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Textlocal announced number 25 in The Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 Awards
Business mobile messaging providers Textlocal have been confirmed in position 25 within this year’s Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50.
Textlocal join a whole host of UK businesses who have been recognised for their rapid growth and dedication to technology advancement within the market. To be featured so highly within the league table is great news for Textlocal, who are a rapidly expanding business based in Chester and Malvern. Textlocal, who were founded in 2005 are market leaders in business mobile messaging, supporting around 120,000 businesses and organisations to communicate with their customers, members and employees.
In terms of the service available, Textlocal’s exclusive online platform, Messenger, provides businesses with a self-service automated system. The user can create mobile campaigns, develop messages and mobile web pages, attach surveys and forms, and pay online in a matter of minutes.
Messenger is used by customers from all sectors, including Groupon, Center Parcs, Optimax, La Tasca, Redrow and Wickes, sending over 30 million messages per month. Although the system is self-service, Textlocal still supplies account management for every business and round the clock support for when it’s needed.
Rob Townsend, Marketing and Communications Director commented:
“Textlocal are committed to continued growth within the technology arena and are passionate about supporting our customers to communicate more effectively with their target audiences. We are proud of our achievements and our growing team that help to make these proud moments possible.”
“We are delighted to have been announced as number 25 in The Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50; this is a testament to our hard work and dedication and only serves to drive us further in our quest for continued evolution and excellence in our product offering and customer service.”
An additional benefit of placement within The Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 is also automatic entry into the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa over the last five years. The team will be keeping their fingers crossed for this too!
As leaders within the mobile messaging space Textlocal are committed to exploring and sharing insight and intelligence on the future of mobile marketing. Their commitment to delivering this insight to new and existing customers alike is an element that sets the company apart from other competitors. This information can be found, free of charge on their website at www.textlocal.com
Topics
- PR, Communication
Categories
- deloitte fast 50 technology
- telecommunication
- entrepreneur
- mobile
- sms
- text message business
- business
About Textlocal:
Founded by Darren Daws and Alastair Shortland in 2005, Textlocal works with around 120,000 UK businesses and employs 30 staff across two sites in Chester and Malvern. Textlocal’s clients account for over 30 million texts (8,000 texts per second) sent each month.
Its award-winning Messenger platform, email gateways and API interface, provides businesses with multiple ways to communicate with their audiences. The platform has been developed with integration and analytics built in, making it one of the most advanced and easy-to-use mobile messaging systems on the market.
Textlocal helps power mobile marketing for brands such as Groupon, Paddy Power, La Tasca, CenterParcs, John Lewis, Domino’s, and Greenpeace. The service is also used by thousands of SME’s who want to develop closer relationships with their customers. Textlocal believe in the power and ethics of opt in or permission based marketing.
Textlocal was listed in the 2013 Media Momentum’s Top 50 as the third fastest growing mobile marketing company in the UK and listed at number 45 in this year's 'The Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100 2013. It also won awards for Innovation with the DMA, for the company’s SMS Platform with 160 Characters, Best Telecommunications Website with iBA, Entrepreneurs of the Year, Business of Today with Cheshire Business Awards, and finally, Best Mobile Platform with the Effective Mobile Marketing Awards (EMMAs) in 2012.
Textlocal is also affiliated with The IDM, FSB, DMA and Econsultancy.
Textlocal Managing Director Darren Daws is a member of the DMA Council and Textlocal Marketing & Communications Director Rob Townsend is a member of the DMA North Council and a regular on the mobile keynote speaker circuit.
