Rapide Announced National Winner of the Award for Innovation Through Technology
United Kingdom - The British Chambers of Commerce and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group recently announced the winners of the Chamber Awards 2008. Now in its fifth year, the Chamber Awards were developed to recognise outstanding business achievement within the UK business community.
Rapide Communication Ltd, a member of Coventry and
Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce, has been announced as the
national winner of the Award for Innovation Through Technology
at the Chamber Awards 2008.
The organisation won the Dell sponsored award because the judges
were impressed by their original and thoughtful entry which
encapsulated an open and intelligent approach to innovation.
This approach has enabled them to secure a third of the FTSE 500
as customers. Rapide send and receive voice and text messages to
help businesses sell more, inform faster and engage everyone.
Monique Bonner, Dell’s SME Sales Director UK and Ireland,
commented;
“Rapide Communication Ltd is a very innovative organisation. Its
competitive edge is driven by its ongoing quest to identify,
develop and implement new ways to help their customers achieve
their goals using unique and pioneering communication solutions.
Congratulations to all at Rapide Communication Ltd - very worthy
winners of the Award for Innovation through Technology.”
The National Winners of the Chamber Awards 2008 were announced
at a gala dinner at the Natural History Museum, London on the
27th November 2008.
Neville Reyner, President of the BCC said:
“Rapide Communication Ltd shows us all what can be achieved when
innovation is put at the core of the business. Rapide is
successful in several markets and with a wide range of different
businesses. It has really made its technology investment work
and this in turn has had a profound effect on its success.
Congratulations.”
Nigel Shanahan, Managing Director of Rapide Communication, said,
“We are ecstatic to win this award. It will give Rant & Rave the
necessary exposure to help attract new customers and new staff
members. It's also a great motivation for our team to have their
hard work acclaimed in this way. Finally, it's been fantastic
taking part as the feedback from the judges has been invaluable
to us.”
About Rant & Rave (The award winning service)
Rant & Rave is a unique service that allows companies to capture
customer feedback instantly in a number of different ways.
Customers can leave feedback directly via a text message, a
phone call, an email or on a website.
About Rapide Communication
Rapide sends and receives voice and text messages to help
businesses sell more, inform faster and survey everyone enabling
you to engage and monitor – fast! In a world that’s always on
the move, we help you engage with people whatever your message
is you need to get across, whoever it’s to, and wherever they
are – in the way that’s most convenient for them.
For further information on Rapide or Rant & Rave contact Yiannis
Maos at yiannis.maos@rapide.co.uk or call 02476 011911 or visit
http://www.rapide.co.uk.
