CURRENT BUSINESS ACTIVITY
CoManage Ltd - Executive Director
CoManage is a business development service that provides practical help and advice
for SMEs (small to medium-sized enterprises) in particular. Areas covered include
business planning, sales and marketing development, finance and funding, health
& safety, quality management, exit planning, and most other areas of concern to SMEs
DVisions - Director
DVisions.co.uk is an online marketing business that specialises in search engine marketing
and pay for performance advertising. Acquired by business services company DV Excel
Ltd in 2003 and currently providing services to a wide range of corporate and small-business clients
Blue Strata plc - Non-Executive Chairman
Blue Strata plc is an investment holding company that helps upcoming companies move
towards public listed status via AIM and OFEX
Other business interests
Ray is involved in a number of other businesses as a shareholder, director, or just
as a "business friend"
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Managing Director - the eyeconomy group Aug 1996 to Sep 2001
2000/2001 Launched company on OFEX market with a public share offer
raising an initial £250,000 with subsequent successful additional funding.
Clients included eBay, Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, JobPilot.co.uk, Multimap,
Glenmorangie. Relocated offices to City of London and involved in various
merger/acquisition talks. Author "Online retail: saints and sinners"
1998/1999 Established new board structure and rebranded company as
eyeconomy - the online media agency. Clients
included TescoNet, Hitachi Europe, Office of National Statistics, Centaur
Communications, Jupiter Communications (USA), RAD Data Communications
(Israel). Author of "The VNU Internet Lifestyle Report"
1996/1997 Founded company, originally New Media Communications Ltd,
offering new media project management and other consultancy support, later
online media planning. clients included Sema Group, KPMG, Reed Business
Information, VNU, Jane's Information Group. Author of KPMG report
Advertising on the Internet in the UK
VNU Business Publications - 1994-1996
Managing Editor Editor of one of the company's high-profile computer
publications, with financial and staffing line management responsibility. As part of the
UK management team, was heavily involved with a Business Process Reengineering
project and Human Resources policy development, while contributing to group
(Netherlands) International management initiatives
Reed Business Information - 1987-1994
1990-1994 Managing Editor Undertook extensive management training programme
during time at Reed. Responsible for editorial teams and with full profit and loss
accountability. During this time launched a new magazine and was later involved with
large-scale rationalisation at department and corporate level
1987-1989 Reporter/writer then features editor. Qualified PTC magazine journalist
email: info@raytaylor.net
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Author Ray Taylor is a business development strategy consultant
who is a director of a number of UK companies, some in an executive
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