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Sussex businesses amongst the 50 fastest growing media companies in the UK

The inaugral Media Momentum awards ceremony was held on the 3rd of February at the prestigious Kensington Roof Gardens in London. The awards announced the 2003 league table of the UK's most dynamic and fastest growing media companies. Within the top 50 there were two well known Sussex companies; Babel Media and Spannerworks.

"We're delighted that Spannerworks has been recognised as one of the UK's most dynamic media companies by Media Momentum. It's great to celebrate our continuing success as a Sussex based company and to be among so many other great media companies."
Charlotte Cumming, Marketing manager at Spannerworks

Media Momentum is organised by GP Capital and was sponsored by Barclays and Olswang. The Judges who short listed the companies included:

  • Benchmark Capital the investors in eBay, Betfair and Video Island
  • The Founder of PHD - £400m turnover Media Agency
  • The Head of the National Barclays Media SME team
  • The Head of BSkyB Interactive Services
The winning company was Espotting, an internet advertising company that reported recorded growth of 726% in revenue between 2002 and 2003.

Babel is a leading provider of specialist services to the global games and interactive entertainment industries. With offices in Brighton, San Diego and New Delhi, Babel employs more than 200 full-time and freelance personnel. Babel performs services such as marketing, production of digital media including websites and screensavers and also provides experienced developers to assist with porting and platform conversions. They work with major names such as Sony and Nintendo and with titles like Lord of the Rings and Godzilla.

Spannerworks is one of the UK's leading search marketing agencies which helps businesses attract new customers by increasing visibility in the internet search engines. Spannerworks specialise in Bespoke optimisation solutions for blue chip clients like GlaxoSmithKlive and Virgin, ensuring their websites have high visibility in major search engines including Google, MSN and Yahoo!.

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