Monthly Archives: August 2011

Art

Skillful Beliefs Take Christian Coach and Author to African Nation

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Although a faithful Christian with immense love for God, author Christina Tammen never pictured herself visiting Africa as many fellow missionaries of His word are called to do.

Cleveland, OH, Friday – August 05, 2011 — Although a faithful Christian with immense love for God, author Christina Tammen never pictured herself visiting Africa as many fellow missionaries of His word are called to do. But, that is the exact continent she found herself on this summer, coaching and sharing her story C.H.U.M.P. Produced through Halo Publishing Inc., C.H.U.M.P. is a series of books designed to help people develop effective strategies to defend the mind against doubt and fear.

“My trips to the cities Gulu and Kampala in Uganda were unbelievable and the impact on me and the men I coached has not stopped thanks to FACEBOOK and Skype,” Tammen said.

An African player described Tammen’s C.H.U.M.P. as “an amazing book.” “It not only addresses the tactics in volleyball games but also the psyche/soul.” “Before Coach Tammen came, the team was more disintegrated because we did not take responsibility toward one another.” Today, Tammen is happy to report the team is on their first winning streak!

A high school World Cultures and World History teacher since 2000, Tammen has been coaching volleyball since 1995. Born in Iowa, where her grandpa still has his farm, she spent her childhood in Aurora, IL, and now teaches there. Self-described as a “natural counselor,” she teaches, in addition to history facts, that faith, patience, forgiveness, believing and hoping are all skills to be mastered. “The absence of faith, affects the way we view ourselves and then limits what we can accomplish,” Tammen said.

The educator believes each person can cultivate the talents hidden deep inside by becoming aware of their inner conversations. Tammen uses the power of storytelling as a coach, teacher and sports counselor to go beyond the academics and skill development of her students and athletes. Over time, she said, her stories developed into a series of books that distinguish between viewing character as a trait versus believing it is a skill.

The Naperville, Ill. resident earned a Bachelor’s Degree in History and Secondary Education at Illinois’ North Central College and a master’s degree in Psychology–sports psychology from Capella University. Tammen is active in the Invisible Children movement to help end the capture of young men to fight as soldiers in Uganda and the Congo. The Invisible Children Club she co-sponsors has raised about $50,000. She also is involved in Athletes in Action and shared the message of C.H.U.M.P. through out Israel.

For more information about C.H.U.M.P., author Christina Tammen you can visit http://www.Halopublishing.com or http://www.OnlineTeamCoaching.com.

Press & Media Contact:
Lisa M. Umina, Publisher
Halo Publishing International
5549 Canal Road
Cleveland, OH 44125
216-255-6756
lisa@halopublishing.com

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Advertising

Contextual Advertising Network Ad Dynamo Launches London Office

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Ad Dynamo, the global contextual advertising marketplace, today launched its London office in the next step of its international expansion.

London, United Kingdom, Thursday – August 04, 2011 — Ad Dynamo ( http://www.addynamo.com ), the global contextual advertising marketplace, today launched its London office.

Ad Dynamo operates an advertising marketplace that intelligently connects advertisers to its network of over 15,000 publishers. The offering effectively competes with Google’s Content Network, which comprises about one third of Google’s own advertising revenues. And Ad Dynamo seems to be pulling it off, with a significant chunk of the South African marketplace carved out, the company has expanded internationally at quite a rate – with offices in Madrid, Amsterdam, Lagos, Dublin, and now London.

Sean Riley, the CEO of Ad Dynamo ( http://www.addynamo.com ), will lead the UK team. The key focus of the London office will be to service agencies and key publishers needs, as well as to provide tailored, local support to the UK client base.

“Though we’ve only now opened our office in London, the UK already represents one of our top 10 performing markets. We’ve got a long way to go in terms of achieving our objectives, but we’re not starting from scratch: we have good advertisers and 1,900 UK publishers already cooperating with us,” says Riley.

This bold advertising startup prides itself on its customer service – every advertiser and publisher is supported by Ad Dynamo’s local support teams, and the strategy seems to be working. Consistent growth and market penetration has seen the company continue to gain support worldwide. The transparent revenue share sets the business apart from the likes of Google AdSense for publishers, and Ad Dynamo ( http://www.addynamo.com ) claims it is the fastest paying ad network in the world – quite a big attraction for the smaller websites and bloggers who sometimes wait months for their first payment from existing ad networks.

Some interesting facts published by Ad Dynamo include:

* 80% of all advertisers that try Ad Dynamo continue to use the service
* Over 15,000 publishers, and growing by 100 a day
* Ad Dynamo serves more than a billion ads per month worldwide
* The company offers online and mobile advertising
* Funded by Invenfin, the South African VC associated with the Richemont Group
* Fastest paying ad network in the world – publishers are paid on the 1rst business day of each month, with a very low minimum payment threshold of £20

Press & Media Contact:
Sean Riley
Ad Dynamo
London, UK
+447771590225
sean@addynamo.com
http://www.addynamo.com

Consumer Services

New Online Gift Shop Announced for 50-Plus Baby Boomers

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Ecommerce Outlet Offers Easily Customized, Affordable Gifts

San Diego, CA, Thursday – August 04, 2011 — Pacifica Endeavors LLC announced today that it has added an online store to its BabyBoomerLifeboat.com website to meet the needs of 50-plus Baby Boomer patrons. Offering a variety of customizable, memorable gifts for older Boomers, the new store can be found at www.UniqueBoomerGifts.com.

Partnering with Zazzle.com, the store offers easily customized t-shirts, mugs, accessories, postage, cards, posters, bumper stickers, office and pet products. Useful books for older Boomers are also available. “We have created a dedicated outlet with select products that appeal to 50-plus Baby Boomers,” notes Al Kernek, CEO of Pacifica Endeavors LLC, the store’s creator. “Our goal is to make it easy and affordable to present older Boomers with thoughtful, memorable gifts that they will always cherish. The new store also allows shoppers to quickly send fun gifts to friends and to shop for unique, attention-getting products for themselves.”

While there are many online stores available to shoppers these days, it is unusual to have an outlet targeting a specific Baby Boomer demographic. “We provide a significant time savings and help shoppers avoid frustration by focusing on items that will be appreciated by older members of the Baby Boomer generation,” notes Kernek. “We have narrowed the vast Zazzle product line, which numbers in the tens of thousands, to just those products that are likely to be enjoyed and appreciated by 50-plus Boomers.”

The mother website, BabyBoomerLifeboat.com, is focused on the millions of 50-plus Baby Boomers who have seen their savings and home equities decimated by the Great Recession. The site offers advice, information and resources to Boomers, showing them how retirement is still possible despite their financial setbacks.

About Pacifica Endeavors LLC:
Pacifica Endeavors LLC ( http://www.PacificaEndeavors.com ) is a San Diego based marketing consulting firm made up of individuals who each average 30+ years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience. It offers business, marketing and sales consulting to small businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups. The company’s forte is affordable Internet marketing.

Pacifica Endeavors is also a leader in addressing issues relevant to 50-plus Baby Boomers and has several online sites dedicated to this purpose. To learn more, contact Pacifica Endeavors at (866) 284-4955 or by email: info@PacificaEndeavors.com.

Press & Media Contact
Al Kernek
Founder and CEO
Pacifica Endeavors / Baby Boomer Lifeboat
San Diego, CA
866-284-4955
akernek@PacificaEndeavors.com
http://www.PacificaEndeavors.com

Technology

Virtosoftware Releases Virto Resource Utilization Gantt – a New Web Part for Effective Resource Management in Microsoft SharePoint

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Virtosoftware presented a new Microsoft SharePoint Silverlight-based web part for online tracking resource utilization and resource management.

San Francisco, CA, Thursday – August 04, 2011 — Virtosoftware presented a new Microsoft SharePoint Silverlight-based web part for online tracking resource utilization and resource management.

VirtoSoftware – SharePoint Web Parts vendor – expands its SharePoint product line presenting Virto Resource Utilization Gantt – a new light-weight interactive Silverlight-based web part that provide SharePoint users with a variety of tools for resource management and online utilization tracking. With this new component you can easily check the workload of your employees and utilization of material resources and, if needed, immediately make the necessary changes. The web part is fully compatible with both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010.

Virto SharePoint Resource Utilization Web Part allows for effective managing both resources and materials. You can use the web part for effective project management resource utilization, controlling the workload of your project resources. You can use any project list as a data source for the component, and then track utilization of the resources online. Having all the resources and their assigned tasks in a single chart, you can easily view all the workload information and tasks details as well as edit, create and reassign tasks in order to make sure that your resources are utilized efficiently.

Alternatively, the new web part can be used for tracking and managing utilization of material resources such as, for example, meeting rooms. With Virto Resource Utilization Gantt ( http://www.virtosoftware.com/Product/detail/resource-utilization-web-part-for-sharepoint ) you can easily schedule meetings in way that guarantees that they do not overlap, and the rooms do not stay empty. To do this it is enough to select one or several meeting rooms as the web part data source and start assigning them as meeting resources. Additional filtering and sorting options, table and Gantt views, drag-and-drop move and resize features, as well green-yellow-red workload color coding make the work with the component simple, intuitive and convenient.
Pricing and Availability

The full-featured version of Virto Resource Utilization Web Part costs $795 USD per one SharePoint Server.
Links:

Product page link: http://www.virtosoftware.com/Product/detail/resource-utilization-web-part-for-sharepoint
Direct download link: http://community.virtosoftware.com/media/p/946.aspx
Public Demo Site: http://demo2010.virtosoftware.com/SitePages/Virto%20Resource%20Utilization.aspx

Virto Resource Utilization Gantt is already available for purchasing at www.virtosoftware.com. Visit the website for more information about Virtosoftware products and services, trials and demo versions as well as installation and user guides. Do not forget to follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/virtosoftware.

About Virto Software:
VirtoSoftware, a Microsoft Gold-Certified partner, designs and builds innovative web parts for Microsoft® SharePoint® 2007 and 2010. Our comprehensive lineup includes calendar, alerts, collaboration, workflow and administration capabilities for SharePoint users.

More than 1500 users around the world have chosen our products to enhance their SharePoint activities. Virto Software is headquartered in 4 with offices worldwide. For more information or to browse Virto Software’s products, please visit http://www.virtosoftware.com or contact us: sales@virtosoftware.com

Press & Media Contact:
Ms. Olga Kiner
PR Manager
Virtosoftware
San Francisco, CA 94101
+1 323 319 5111
o@virtosoftware.com
http://www.virtosoftware.com

Automotive, Consumer Services, Financial, Internet & Online, Transportation & Logistics, Travel

Carrentals.co.uk: Don’t Chance Not Reporting Penalty Points to Insurers

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03 August 2011 – Online car hire price comparison website Carrentals.co.uk is advising the UK’s drivers not to cut corners in seeking out ways to save on car insurance this year. The award-winning website, which is home to cheap car hire deals in over 15,000 locations, advises drivers to always announce penalty points on their licences to insurers.

With UK car insurance costs continuing to be higher than ever, some drivers look to reduce their premiums by not making insurers aware of penalty points and accidents they have been previously involved with. However many drivers don’t know that they are legally bound to report such facts to their insurance company.

Having been involved in an accident or incident in the past and not reporting it means that the driver can be left helpless should the insurance company decide not to pay out on a claim. In addition the driver is then also left driving without insurance under a void cover policy – also illegal under UK law.

Gareth Robinson, Managing Director of Carrentals.co.uk, says: “There is no doubt that car insurance is really expensive these days so we are in a way not surprised that people would seek to lower their outgoings however possible. Not telling an insurer about previous points is inadvisable though.”

“People at this time need to know that should they be involved in an accident under a void insurance policy through not announcing points, they will risk incurring extra costs – paying for other people’s cars, medical bills, legal fees and such. Points on a licence and also big fines can be levied too – so holding back that penalty points information in the first place can end up costing people more money if and when they get caught out.”

Carrentals.co.uk is the leading car hire comparison site providing cheap car hire by comparing deals from up to 50 rental companies, including Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Holiday Autos and Sixt, in over 15,000 locations worldwide including car hire in Spain, USA and Switzerland, with a wide choice of pickup locations including car hire in Malaga, Denver and Geneva.

www.carrentals.co.uk.
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About Carrentals.co.uk
Carrentals.co.uk was launched in February 2003 and grew to become one of the UK’s leading online car hire companies by 2006.

In 2007 the company re-launched its site to create the first major online price comparator in the travel industry. Using the latest technology the Carrentals.co.uk site now searches up to 50 different car hire websites, providing an impartial comparison of the best prices available in over 15,000 locations.

Websites searched include Alamo, Auto Europe, Budget, Ebookers, Hertz, Holiday Autos, Opodo, Sixt and Thrifty, with the Carrentals.co.uk site quickly comparing prices and allowing customers to refine their search by car type.

The Carrentals.co.uk site also features over 5,000 pages of travel information in a mini-guide format.

In 2008 Carrentals.co.uk was voted Best Car Hire Website in the Travolution Awards, and in 2010 it was Highly Commended in the Best Meta-search/Price Comparison category. To book or for further information visit www.carrentals.co.uk

Media Contact
Rachel Builder & Jenny White
Context
T: 01625 511966
F: 01625 511967
carrentals@contextpr.co.uk
www.contextpr.co.uk

Contact Details: Helen Young
press@asapventures.co.uk
ASAP Ventures Ltd
0844 448 1489
www.carrentals.co.uk

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Business

Bella Bath and Bathroom taps Attracts Everyone

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Bella Bathrooms Ltd, 06.05.11- Bella Bathrooms Ltd supplies a huge variety of bathroom taps. For the convenience of the customers, they have separated the bathroom taps into the categories of bath taps, basin taps, gold bathroom and shower mixer taps. They also have collection of bathroom taps from Hudson Reed and Home of ultra bathroom taps. Bella Bathrooms Ltd offers discount for bathroom taps that starts from £25.

At Bella Bathrooms Ltd there is a collection of your favourite bath taps by your favourite manufactures. Bella Bathrooms Ltd provides different types of bath taps, they are pillar bath taps, bath mixer taps, bath shower mixer taps, wall mounted bath taps, single hole bath filler and single hole bath shower mixer. A Pillar bath tap has a separate bath tap for hot and cold; it is mostly used in traditional bathrooms. Bath mixer tap is the hot and cold bath taps that are bridged together and has a single spout.

Bath shower mixer taps work the same as the Bath mixer tap but also has an integral diverter which will send the water to a shower head instead of spout. Wall mounted bath taps are mounted above the bath on the wall with the spout of the bath tap overhanging the bath. Single hole bath filler requires one tap hole in your bath, and works same as bath mixer tap. Single hole bath shower mixer is same as single hole bath filler but also has an integral diverter which will send the water to a shower head instead of spout.

Bella Bathrooms Ltd has now teamed up with Damixa to launch a new luxury range of bathroom taps. The new range of bathroom taps includes the following product models such as Space, Lyra, Ixia, Iona, Elara, Clover, Venus, Profile, Arc and G-Type. Dimixa Bathroom taps is a world famous brand and is recognised in the industry as being the leading Danish manufacture. Dimixa works with some of the best designers across the world ensuring that their designs remain at the fore front of design and technology.

About Bellabathrooms.co.uk

Bellabathrooms.co.uk provides information about the Bathroom accessories and suites offered by Bella Bathrooms Ltd, and is one of the most visited bathroom websites. Detailed information about the various models of the bath taps, bathroom taps and their prices can be obtained from this website.

For more information visit: www.bellabathrooms.co.uk/bath-taps.html

Contact Details:

Bella Bathrooms Ltd
Unit I1 Morton Park
Darlington
County Durham
DL1 4PH
Phone Number: 0844 8117 017
Fax: 0844 8227 021
Email: richardthompson@bellabathrooms.co.uk

Automotive

Now available: SmartTOP Convertible Top Remote and Convenience Module For Infiniti G Convertible

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Just in time for the convertible season Mods4cars releases the new SmartTOP convertible top convenience module for Infiniti G convertibles. It adds one-touch operation to the center console switch as well as the ability to use the top while driving slowly. Additionally the top can be raised or lowered from afar with the original factory key fob remote.

Ocean, NJ, Tuesday – August 02, 2011 — The SmartTOP convertible top convenience add-on module ( http://www.mods4cars.com ) by aftermarket electronics specialist Mods4cars is now available to order. Infiniti owners get to enjoy this summer with more convenience and added features in their cars. The signature feature of the kit, one-touch top operation while driving, allows drivers to open and close the top while driving up to 40 km/h (~28 mph) and without the need to pull over and hold down the switch. The instant benefit is more top-down time.

“Our newest product also adds remote control functionality; The top can be opened or closed with the original factory key fob remote.” says PR manager Sven Tornow. “Neither is a separate key fob required, nor does the existing one need to be modified or reprogrammed.” He concludes. It is also possible to raise and lower just the windows by remote or when inside the car with a quick double tap on either direction of the top switch.

The SmartTOP convertible top convenience kit for the Infiniti G convertible also offers some extra features which are all individually programmable. It is possible to have the doors locked automatically while driving or a choice of 4 different sounds when locking and unlocking the car can be selected. An ongoing top operation can be programmed to continue when the engine is turned on or off and the entire module can be enabled or disabled while retaining all other user preference settings.

Thanks to the standard USB port present on all SmartTOP convertible top modules it is also possible to configure all settings or update the product firmware online via freely available software on the company’s website. The kit comes complete with USB cable and a custom designed, fully plug-and-play wiring harness that makes installation a breeze.

Other car brands supported by the SmartTOP product line are Alfa, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Infiniti, Mazda, Mercedes, Mini, Nissan, Opel, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Volvo and Volkswagen – Mods4cars offers the SmartTOP convenience kits for almost all modern convertible and roadster models on the road today.

The module for Infiniti G convertible is now available for 249 Euro + tax.

A demonstration of the module’s functions can be found here:

Further details and ordering information can be found here:
http://www.mods4cars.com

About Mods4cars:
Mods4cars was founded in 2002 with the idea to add a highly demanded feature to the otherwise almost perfect Porsche Boxster: Comfort One-Touch roof operation while driving at slow speeds. The resulting product offered not only that, but also allowed quick and easy installation by just swapping out a relay box, thus leaving no traces and no permanent changes on the vehicle. The first SmartTOP roof controller was born.

The success of their first products in Germany and Europe prompted them in late 2004 to move operations to the USA, to be able to serve the American market as well as all other English speaking countries such as Australia, UK and South Africa from one central location. Their business has grown to a full-fledged international corporation with an office in California and a full line of innovative products as well as distributors and installation partners all over the globe.

Being highly specialized in the development and distribution of aftermarket roof- and comfort controllers since 2002 allows them to offer an unsurpassed level of competence and product quality. Their main goal is optimization of each individual product to a maximum in compatibility, usability and intuitive operation. They put greatest effort into development and quality checks of all their products to achieve this goal and meet all expectations of their customers.

The extraordinary success of their products is also based on the great communication with their customers, which usually already starts for each new product during the development and prototyping phase.

Press & Media Contact:
Anja Lehmann
Mods4cars
21 Nottingham Rd
Ocean, NJ 07712 USA
+1-310-9109055
lehmann@mods4cars.com
http://www.mods4cars.com

Technology

Brainloop Chosen by Twitter for Document Collaboration

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Brainloop, today announced that Twitter, the world’s most popular micro-blogging site and real-time information network, has selected Brainloop’s online platform for business processes.

Boston, MA, Tuesday – August 02, 2011 — Brainloop ( http://www.brainloop.com ), a leading supplier of software solutions for high-security collaboration on confidential documents, today announced that Twitter ( http://www.twitter.com ), the world’s most popular micro-blogging site and real-time information network, has selected Brainloop’s online platform for business processes.

“We are excited to be working with Brainloop,” said Luca Baratta, Twitter vice president of Finance. “Brainloop’s protected online workspace will be helpful as we expand Twitter’s global footprint.”

Since 2000, thousands of professionals from such companies as BMW, Deutsche Telekom, and Nokia, have relied on Brainloop for safe, secure collaboration.

When work calls for collaborating with people outside the company, Brainloop protects confidential files and automatically applies the necessary security policies, so workers and outside parties can focus on their tasks freely without having to worry about whether they are abiding by corporate policies.

“Most security policy applications are a big distraction,” said Peter Weger, Brainloop CEO, “We make it easy for workers, partners, investors, and other stakeholders, whether they reside inside or outside the network, to do their jobs knowing they are complying with confidentiality rules, that their intellectual property is being protected, and best of all, that they don’t have to worry about it.”

Brainloop Docment Compliance Management
Some of the features available in the Brainloop document compliance management application include: anywhere, anytime web-based access; document sharing with versioning, tasks, and discussions; user access controls; two-factor authentication via SMS PINs; 256-bit encryption at rest; integration with Microsoft and Adobe Rights Management to prevent unauthorized forwarding, printing and saving of documents.

Most recently, Brainloop announced it had won the “Best Deployment Scenario Award” from Info Security Products Guide in the Document Protection category for its work with Deutsche Postbank Group, one of Germany’s largest financial services providers with €237 billion in assets.

About Brainloop:
Brainloop, with offices in Boston and Munich, uses document compliance management (DCM) to make online collaboration safe and compliant, giving users the peace of mind to focus on their business goals. Brainloop’s web based solution automatically manages security and compliance, allowing highly confidential documents to be easily edited and distributed inside and outside the corporate network. Encryption and operator shielding protect all documents from insider threat and external attacks, pro-viding a highly secure collaboration framework. The solution enables the complete transparency and auditability of all accesses and changes to documents, supporting corporate and regulatory compliance directives. Frequent uses include contract negotiations, collecting data and writing up quarterly reports, and any other communication that contains confidential information. To learn more, visit http://www.brainloop.com.

Copyright © 2011, Brainloop AG. All rights reserved. All trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Press & Media Contact
Victor Cruz, Principal
MediaPR.net, Inc
Boston, MA
(978) 594-4134
vcruz@mediapr.net
http://www.brainloop.com

Business, Consumer Services, Internet & Online, Shopping, Transportation & Logistics

Parcel2Go Joins The Blogosphere With Launch Of New Site

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Aug 1 2011 — /RTPR/ — The UK’s largest online parcel delivery service Parcel2Go has launched its very own blog to help people stay up-to-date on everything from changes involving eBay and Amazon to the very latest hints and tips for sending goods abroad with an international shipping courier.

Parcel2Go has been bringing its customers breaking news relating to the big players in the online retail and parcel delivery sectors for a number of years. The new blog, available at http://blog.parcel2go.com/ has been designed to offer yet another valuable resource to individuals and businesses as well as a place where people can find more light-hearted news, banter, hint and tips and debates.

The blog will be updated on a daily basis, and the moderation team will be around to approve new comments throughout the day.

Richard Mercer, Director of Marketing at Parcel2Go, said: “We’re really excited about the opportunities that our new blog will present. The team at Parcel2Go has been using social media to keep in touch with customers, offer advice and solve problems for a while, but this is the first time that we have run a daily blog.

“We hope that customers old and new will find posts on there that appeal, and we’re asking people to make full use of the comment facilities available. Blog posts aren’t a one way conversation, we want to get people involved – talking to us and each other about the issues and stories that are affecting them.”

Like Parcel2Go’s new dedicated mobile website that launched the other week at m.parcel2go.com, the blog can be accessed through mobile devices and smartphones, which will allow people to keep up-to-date on all the latest discussions and take part in conversations while they’re on the move.

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About Parcel2Go:
Parcel2Go Ltd has been offering its customers the opportunity to send parcels with a courier to London, Australia, and everywhere in between, for the past 21 years. Based in Bolton, the company operates a cost effective collection and delivery service using couriers such as Parcelforce and City Link throughout the UK, Europe, and countries across the world.

For further information contact:
Email: l.yates@parcel2go.com
Website: www.parcel2go.com

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