The R&M Electrical Group of companies are one of the largest independently owned Electrical Distributors in the United Kingdom.  In the UK R&M’s comprehensive service covers the supply of electrical products, cables and fixings to commercial, domestic, marine and industrial contractors.  Outside the UK the Group have a number of international projects in the Caspian Sea Region and the Middle-East specifically serving the Oil, Gas, Petro-Chem and Pharmaceutical Industries.

We are delighted to be involved with the development of a new website for R&M. SUGAR will be providing web design services as well as an online marketing campaign to reach new customers across the globe.

We are very pleased to have Peter Watler and the team from Milestones Development on board. SUGAR is developing a new site that will help this dynamic consultancy to attract new business and support their existing marketing efforts. Milestones Development offer expertise, support and guidance to both public and commercial sector clients that are experiencing rapid growth and development.

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I have a couple sites which suffer from a deluge of contact form spam. This particular type of email spam attempts to use a site’s contact form to send out unsolicited email. My Cape Holiday site has been receiving a steady stream of these emails over the last few weeks.
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Yesterday evening I delivered a presentation to my local Peer Group Learning group in Fareham. My talk was an introduction to blogging and how it can benefit a small business. I’d like to thank everyone that attended, I really enjoyed the session. One of the attendees Gavin Meikle from Inter-activ has already moved his blog from a hosted account with Blogger to a Wordpress Install. Well done Gavin!
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We’re happy to welcome the Dental Nurses Tutoring Group to the SUGAR family. This little site is aimed at Dental staff looking to update their skills. The DNTG group are offering the City & Guilds NVQ and VRQ Awards for Dental Nursing to the Hampshire area. We wish Pam and the team all the best with the new venture.

DS Baker IT provides IT Support and computer maintenance to Small Businesses in Hampshire and London. They provide a range of services to install, maintain and repair computer systems and networks. If you use computer systems or a network in your business to share files, supply email, or give your employees internet access DS Baker IT can help to keep your computers running smoothly. Dave Baker and the team aim to become your “Tech Guy” so that you can concentrate on your business.

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I love the debate over whether google can be used as a verb. I was given a great reminder of how pervasive the term has become this weekend.

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I recently delivered a presentation to my local Peer Group Learning session at the Marwell Hotel. The talk was an introduction to podcasting. The sessions are run by our local Business Link team. Thank you to Wendy and the team for giving me the opportunity to talk. I hope everyone enjoyed it.

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We received some great news this week. White Knight Recruitment in Winchester have accepted our proposal for their new website. We look forward to working with Richard, Colleen and the rest of the team. More news on this site as we move into summer.

If anyone still needs convincing about the importance of online marketing, a report on the BBC News site today bangs another nail into the coffin of traditional media.

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