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 Graduates innovate their way into employment with business start-ups Press Release | Yell | Friday, April 27, 2012 April 26th 2012 - BusinessZone.co.uk, in association with digital services provider Yell, is encouraging these young entrepreneurs to take part in The Pitch, Britain's biggest business pitching contest. Entrants pitch their ideas to a panel of expert judges in front of a live audience competing for... Yell website gives digital marketing expertise to local businesses Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, December 07, 2011 December 6th 2011 - Yell has launched a website to provide expertise in digital marketing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK - www.marketing.yell.com. The expanded site is a rich resource of free content for SMEs wishing to improve existing website performance, develop their onl... Plumber from Scotland named Britain's best entrepreneur in nightclub dancefloor showdown Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 November 22nd 2011 - Ross Dickinson, founder of Kibosh, secured ý50,000 worth of business support following the grand final of ThePitch 2011, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with print and digital services company Yell.Dickinson, who won the Scottish heat of the competition during... Teddy bear roars to victory as wildcard entry in The Pitch 2011 business contest Press Release | Yell | Monday, November 07, 2011 November 7th 2011 - Gill Ellis and Nicola Morgan, co-founders of Behaviour Stop and inventors of the Good Choice Teddy, were picked as the wildcard for the final of The Pitch 2011, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with print and digital services company Yell.The Good Choice Teddy u... Yell appoints Scott Moore to the new role of Chief Digital Officer Press Release | YELL | Thursday, November 03, 2011 October 25th 2011 - Yell today announces the appointment of Scott Moore to the new role of Chief Digital Officer (CDO). Scott will lead the creation and development of Yell's new generation of products and services that will enable small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) customers and their consumer... New Yell App enables consumers to read and write reviews of businesses Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, November 02, 2011 October 31st 2011 - Yell announces today that its new free Yell App - now available on the App store - enables users for the first time to view current consumer reviews and create new reviews of local businesses directly within the App itself.The Yell App, which helps UK consumers search for loc... Northern Ireland's best small company celebrates a berry successful pitch Press Release | Yell | Sunday, October 02, 2011 September 26th 20011, Barbara Hughes, who runs Boozeberries with her husband, won over three expert judges in Belfast's Grand Opera House. The event, organised in association with print and digital services company Yell, was the last regional heat in The Pitch 2011's search for Britain's best small... Northern Irish finalists revealed in search for Britain's best small businesses Press Release | Yell | Tuesday, September 13, 2011 September 13th 2011 - Taking place at Belfast's Grand Opera House on Wednesday 21 September, the free to attend event is part of The Pitch 2011, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with print and digital services company Yell.Five small business owners will pitch in front of judges: ser... Pipe dreams become reality for Scottish plumbing entrepreneur with Kibosh damaged pipe solution Press Release | Yell | Monday, August 22, 2011 August 22nd 2011 - The creator of an ingenious device which provides a temporary fix to burst water pipes has won the Scottish heat of The Pitch 2011, BusinessZone.co.uk's search for Britain's best new companies. Ross Dickinson, founder of Kibosh, won over three expert judges in the grand surround... Entrepreneurs put business on the agenda at the Edinburgh Festival Press Release | Yell | Tuesday, August 09, 2011 Edinburgh, 18 August- Taking place at the Signet Library in the heart of Edinburgh, the free to attend event is part of The Pitch 2011 organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with print and digital services company Yell.Five small business owners will pitch in front of judges: serial entrep... Cocktails all round for Wales' top entrepreneurs Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, July 13, 2011 July 13th 2011 - Helen McAvoy and Naomi Kibble of Cardiff-based MK Rock Ltd secured the victory in The Pitch 2011 organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with print and digital services company Yell.The duo secured a place in the final of the competition after presenting their Rocktails p... Wales's best new entrepreneurs to compete in search for Britain's top small business Press Release | Yell | Thursday, July 07, 2011 July 6th 2011 - The successful finalists have been chosen from many applicants to take part in the second of four heats for The Pitch 2011, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with marketing solutions business Yell. The overall winner will receive ý50,000 worth of business support.The... Yell Group plc - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer - Yell UK Recent News | Yell | Wednesday, June 29, 2011 June 29th 2011 - Yell today announces that Richard Hanscott has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Yell UK. Richard takes up his role on July 18 and will report to Yell Group Chief Executive Officer Mike Pocock.Richard has extensive knowledge of the IT and telecommunications sectors, p... No sleeping on the job for England's best entrepreneur Press Release | Yell | Tuesday, June 14, 2011 13th June 2011 - Cara Sayer, managing director of Really Simple Ideas and creator of the SnoozeShade, which fits over buggies to create an environment in which children find it easy to sleep, beat four other entrepreneurs to win the English heat of The Pitch 2011, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in... Entrepreneurs to compete for Britain's top small business Press Release | Yell | Thursday, June 02, 2011 June 2nd 2011 - The successful finalists have been chosen from hundreds of applicants to take part in the first of four heats for The Pitch 2011, organised by BusinessZone.co.uk in association with marketing solutions business Yell. The overall winner will receive ý50,000 worth of business support.... Volunteer business mentors recognised for supporting thousands of businesses Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, February 09, 2011 February 9th 2011 - Businesswoman Fiona Reeve has been named as the 2011 Business Mentor of the Year in the Yell Mentoring Works Awards, for the valuable support she regularly gives out via online business mentoring site horsesmouth. Fiona and two other deserving award winners have given advice to m... Yell wins Google EMEA AdWords Authorised Reseller award Press Release | Yell | Thursday, January 27, 2011 January 24th 2011 - Google formally acknowledged the significant achievement and named Yell as the winner of a Google EMEA AdWords Authorised Reseller Award in the Fastest Growth in Active Advertiser Base category.Yell became a Google AdWords Authorised Reseller in May 2009 and through its Searc... 118 24 7 crowned Best UK Service' for fifth year in industry awards Press Release | YELL | Tuesday, November 30, 2010 November 30th 2010 - 118 24 7, the UK business telephone numbers and directory enquiriesservice from marketing solutions company, Yell, has been named Best UK Service' for a fifth year at a major international awards ceremony for the information services industry.The 118 Awards, run by independ... Yellow Pages compact directory scoops two industry awards Press Release | Yell | Monday, November 29, 2010 29th November 2010 -The design of the user-friendly directory won the top award - Outstanding Achievement of the Year - Consumer for achieving something special in 2009, when the continuing recession demanded strength, resilience and determination to hold onto customers, maintain or grow market shar... Start-ups are turning online for the human' side of business support Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, November 10, 2010 November 10th 2010 - New business owners are increasingly looking for support to overcome the practical barriers to running their own companies. So far this year, more than 15,000 requests for advice have been answered by volunteer business mentors on horsesmouth.co.uk, the UK's leading business men... Cornish creative entrepreneur claims wildcard spot in UK's biggest pitching contest Press Release | Yell | Thursday, November 04, 2010 November 4th 2010 - John Lakey, founder and director of Candlelight Creations, beat off strong competition from rival pitchers around Britain to win his place in the national final in London on 16 November.The overall winner of The Pitch 2010, organised by SME advice website BusinessZone.co.uk,... Yell Expansion of Online Consumer Reviews of Small Businesses to Benefit Charities Press Release | Yell | Monday, October 25, 2010 October 25 2010 - Yell today announced a major online initiative that will drive consumer reviews and ratings of local businesses and services on its website, and at the same time generate donations for national and local charities. The move is a significant development in online consumer review... Green-thinking mumpreneur wins national business award Press Release | YELL | Friday, September 24, 2010 September 23 2010 - Being a full time mum whilst running your own business is no mean feat, yet Fiona King from Glasgow has done it so well that her success has been recognised at the 2010 Mumpreneur Conference and Awards sponsored by Ryman Stationary.Fiona's business, TotsBots, was chosen by a... Public to decide wildcard finalist in the search for Britain's best new business Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 September 22 2010 - Organised by publisher Sift Media and led by its small business advice site BusinessZone.co.uk, in association with directories business Yell and business software specialist, Sage, The Pitch 2010 visited Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Edinburgh this summer.With f... Yell.com and Ipsos MORI poll shows the true cost of preparing for a summer holiday Press Release | Yell | Friday, August 20, 2010 20 August 2010 - Yell.com has conducted a poll of its advertisers in conjunction with leading UK research company Ipsos MORI, to find the areas of the UK to get the best deals for popular local businesses and services*. The results reveal a big range in prices charged, reflecting the true cost of li... Yellow Pages ý5,000 online video challenge Press Release | Yell | Thursday, August 19, 2010 August 19 2010 - The fun contest is being run to mark the directory's historic revamp into a new handy-sized format that will fit through letterboxes. It is the most significant change to the UK Yellow Pages directory since it was first published more than 40 years ago.Last month, the new compac... Yell's online advertisers set to benefit from extensive reach of Facebooký Press Release | Yell | Monday, August 02, 2010 August 2nd 2010 - Yell is to give a strong boost to small businesses in the UK through enabling targeted advertising on Facebook as part of its netReach product. Small businesses advertising with Yell online, and which subscribe to netReach, will benefit from extended reach for their current Yell.co... Final call in ý50,000 search for Britain's best new businesses Press Release | Yell | Monday, June 07, 2010 Small business owners from around Britain are gearing up to face panels of high-profile business experts in a huge and highly competitive pitching competition that will span the next six months; culminating in one of them being crowned Britain's Best New Business. With regional heats in Bristol, B... Yellow Pages Directories to Be Published In Handy Compact Size in Biggest Design Revamp For More Than Forty Years Press Release | Yell | Wednesday, February 10, 2010 February 10 2010 - Yellow Pages directories are to undergo their most significant revamp in more than forty years since they were first produced in the UK, with their publication in a smaller compact size rather than traditional A4 format.The change in size - a reduction of five centimetres in h...
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