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NetBop Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary!

NetBop Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary!
5th December 2012

A Swansea web development company, set up by a former Swansea University student whilst in his final year, is this year celebrating its tenth anniversary in business.

NetBop Technologies Ltd is a web design and development company based in Swansea and was founded in 2002 by technology entrepreneur Andrew Downie. Since then, the company has evolved into a thriving business with both UK and International clients.

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  • NetBop Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary in business! 05/12/2012:
    NetBop Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary in business!
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  • 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

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