News archive 2009

Digital Agency of the Year 2009/10
Digital Agency of the Year 2009/10

14/12/2009 - fuse8 wins Digital Agency of the Year at the DADI awards 2009. Three other awards received are for Best Not For Profit Website, Best Professional Services Website and Best Use of Affiliate Marketing followed by two commendations for Best use of Organic Search (SEO) and Best e-commerce Website.

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Google announces Real Time Search
Google announces Real Time Search

07/12/2009 - Google has moved to head off some of the threat from young rivals such as Twitter and Facebook by announcing plans to prominently display results from social networking sites in its search pages.

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Web 2.0 Expo 2009
Web 2.0 Expo 2009

15/11/2009 - We’re back from the Big Apple after attending the 2009 Web 2.0 Expo, which was held at the Javits Centre in the heart of New York City, from the 16th – 19th November 2009.

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Cream Yorkshire Awards winners 2009
Cream Yorkshire Awards winners 2009

13/11/2009 - fuse8 strikes gold, gold, gold at Cream Yorkshire Awards 2009

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11 new recruits appointed following recent business wins
11 new recruits appointed following recent business wins

12/11/2009 - Over £3m worth of digital new business wins sees fuse8 appoint 11 new recruits in Leeds and Russia.

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Meningitis Research Foundation website wins top award
Meningitis Research Foundation website wins top award

05/11/2009 - Bristol-based national charity Meningitis Research Foundation wins the Gold Award for best website at the 2009 West of England Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR) PRide awards, which was redesigned by fuse8.

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fuse8 launches Powered by Sprouts
fuse8 launches Powered by Sprouts

02/11/2009 - fuse8 is getting into the festive spirit with the launch of its Christmas campaign ‘Powered by Sprouts’, which see’s the company celebrating everyone’s favourite yuletide veg!

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Benenden Healthcare appoints fuse8 to handle major online marketing project
Benenden Healthcare appoints fuse8 to handle major online marketing project

26/10/2009 - One of the UK’s oldest mutual healthcare societies has appointed fuse8 to handle a major project to upgrade its online marketing capability. The website will utilise social media and bespoke applications to target existing and potential members across the UK.

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UK's fastest growing LCD TV company appoints fuse8
UK's fastest growing LCD TV company appoints fuse8

01/10/2009 - Britain’s fastest growing LCD TV manufacturer has appointed fuse8 to handle its ongoing consumer and trade marketing account. North Yorkshire-based Cello Electronics is on the 47 place in this year’s Sunday Times Microsoft Tech Track 100 thanks to its sales increasing from £7.6m to £33.8m over the last three years.

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Former media square chief executive Jeremy Middleton joins fuse8
Former media square chief executive Jeremy Middleton joins fuse8

25/09/2009 - Jeremy Middleton, former CEO of publically quoted marketing services company Media Square appointed as non-executive director to digital full service agency, fuse8

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Dadi Awards
Dadi Awards

04/09/2009 - Our work has been nominated in seven different categories in The Drum Awards for the Digital Industries or DADIs as they are affectionately known.

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fuse8 beats London and New York agencies to win two-year Thames Gateway International Inward Investment contract
fuse8 beats London and New York agencies to win two-year Thames Gateway International Inward Investment contract

01/09/2009 - We’ve won a two year contract from inward investment service Invest Thames Gateway (ITG) to handle its international lead generation services following a six-way pitch against agencies from London and New York.

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Strategic insight and agile technology lead to new business worth over £3m
Strategic insight and agile technology lead to new business worth over £3m

11/07/2009 - fuse8 is celebrating after securing seven new clients with a combined value of over £3m per year. The majority of the new business was won over an eight week period.

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fuse8 staff profile questions - Stephen Dixon
fuse8 staff profile questions - Stephen Dixon

10/07/2009 - fuse8’s Media Director talks about success, Pele, and his early career as a golf caddy!

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Chip Shop Award winners 2009
Chip Shop Award winners 2009

10/06/2009 - fuse8 is frying high after winning three gongs at the Chip Shop Awards, an international competition that recognises outstanding creativity in advertising.

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fuse8 celebrates Alton Towers Resort win
fuse8 celebrates Alton Towers Resort win

01/05/2009 - fuse8 is celebrating after being appointed by leading theme park Alton Towers Resort to develop a new corporate website and provide search engine optimisation (SEO) services.

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fuse8 develops British Airways and UK Trade & Investment website
fuse8 develops British Airways and UK Trade & Investment website

28/04/2009 - fuse8 has developed a website offering small firms £15m of free British Airways flights to help increase their sales abroad. Within the first 12 hours of its launch over 1,400 different companies visited the site looking to take up the offer.

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Battle of the Journalists

27/04/2009 - On Tuesday night the fuse8 PR team held a ‘Battle of the Journalists’ event for our client Boutique, a cocktail bar based in Leeds that serves a fantastic array of delicious cocktails.

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fuse8 goes global with Environmental Technology Company account win
fuse8 goes global with Environmental Technology Company account win

27/02/2009 - fuse8 has been appointed by TiTech, world leading automated waste sorting business with its head office in Norway and operations in 12 countries, to handle its international exhibition and website requirements.

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Leeds at MIPIM 2009
Leeds at MIPIM 2009

10/02/2009 - fuse8 will once again be attending and working at MIPIM, the world’s premier property summit held annually in Cannes, France.

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fuse8 creates award winning campaign for Calderdale Council
fuse8 creates award winning campaign for Calderdale Council

09/02/2009 - fuse8’s creative team has helped Calderdale Council win a gold award for internal communications at the CIPR PRide Awards 2008.

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fuse8 appointed by cosmetics company
fuse8 appointed by cosmetics company

27/01/2009 - fuse8 has been appointed by cosmetics firm Badgequo to provide an integrated public relations and online campaign. The appointment will see fuse8 design and build a business-to-business website and consumer-focused e-commerce site for the cosmetics firm, as well as providing ongoing public relations consultancy aimed at raising awareness of its brands amongst female consumers.

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fuse8 appointed by UKTI
fuse8 appointed by UKTI

01/01/2009 - fuse8 appointed by government organisation UK TRADE AND INVESTMENT (UKTI) to manage National Inward Investment and Trade Network - an online network of overseas and UK-based private sector investors aimed at attracting and retaining overseas investment into the country and supporting trade with overseas customers.

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