February 4th, 2011
Our Travel Entrepreneur of the Year for 2010 is VIP Worldwide; a company that has developed a web-based tool that allows users to view every room category and hotel feature in high definition film. Behind the visual ‘front end’ lies a highly complex behavioural analysis system. This system records every movement of the viewer, and [...]
Tags: customer, DEAs, digital entrepreneur of the year, entrepreneurial, high definition, hotel, reservations, Travel entrepreneur awards, VIP Worldwide
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February 3rd, 2011
Our 2010 Software Innovation of the year winners at Masabi were rewarded for the development of their secure mobile phone ticketing applications which have recently been utilised by thetrainline.com. Masabi’s ‘Ticket Machine in your Pocket’ application is a complete rail ticket purchase and delivery platform; allowing travellers to select, purchase and display train tickets on [...]
Tags: application, bar code, DEAs, digital entrepreneur awards, Lawrence Jones, rail ticket, secure, SMS, software innovator of the year, thetrainline.com, ticket in your pocket, winner
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January 31st, 2011
With one successful business already under their belts, David Grimes and Paul Haydock launched myParcelDelivery at the start of 2010. It has quickly grown into a thriving business with its heart firmly in the internet. myParcelDelivery.com is an online comparison website for courier services across the UK domestic and international market, serving businesses, eBay users [...]
Tags: David Grimes, digital business, Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2010, myParcelDelivery, myParcelDelivery.com, Paul Haydock, web design
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January 27th, 2011
Global Personals – the largest privately-owned online dating company in Europe - walked away with one of the biggest gongs of the evening at the 2010 Digital Entrepreneur Awards. An outstanding company, Ross Williams and his team at Global Personals have a proven talent for innovation. The judges recognised the firm’s “diversified thinking” and its [...]
Tags: digital business, Digital Entrepreneur Awards 2010, entrepreneur, Global Personals, online dating, Ross Williams
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January 27th, 2011
Commending them in the E-services category, judges described ROX as a robust business on and offline with huge market opportunity and the ability to continue its growth far into the future with its website leading the way. The cutting-edge independent jewellery brand has experienced massive growth in the last couple of years with the online [...]
Tags: Digital Entrepreneir Awards 2011, entrepreneur, Grant Mitchell, Kyron Keogh, ROX, web design
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January 27th, 2011
A fine-dining restaurant in Central London with two Michelin stars and the winner of our top award in the Design & Technology category, Pied a Terre stood out to the judges because of a clear commitment to high standards and innovation within its sector, particularly in the way it develops its online community and encourages [...]
Tags: David Moore, DEAs, digital entrepreneur awards, entrepreneur, marketing, Pied a Terre, web design
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January 26th, 2011
Adepteo – our Digital Employer of the year for 2010 specialise in solutions which help small and growing companies to communicate. The products they provide include: VoIP Business Phone Systems, Fax, SMS, Websites, E-commerce and social media management. We believe our growth is directly related to a strategy of creating our own core technology components [...]
Tags: adepteo, adepteo fridays, DEAs, digital employer of the year, flexible hours, high school, personal project, university, work experience
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January 26th, 2011
Our Entrepreneur of the Year, Errol, Damelin is the founder and CEO of Wonga.com. Wonga is a ground-breaking online lender backed by major investors. The company launched their first website in 2007 and rapidly became the UK’s most dynamic financial services provider. Errol’s company is transforming the £200Bn UK personal credit market by offering small, [...]
Tags: 2007, CEO, digital entrepreneur of the year, dynami, errol damelin, financial, growth, Host, innovation, lender, services, UKFast, wonga
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January 20th, 2011
Anyvan.com, our winner of the Green project of the year award is a new concept in delivery services, namely a delivery auction website. Any person with something to move, be it a single piece of furniture, item from eBay or an entire house move can list their items and delivery points on the site. Transport [...]
Tags: anyvan.com, CO2, DEAs, decrease shipping costs, digital entrepreneur awards, eco friendly, green project of the year, scalability
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January 20th, 2011
Our charity or community project of the year award winners, Projects Abroad is the biggest international volunteering organisation in the world. With 8000 volunteers travelling from the developed to the developing world, the company has the widest and most flexible range of volunteering placements of any organisation in the sector. The team from Projects Abroad [...]
Tags: charity or community project of the year, craig ferriman, DEAs, digital entrepreneur awards, projects abroad
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