Chesterfield Sp Regulatory News (CSC)

3 Aug 2005 10:28

Net b2b2 PLC03 August 2005 For immediate release: 3 August 2005 Netb2b2 plc New contract wins and appointments Netb2b2 plc ("Netb2b2"), the AIM-quoted business aggregator focusing on thedigital communications sector, announces that its subsidiary companies cScapeand Bluesky have won a number of new contracts in both the public and privatesectors. cScape has recently been appointed to provide web consultancy services toSanctuary Housing Association. The contract includes a re-design of Sanctuary'swebsite to increase functionality and to improve content management, which willcreate stronger ties with residents and stakeholders. Sanctuary is one of thecountry's leading housing associations and manages over 34,000 homes acrossEngland and Scotland. In addition, Lambeth Council appointed cScape to carryout the development of its website as part of its customer service programme andrequirements for local government to be e-enabled by the end of 2005. Lambeth'sfully integrated website now offers residents and businesses convenient accessto a wide range of council information and the facility to pay for a host ofsevices online. As cScape continues to add clients in both the public and private sectors theyare also expanding their team with the appointment of senior consultant MikeGallagher, who has held senior IT positions across Europe with a number ofcompanies including EtypeMedia, Hewlett Packard, SWIFT, and Asyst International. He also ran his own successful web consultancy in Barcelona. CScape has alsoappointed Ed Lloyd-Williams as a new Head of Design. Prior to joining cScape Edwas responsible for large site designs such as Marks & Spencer and Virgin. Netb2b2's hosting company Bluesky has also added a number of new clientsincluding industrial materials experts Malvern Instruments. Malvern have chosenBluesky to install and host their Google Mini search appliance. Newly launchedin the UK, the Google Mini enables organisations to harness the powerful searchcapabilities of Google for their own website or intranet. The hardware andsoftware appliance has the capacity to search and index up to 100,000 documentsand works with over 220 file formats. Andy Gannon, Managing Director of Netb2b2 commented: "These contract wins showthat we are continuing to make progress in our both the web consultancy andhosting sectors. We are expanding our operations adding personnel with keystrategic and operational skill sets and this is translating into revenue forour operating companies." For further information, please visit www.netb2b2.com or contact: Keith Young /Andy Gannon John West / Claire MellyNetb2b2 plc Tavistock CommunicationsTel 020 7878 1007 Tel 020 7920 3150 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange