Fidel Castro, Internet News Junkie

Last Updated on Sunday, 5 September 2010 09:40 Written by External Post Sunday, 5 September 2010 09:40

pickens writes “The LA Times reports that 84-year-old Cuban ex-President . In a recent interview he called Web communication ‘the most powerful weapon that has existed’ and extolled its power to break a stranglehold on the media by ‘the empire’ and
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Google drops cash on virtual currency firm Jambool

Last Updated on Monday, 16 August 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Monday, 16 August 2010 03:40

Google has bought a virtual currency software firm as part of its latest effort to build a Web 2.0 empire by scooping up social networking outfits. Jambool confirmed [1] on Friday that it had joined “the Google family”. However, financial terms of the
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eBay customers build the UK’s largest online parcel empire

Last Updated on Thursday, 29 July 2010 04:20 Written by a2e Thursday, 29 July 2010 04:20

A company in Bolton, that was created to serve eBay traders, has grown into the biggest online parcel delivery service in the UK.

An online parcel delivery was the brain-child of serial wheeler-dealer Fil Adams-Mercer, who set up Parcel2Go in 2002 primarily to serve eBay traders requiring UK and international courier services.

Mr Adams-Mercer, whose business career began selling bruised fruit, has developed Parcel2Go.com into a £16m a year business with over 600,000 customers.

The key to Parcel2Go’s success has been the heavy investment in a sophisticated customer relationship management (CRM) system. This has cost £2.5m to create, and a further £30,000 a month “and blood, sweat and tears” to run.

Mr Adams-Mercer has designed the company to take and co-ordinates orders that are then fulfilled by Federal Express, UPS and City Link.

“Other companies chase parcels,” he said. “We chase people who may be delivering parcels in the future.”

He is also growing a niche market in the USA. Most American websites will not deliver goods outside the US because of customs bureaucracy. Mr Adams-Mercer has bought a Miami warehouse which British traders can use as their “address” when buying from American sites. Parcel2Go will then arrange parcel delivery from the US.

He is currently studying the possibility of setting up delivery franchises in Spain and France.

Fil Adams-Mercer starred as one of the ‘Secret Millionaires’ in the last series of Channel 4’s show. He was dispatched to a cramped, dirty terraced house in Doncaster to experience what it’s really like to live on Jobseekers’ Allowance.

Mr Adams-Mercer, who is a cancer survivor, donated funds to the Firefly Cancer Charity and other local good causes in Doncaster.

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