Fast Web Media
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Marketing |
| Founded | 7 July 1994 (as Fleetness 202) |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Parent | Inc & Co Group |
| Website | fastweb.media |
Fast Web Media is a Manchester-based marketing agency. The company provides digital marketing services, specialising in SEO, technical development, design and UX, content and social media.
History
[edit]Founded in 1994 by Michael Flynn, Fast Web Media (then known as Fleetness 202 and later as Hercules Communications) initially focused on website development, with one of its first projects being the production of the first Premier League website. In 1998, the company was bought by Fast Search & Transfer ASA (now known as Microsoft Development Center Norway), a major infrastructure corporation focusing on internet search as well as image and video software.
Over the years, Fast Web Media has worked with a number of clients from a wide range of different industries, most notably:
- BBC
- Coca-Cola
- Bravissimo
- Carling
- Cobra
- Coors Light
- Gfinity
- Pravha
- Premier League
- PZ Cussons
Michael Flynn CEO, sold the business to Mporium PLC 15 May 2015, staying with the new business for a handover period until December 2015.[citation needed] In November 2017, Fast Web Media returned to Manchester city centre from Salford, with its office in the same building where the company was first registered more than 20 years before.[1]
In 2008 Fast Web Media sold 4thegame.com to Sportech for £600,000. [2]
In July 2019, Fast Web Media was acquired by Inc & Co Group.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fast Web Media returns to the heart of Manchester". The Drum. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ "Sportech buys soccer website for £600,000". Manchester Evening News.