<Prominent UK people in ebusiness.
1993
Tim Berners-Lee – inventor of the world wide web
http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/
http://www.hitmill.com/internet/web_history.asp
Nick Ogden, founder of World pay – first bank approved internet
payment processor in the world.
http://on-instant.com/background.html
http://www.westwindmoves.com/pages/webdesign_benefits2.shtml
Professor Tony Davies – director and founder of the eCommerce
Innovation Centre.
http://www.opportunitywales.co.uk/txt/0-0-1/1-0-0/1-3-0/1-3-6.htm
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:LwBCcGE6S3MJ:www.ecommerce.ac.uk/biographies/Professor%2520Tony%2520Davies.doc+%22professor+tony+davies%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://www.ecommerce.ac.uk/members.html
Cliff Stanford, founder of Demon - the UK’s first internet service
provider.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/life/story/0,6903,675553,00.html
Gareth Bult, founder of Frontier Internet Services Ltd – Internet
service provider http://www.frontier.net.uk/page/index_html?page=20
http://www.linx.net/press/releases/018.thtml
1994
BT launched BTnet, internet access aimed at businesses.
http://www.bt.com/archives/history/1994.htm
telegraph.co.uk - the first UK daily newspaper online.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/portal/main.jhtml?xml=/portal/aboutus/exclusions/history.xml
David Rowe, founder of Easynet - Fast internet.
http://about.easynet.net/about/default.asp
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201411,00.html
David Shelley, founder of ironsure.com – the first UK site that
allowed customers to buy insurance online.
http://uk.sun.com/success/finance/2000/ironsure.html
http://www.bt.com/archives/history/1994.htm
http://www.cnt.com/news/press_releases/1999/99-11-09a.asp
1995
Will Gotley, cofounder of Digivate - UK’s first secure online
transaction.
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:OX8TzbaHHn0J:www.digivate.com/%3Ff%3Dprincipals.htm+%22e+commerce%22+1993+uk&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Ben White and Rory Sweet, founders of Star - UK’s first business only
ISP.
http://www.star.net.uk/about/about.asp
http://www.star.net.uk/about/about_press_0603_2.asp
Richard Tang, Zen - Internet service provider.
http://www.zen.co.uk/zen/profile.asp
http://www.theinnercity100.org/winners/index.php?company=202
GoJobSite
The UK’s first multi-sector online recruitment site.
http://www.gojobsite.co.uk/cgi-bin/bulletin_search.cgi?act=da&aid=1402
Ivan Pope, founder of NetNames – registers internet domain names.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201409,00.html
1996
Dinesh Dhamija
Founded flightbookers.com, then ebookers.com – the UK’s first
interactive booking engine.
http://www.ebookers.com/corporate/theebstory1a.html
Charles Nasser, founder of Claranet – Internet service provider.
http://www.uk.clara.net/about/
Stocktrade - UK’s first online stock broker
http://www.stocktrade.co.uk/
http://wp.netscape.com/newsref/pr/newsrelease806.html
http://www.ipintegration.co.uk/case_stocktrade.asp
http://www.uksharenet.com/Stock_Brokers/Stocktrade_The_Share_Centre.shtml
Dr Jules Eden, found of e-med - UK’s first online medical
consultations
http://www.e-med.co.uk/
http://www.planetfear.com/climbing/services/e-med/
Paul Barry Walsh, founder of Netstore – data warehousing via the
internet.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201443,00.html
Abby Hardoon, Victor Gareh, Marcus Lauder, founded Magic Moments –
helps companies onto the web.
http://www.magic-moments.com/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,192531,00.html
1997
Bank of Scotland
First UK bank to launch an internet banking service.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=12817
The Way Ahead Box Office
UK’s first online ticket agency.
http://www.tickets-online.co.uk/
Tim Jackson - QXL.com
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201425,00.html
Peter Wilkinson - founded Planet ISP, sports internet and consultant
to Freeserve.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201400,00.html
BBC News online
Voted best news service online by web users.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2962814.stm
1998
Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox, founders of lastminute.com
http://cws.huginonline.com/L/131840/PR/200005/874305_5_2.html
Dr Humphrey Drummond, founder of Ascot Drummond – the UK’s first
online accountancy business.
http://www.ascotdrummond.co.uk/news/Press.asp?NPID=5
Improveline
http://www.improveline.com/index.asp?PartnerId=Improveline&GID=059493503736683920
Checkmyfile.com
http://www.checkmyfile.com/HotLinks/about.asp
Julie Meyer, founder of First Tuesday – networking group.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201416,00.html
1999
Daniel Lee, co-founder of Pharmacy 2U – the UK’s first online pharmacy
http://www.dotpharmacy.co.uk/nov27.html
Steve Procter
Created UK consumer market for domain names
http://easily.co.uk/index.php3?exe=aboutus&sb=n
Tracy Frankpitt
Tasteofengland.co.uk
http://www.tasteofengland.co.uk/
http://www.tasteofengland.co.uk/official/press/releases.php3
UK’s First online dvd rental
http://www.dvds-to-rent.co.uk/aboutus.asp
Steve Bennett, founder of jungle.com – retailer of computer software,
music, videos and games.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201431,00.html
2000
Julie Pankhurst
Friends re-united – site helping old school friends to get re-united.
http://www.star.net.uk/about/about_press_1200_1.asp
http://www.guvnor.com/
Maggie Kennedy, founder of e-mediator - UK’s first online mediation
service
http://www.consensusmediation.co.uk/index.html
http://www.consensusmediation.co.uk/kennedy.html
Andrew Hart, CEO of Ask Jeeves UK – search engine
http://www.ask.co.uk/docs/about/press_2000/29092000.asp
http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:LU8JbP8qgVQJ:www.translucis.com/PressOffice/files/ah.doc+%22andrew+hart%22+%22ask+jeeves%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
The Open University (OU) held the first online graduation ceremony.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/11/newsid_2519000/2519681.stm
2001
Stuart Qualtrough, founder weatherforsport.com – weather forecasting
service via the internet.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2001/weatherforsport.html
Kitty Pryse Jones, founder of movingadhead.co.uk – online conveyancing
service.
http://www.discoverit.co.uk/webdesign/prysejones_press_release.htm
http://www.movingahead.co.uk/
UK’s First games rental service
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2001/12/prweb30673.php
Mark Jones, founder of OTC - the UK’s first online tailor made
holidays service.
http://www.internettravelnews.com/people_display.asp?ID=710
http://www.247realmedia.com/about/press_2002/2002-06-282.html
Alex Mehta, founder of Free Lawyer – a lawyer referral service.
http://www.freelawyer.co.uk/press_release.htm
http://www.legalshop.co.uk/privatelegalcare/private/about.htm
2002
Hugh Johnson – ecommerce software developer.
http://www.ukshopeuro.com/press.php
Moonline and Starkey develop the UK’s first online hearing test.
http://www.moonfish.co.uk/company/archproj.asp?opt=1
Pat Daly, founder of globalrecycle.net – largest online trading
exchange for the recycling industry.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2002/globalrecycle.html
Jerry Newlove, founder of Firstaid4sport – sells sports medicine
products.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2002/medicircle.html
http://www.firstaid4sport.co.uk/
Shopsafe
http://www.edwardrobertson.co.uk/newsshopsafe.htm
2003
Gary Lowrey - Cyber 3D – first UK company to launch a 3D web design
and hosting facility.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/1/prweb54187.htm
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2003/5/prweb66062.php
David Rickards, Pipex – internet service provider
http://www.pipex.net/news/2003/3/index.shtml
http://www.pipex.net/about/corp-highlights/rickards.html
David Atherton, founder of dabs.com
http://www.dabs.com/news/news-article.asp?article=2003
http://www.dabs.com/news/news-article.asp?article=2015
Tim Snape, West Dorset Internet – broad band supplier.
http://www.wdi.co.uk/profile.phtml
http://www.newmediazero.com/nmz/story.asp?id=240242
http://www.ispa.org.uk/html/media/ispa_council9.html>
<Additional links:>
<The Internet Industry Awards.>
<http://www.ispaawards.org.uk/html/business.htm>
<The e-50>
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201397,00.html>
<ecommerce awards>
<http://www.silicon.com/news/500014/1/1025283.html>
<The Cyber Slickers>
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/netrich/Story/0,2763,201440,00.html>
<Search strategy:>
<"uk's first online" 1997>
<://www.google.com/search?q=%22uk%27s+first+online%22+1997&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&start=50&sa=N>
<internet british innovative "in 1993 " –columbia>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&as_qdr=all&q=internet++british+innovative+%22in+1993+%22+-columbia>
<"internet awards" uk>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22internet+awards%22+uk+>
<"internet awards" 2003 uk>
<://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=%22internet+awards%22+2003+uk>
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Clarification of Answer by
belindalevez-ga
on
13 Aug 2003 02:03 PDT
<I have filled in the gaps and selected people who are more involved
in business rather than technology.
1994
Keith Fisher, RMI’s Director of International Affairs and Raphaelle
Ireland, DEI Development manager.
Royal Mail International.
Creating and managing a global parcels tracking service.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.com/awards2000/winners/1994/winners/rm.html
http://www.ecommerce-awards.com/awards2000/winners/1994/
Rohan Master, Maelstrom
Used ecommerce to generate orders from all over the world and set up
partnership programmes with other companies to help develop business
in the future.
http://www.maelstrom.co.uk/
http://www.computerweekly.com/Article108602.htm
1998
Keith Richmond, CEO Timberweb
The leading website for the timber industry.
http://www.timberweb.com/News/PressReleaseDetail.html?id=1
http://www.timberweb.com/Corporate/Awards.html
http://www.timberweb.com/
http://www.archway-consulting.com/timberweb_info.htm
Derek Beevor, Road Tech Computer Systems Ltd
Designer of Roadrunner software. Finalist FT Website of the Year.
http://www.roadrunner.uk.com/
http://www.timberweb.com/News/PressReleaseDetail.html?id=1
http://www.roadrunner.uk.com/road_tech/index.html
http://www.mlogmag.com/magazine/01/roadrunner.shtml
1999
Eran Bauer, Director, Civil Defence Supply.
Use of ecommerce to increase overseas business. Email and web
development, computerised accounting and creation of a corporate
database.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/1999/civil-defence.html
http://www.bcentral.co.uk/marketing/online/OnlineResearch.asp
http://www.civil-defence.org/
Graham Waters, Director, Petnwyn Splicers.
Used ecommerce to provide better product information and speed up
communications with customers.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/1999/splicer.html
http://www.splicer.co.uk/
2000
Tesco
http://www.ecommerce-awards.com/awards2000/winners/1998/finalists/tesco.html
http://www.silicon.com/news/500014/1/1025283.html
http://www.siamfuture.com/ThaiNews/ThNewsTxt.asp?tid=122
http://whatpc.co.uk/News/1125740
Simon Cohen, DGC Distribution Ltd
Adoption of ecommerce to allow trade customers to search the product
database, review special offers and place orders online. Development
of a software system.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2000/dgcdistribution.html
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/winners_2000.html
http://www.trictsme.f9.co.uk/wits/WITS-training/help/case_studies/case_main.htm
http://www.guvnor.com/
Peter Moran, Managing Director, Optimum Design.
Development of a business to business strategy, ensuring a more
streamlined supply chain.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2000/optimumdesign.html
2001
Gerrard Dennis, Simply Scuba
Has used ecommerce to transform a small company with a £250K turnover
into an online shop with a turnover of over £1million.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2001/simplyscuba.html
http://www.simplyscuba.com/
2002
Amarjit Singh - Empire EC Plc
Set up a website and put the infrastructure in place to handle sales
of over £200 million.
http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/past_winners/2002/empiredirect.html
http://www.empiredirect.co.uk/
2003
Liz Davies and Rachel Thomas
Used ecommerce to promote their business by setting up a website for
their company.
http://www.quadrantpr.co.uk/pressrelease.cfm?CID=5&PID=210
http://www.welsh-cottages.co.u
http://www.welsh-cottages.co.uk
<Additional links:>
<2003 ecommerce awards.>
<http://www.ecommerce-awards.co.uk/>
<Ecommerce awards past winners 1994 – 1999>
<http://www.ecommerce-awards.com/awards2000/winners/1994/index.html>
<Hope this helps.>
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