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Archive for October, 2009

Alibaba.com and Applegate Sign Marketing Partnership to Promote UK Businesses Internationally

Alibaba.com, the world’s largest business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce company, and Applegate Directory Ltd, the UK and Ireland’s leading online B2B directory, have announced a marketing partnership aimed at promoting UK suppliers to global buyers on Alibaba.com’s international marketplace of nearly 10 million members.
London, United Kingdom (PRWEB) October 30, 2009 — Alibaba.com and Applegate sign marketing partnership [...]

Txtlocal Launch New Affiliate Program

www.txtlocal.co.uk, the UK’s leading supplier of SMS marketing services, is proud to announce the launch of its new affiliate program. The commission based scheme is open to any of Txtlocal’s 30,000 existing customers and organisations/individuals looking for an additional income stream.
(PRWeb UK) October 30, 2009 — Txtlocal banner or URL tracking code to a [...]

FreeBalance President & CEO to Moderate Panel on Government 2.0

Panel to discuss how collaborative tools like blogs, wikis and social networks can transform government

Washington, DC (Vocus) October 31, 2009 — Manuel Pietra, President & CEO of FreeBalance, will lead a panel comprised of distinguished public financial management experts at an upcoming Government 2.0 discussion hosted by the International Consortium on Governmental Financial Management [...]

Motorola Launches New Range of Digital Photo Frames

Unique Dual Display Screens and Wi-Fi™ Technology Email Photos From Over 1,000 Different Online Channels
London (PRWEB) October 29, 2009 — Motorola Inc (NYSE:MOT) today launched a stylish new range of digital photo frames, including dual display frames that run from a single memory card and a Wi-Fi™ model that allows images to be sent directly [...]

The CMO Club and CGS VirtualEvents365? Announce Partnership to Establish CMO Best Practices for Leveraging Virtual Events

As virtual events become part of the marketers’ toolkit, the new partnership will provide insight and education for CMOs on how to drive real results through virtual platforms.
New York, NY (Vocus) October 29, 2009 — Computer Generated Solutions, Inc. (CGS), the global leading provider of virtual event solutions (www.virtualevents365.com), and The CMO Club, a CMO-only [...]

CGS VirtualEvents365? and VIVA Creative Announce First End-to-End Virtual Event Solution for Government

New solution combines the most reliable industry platform - CGS VirtualEvents365 - with the full spectrum of creative and event services targeted at government agencies to deliver powerful and results-oriented events.
New York, NY (Vocus) October 29, 2009 — CGS, the global leading provider of virtual event solutions (www.virtualevents365.com), and VIVA Creative (www.vivacreative.com), the award winning [...]

Cross-border sprees hit drink retailers in South

(TELEGRAPH) - iMore than 250,000 households in the Republic are now regularly doing their grocery shopping in Northern Ireland, according to new figures.
It means that almost 16% of householders in the South, up 25% since the end of last year, are crossing the border to stock up.
Alcohol Beverage Federation [...]

Swinton offers PPI refund to 350,000 customers

(GUARDIAN) - Insurance broker Swinton is to refund more than 350,000 customers who bought payment protection insurance (PPI) after the City watchdog found it guilty of serious failings in the way it sold the cover, it was announced today.
The firm, which has been fined £770,000, will contact the holders of more than 480,000 motor and [...]

Tesco Bank creates 1,000 jobs on Northern Rock’s home turf

(GUARDIAN) - Tesco, one of the frontrunners to buy Northern Rock, is creating 1,000 new jobs in the bank’s heartland of Newcastle.
It announced this morning that it is setting up a new customer service office in the city to handle customer service and sales calls for Tesco Bank, which the supermarket giant is keen to [...]

Coms Plc Supplies HelpAge International Charity with Cost-Saving VoIP Telecoms System

Coms has been selected to supply HelpAge International with a Hosted VoIP telephone system that is saving this leading charity in excess of 25% of its monthly telecommunications budget. HelpAge International, which operates through partners in over 75 countries, sought proposals from traditional and Voice over IP (VoIP) telephone system providers, to ensure that [...]