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Web firm celebrates Investors in People Accreditation (IIP) in Swansea
21st May 2013
Swansea website development company NetBop, held a celebration at their Wind Street offices to mark their successful re-accreditation of the Investors in People status.
Staff at NetBop were congratulated with a celebratory cake to mark the achievement, and were formally presented with the Investors In People plaque, which will go on display in the office.
Press Articles
- NetBop Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary in business!
5th December 2012 - NetBop is delighted to judge the Swansea Bay Young Business Dragons 2012
16th November 2012 - NetBop pledges their support to Entrepreneurship Academy Wales by sponsoring a Student.
17th August 2012 - NetBop continues its expansion into High Wycombe and the South East.
11th May 2012 - NetBop's Director appointed on the Strategy Board for Swansea Employability Academy.
15th March 2012 - Web Company goes for a run.
26th September 2011 - NetBop Awarded 'Business of the Month' for July 2011.
11th July 2011 - Welsh web company announces UK expansion
12th May 2011 - Web firm NetBop completes new acquisition (PVM Web Design)
3rd February 2011 - NetBop's Director appointed on the board of Swansea Business Improvement District (BID)
18th October 2010 - NetBop supports Knowledge Exchange Wales
31st March 2010 - Swansea company scales new height in customer service
7th January 2010 - NetBop expansion gets new office site
19th October 2009 – South Wales Evening Post - Expansion’s no gamble for Swansea firm
18th September 2009 - NetBop aims to Bee Carbon Free
12th October 2008 - University reaches out to business
8th January 2008 - Helping to surf safely – BopSpam filters its 35th millionth junk email
12th October 2007 - Young Swansea entrepreneur makes national finals for major business award
21st May 2007 – ITWales.com - Young entrepreneur in finals for major business award
16th May 2007 - New year, new offices
29th January 2007 – Swansea Business Post - Spammers see image trick success
14th July 2006 – Web User - Welsh firm wins battle to call spam ‘spam’
17th June 2006 – Western Mail - Web firm tastes success on spam
16th June 2006 – BBC News - Andrew Downie speaks to BBC Radio Wales
16th June 2006 – BBC Radio Wales
- NetBop makes the news on BBC Radio 2
16th June 2006 – Steve Wright, BBC Radio 2
- Swansea anti-spam company wins trademark ruling
15th June 2006 – ITWales.com - Welsh IT company scoops ‘Best Spam Filter’ award
10th May 2006 – ITWales.com - NetBop strikes gold with anti-spam protection
11th May 2006 – Western Mail - BopSpam – Website’s of the Day’s current anti-spam service of choice
20th February 2006 – Miles Mendoza’s Website of the Day - Firm claims e-mail spam success
29th April 2004 – BBC News - Swansea student discovers how to fry spam
29th April 2004 – Western Mail
Latest News
21/05/2013:
Web firm celebrates Investors in People Accreditation (IIP) in Swansea.
Read Article- 05/12/2012: NetBop Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary in business! Read Article
- 16/11/2012: NetBop is delighted to judge the Swansea Bay Young Business Dragons 2012. Read Article
- 17/08/2012: NetBop pledges their support to Entrepreneurship Academy Wales by sponsoring a Student. Read Article
- 11/05/2012: NetBop continues its expansion into High Wycombe and the South East. Read Article
- 17/03/2012: NetBop's Director appointed on the Strategy Board for Swansea Employability Academy. Read Article
- 15/03/2012: NetBop is congratulated at the South Wales Evening Post’s Business Awards Dinner for winning ‘Business of the Month.
- 22/12/2011: NetBop releases its promotional video filmed during October 2011. View Video
- 28/11/2011: NetBop wins Entrepreneur Award at Swansea Bay Regional Business Awards. See Photograph
- 03/10/2011: NetBop are announced as finalists in the Swansea Bay Regional Business Awards. Read Article
- 26/09/2011: NetBop goes for a run. Read Article
- 11/07/2011: NetBop Awarded 'Business of the Month' for July 2011. Read Article
- 12/05/2011: NetBop announces UK expansion. Read Article
- 15/02/2011: NetBop continues its expansion and appoints an Office Administrator to join the current team.
- 17/12/2010: NetBop completes an acquisition of 'PVM Web Design' further strengthening its client base across South Wales.
- 01/12/2010: NetBop continues its expansion and appoints a new Web Developer to join the current team
- 18/10/2010: NetBop's Director appointed on the board of Swansea Business Improvement District (BID)
- 15/07/2010: NetBop celebrates its award winning BopSpam product filtering its 150 million junk email
- 12/06/2010: NetBop develops bolt-on tool within its BopControl system to publish content to Social Media website sites (Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter etc.)
- 25/05/2010: NetBop embarks on a series of training programs for businesses using Joomla, the open source content management system
- 15/04/2010: NetBop becomes Microsoft BPOS Partners (Business Productivity Online Suite) offering cloud hosted solutions to clients
- 31/03/2010: NetBop supports Knowledge Exchange Wales
- 07/01/2010: Swansea company scales new height in customer service
- 03/12/2009: NetBop qualifies for the Investors in People standard
- 12/08/2009: NetBop is awarded Nominet UK membership becoming a .UK accredited registrar and managing domain names directly with the registry
- 02/07/2009: NetBop becomes Qualified Google Advertising Professionals with two staff members being awarded recognition
- 21/05/2009: NetBop becomes the first company in Swansea to be approved by the Prompt Payment Code an inititive devised by the government with The Institute of Credit Management (ICM)
- 01/05/2009: NetBop expands and moves to new, larger premesis in the heart of the city centre of Swansea
- 15/01/2009: NetBop embarks on accreditation for Investors In People Award
- 02/12/2008: NetBop’s Director is awarded and featured in the ‘Who’s Who Business Elite’ publication for 2008
- 14/11/2008: NetBop celebrates the run up to Christmas with staff and customer tables at the Casino Royal Night in the Village Hotel
- 12/10/2008: NetBop Technologies is the first web development company in Wales to plant trees in a bid to off set its carbon footprint
- 12/10/2007: NetBop celebrates the BopSpam product filtering its 35th millionth junk email
- 05/10/2007: NetBop supports the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) by participating in their ‘Jeans for Genes’ Day
- 14/09/2007: NetBop participates in the annual West Wales Chamber of Commerce Paintball event at TeamForce
- 18/07/2007: NetBop supports Porthcawl Comprehensive School by sponsoring and entering their annual Golfing Day
- 02/07/2007: Director Andrew Downie features in West Wales Chamber of Commerce article after “stunning judges with drive and innovation”
- 16/06/2007: NetBop sponsors the annual A1K9 UK Challenge which raised over £4,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support
- 09/08/2006: Wales Business Insider profiles NetBop’s Director as of the country’s top 25 most talented entrepreneurs
- 19/07/2006: NetBop is listed as a Wales Hot 100 Company for 2006
- 17/05/2005: NetBop features in UWS article ‘Spin-Out company wins top award’
- 12/05/2006: BopSpam featured in Ping Wales article ‘Welsh anti-spam software wins gold’
- 09/05/2006: BopSpam wins 2006 Gold Award from Web User
9th May 2006 - 05/07/2005: NetBop pays tribute to Welsh support in WDA Llwybro-Routes
- 03/03/2005: BopSpam features in The Sunday Times newspaper
- 13/11/2004: BopSpam features in The Tablet newspaper
- 05/11/2004: BopSpam Appears in Carol Vorderman’s section in the Mirror Newspaper
5th November 2004 - 01/05/2004: Internet Advisor names BopSpam as one of three top spam filtering services
- 04/03/2004: BopSpam features in an article ‘Spam Bopper’ in The Guardian
- 16/02/2004: BopSpam Service is Launched by NetBop Technologies Ltd
- 16/01/2004: BopControl Launched – User-friendly online webpage content editor
- 11/08/2003: BopStats Launched – Online website usage analysis package
Credentials
- Investors in People
- Member of the Federation of Small Businesses
- Qualified Individual of Google Adwords
- Member of Nominet UK
- The Chartered Institute of Marketing
- Rising Stars
- Web User Gold Award
- British Small Business Champions
- Listed under Wales Hot 100
- We support Bee Carbon Free