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NCC Group plc Interim Results

nccadmin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Growing international revenues drive profits up 33%

Highlights

Group revenue up 28% to GBP42.4m (GBP33.0m in 2010)
o Organic revenue up 20%
o International revenue now contributes 31% ...

Web performance is for life, not just for Christmas

nccadmin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT

"Gap between ‘the best and the rest’ must be closed

Performance data for leading e-tailers reveals gap between top ten and rest of field
Swift download speeds throughout the Christmas period – ...

Britain is a 'nation of online shoppers'

nccadmin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:00:00 GMT

Ofcom's latest International Communications Market study has discovered that Britain is a ‘nation of online shoppers’, spending an average of 84 minutes a month browsing online retailers.

Yet the web performance of ...

NCC Group plc Trading Update

nccadmin — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:00:00 GMT

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, is today publishing a trading update.

The Board now expects Group profit before tax for the ...

Online retailers are running out of time to get their sites in order, says Site Confidence

nccadmin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:00:00 GMT

Crucial online shopping period kicks off November 28th
2011 performance trends suggest many e-tailers are underprepared
Time is running out – efficiency and reliability are paramount

‘Cyber Monday’, one of the biggest ...

Erratic e-tailer performance in Q3

nccadmin — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:47:41 GMT

Site Confidence Quarterly Retail Report reveals speedier downloads but hefty downtime amongst UK’s top retailers

The UK’s leading online retailers are suffering from excessive periods of website downtime, risking both revenue and ...

Interim Management Statement

nccadmin — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, is today publishing its Interim Management Statement, covering the period from 1 June to 19 October ...

Acquisition of web monitoring business for up to £1.7m

nccadmin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or “the Group”), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance Services, has acquired Axzona Limited, a Scottish website monitoring company, for a consideration of ...

Twitter traffic trends

nccadmin — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:37:26 GMT

Twitter is yet again breaking its own traffic records, responsible for 1 in every 184 UK Internet visits on Saturday, according to Experian Hitwise. But the spike in traffic in the wake ...

Kate middleton 'mania' causes Reiss website to crash

nccadmin — Thu, 26 May 2011 16:44:43 GMT

Bob Dowson, director of website monitoring and load testing specialist Site Confidence, an NCC Group company, comments:

Reiss managed to laugh this off by Tweeting about dress ‘mania’, but the fact is ...

Adele’s website crashes as artist storms Brits

nccadmin — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:42:59 GMT

Fans of the artist Adele were left disappointed last night when they were unable to access the singer’s website after it crashed under huge user traffic load.

The outage followed a stunning ...

Sluggish e-retailers avoid downtime during crucial sales period

nccadmin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:38:40 GMT

UK e-retailers experienced slow download speeds during the December and January sales period.

Recent in-house performance data showed that the UK’s top 50 e-retailers avoided serious outages between 25 December 2010 and ...

Continued strong organic and acquisitive growth drive profits up 25%

nccadmin — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 07:49:42 GMT

NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or “the Group”), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance, has reported its results for the six months to 30 November 2010.

Highlights

Group ...

Organisations must improve web performance in 2011

nccadmin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:08:45 GMT

The website monitoring and load testing specialist, Site Confidence, an NCC Group company, is urging organisations to prepare carefully for new website launches in 2011 to avoid damaging outages after they go ...

E-retailers sluggish on Mega Monday despite sales boost

nccadmin — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:34:00 GMT

The UK’s top e-retailers were sluggish on the biggest online shopping day of the year, with some taking up to 28 seconds to load, according to data taken yesterday by Site Confidence, ...