing to Grow in 2006

The market for email marketing is set to boom during the next few months, according to a survey by e-consultancy. The company said that the market for e-mail marketing platforms and services would grow by eight per cent during 2006, from £148 million the year before to £178 million,... - September 21, 2006 - Momentum Web Solutions