Is there a more dominant business in its market than Google is today? The word ‘giant’ is over used to describe the size of companies but in Google’s case is seems inadequately small. So let’s say the galaxy-sized company this week reported record quarterly profits of a £1 billion, up 27% on the same period [...]

New figures show that UK businesses are leading the way in utilising the Internet for advertising. According to data released by the Internet Advertising Bureau, the UK has become the first major world economy where advertisers are now spending more money on online advertising than on more traditional television options. It is no secret that [...]

Did you know that the Sale Sharks match day hospitality is the best ticket in Greater Manchester for meeting and mixing with the biggest names in business? Despite all the top flight football teams, cricket, ice hockey and rugby league in the Manchester area, Guinness Premiership outfit Sale Sharks match days are officially the best [...]

Guinness Premiership high flyers Sale Sharks have launched their new home kit, proudly adorned with the UKFast branding. The snappy new strip, created by the visionary partnership of the club’s merchandise manager Lisa Robinson and long-term kit makers Cotton Traders, is designed to infuse the speed and power of the Sharks’ style of rugby into [...]

UKFast is at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix today for the first of three days of fun with clients. However, it’s not just about enjoying top class motor sport. The fastest racing cars in the world also form the perfect backdrop to UKFast’s launch of the fastest servers available in the UK. Today UKFast’s [...]

Well, Andrew Sheridan made it two wins out of two on the Lions’ tour at the weekend but once again the Saturday team struggled to victory in stark contrast to the rampant mid-week side. It all started so well with the Lions’ 20 points up after 20 minutes against the Free State Cheetahs. However, the [...]

Sale Sharks prop forward Andrew Sheridan will return to the British Lions’ starting line up at the weekend after seeing the mid week side thrash the Golden Lions without him. Sheridan did play in the British Lion’s victorious first game but the result was far from the comfortable romp expected. So Sheridan and his teammates [...]

UKFast is to take over as the main sponsor of the Sale Sharks from the start of next season. It is the first time we have been in the top sponsorship seat at the club although we have been an official supporter for almost a decade now. The agreement is a historic one, involving a [...]

About a month ago I blogged about the possibility of Twitter becoming a viable commercial venture for its owners. Back then I surmised that Twitter wanted it to be so, as did its venture capital backers who had pumped millions of dollars into the micro blog site with a view to recouping profit. But I [...]

Big online news stories at the moment all seem to be about getting hold of the gold at the end of the rainbow from new media web portals. In terms of pure visitor numbers the likes of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are undoubted giants of the internet but all are yet to successfully convert their [...]