UKFast in the Media

January

CREDIT and confidence top this year's Christmas wish list for leading business figures across Greater Manchester.

Looking out from the highest business premises in Manchester, Lawrence Jones has an unrivalled view of a hidden world: the world of e-shopping.

Three firms from the Greater Manchester area are featured in Deloitte's annual Fast 50 awards.

Web-hosting company UKFast is considering opening a sales office in London to help it win new business in the south of England and hit an £18m revenue target for next year.

THE companies behind household brands Vimto and Imperial Leather were today toasting victory at the 2008 M.E.N. Business of the Year Awards.

Three firms from the Greater Manchester area are featured in Deloitte's annual Fast 50 awards.

Manchester-based web-hosting company UKFast has appointed Neil Clarke, 31, as director of operations. Previously Clarke was a captain in the Royal Artillery at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and helped in the training of Prince William.

THE race to be crowned Manchester Evening News Business of the Year entered the closing stages today with some of the world's best known brands battling it out with newly formed companies for a place on the podium.

Manchester-based internet hosting provider UKFast has appointed Andrew Gibbens as its new head of sales. Gibbens previously worked in a similar capacity for its US-owned rival Rackspace, whose European headoffice is based in Uxbridge, near London.

INTERNET UKFast, the ambitious Manchester web hosting company, says it has pulled off its own transfer coup.

In the UK, the vast majority of business website visits come from search engine click throughs and as we all know, Google is the dominant search engine.

As a child, Graeme Hastings was a swimmer, but as he got older, he sought out something more challenging. "Once you get to university, you start looking for something a bit different. You always need some kind of goal other than work and study."

In a deal worth a reputed £9.6m, two Manchester-based companies are set to link up and substantially increase data storage capacity in the city.

If you feel stocks and shares are too risky, art may be the answer.

Premiership rugby players from Sale Sharks geared up for the annual Manchester to Blackpool charity bike ride.

Entrepreneur Lawrence Jones is ready to go on the acquisition trail as he aims to take sales at his web hosting company from £4m to £25m in the next two years.

Manchester's economic growth is being stifled by a poor electricity supply. Businesses, particularly in IT, are struggling to find locations with enough energy to meet their growing needs.

UKFAST won awards for the fourth time at the recent 2008 ISPAs, the annual UK internet industry gongs.

Internet agency 11 Out Of 10 has been recognised for its e-commerce and online shopping sites by winning a highly prized internet award.

As a father, a businessman and a member of the community I am happy that people are finally taking an interest in policing what is on the internet. But we must do it properly.

The bullish boss of Manchester internet service provider UKFast has dismissed concerns of a slowdown in the economy and revealed ambitious growth plans for the firm.

It has been known for a while that search engines reward businesses that host within the country that they are trading by ranking them more highly.