Today, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has announced their decision to allow generic top level domain names (gTLDs) to end with almost any word in any language. This ruling also extends to brand names, which could be potentially great news for those brands that can afford the hefty price tags that come with them.

For those of you that didn’t know, this week is Code awareness week, organised by the ABPI and aimed at raising awareness of the code This also happens to coincide with the new changes to the code which come into effect from 1st May 2011.

That’s websites I mean… the one’s we’ve been working on over the past 3-months. A recent addition to our portfolio is http://www.the-oriel.co.uk/. Developed on behalf of Harvard Managed Offices, this is the first of two sites to go live for our client who specialises in providing world-class business centres.

Choosing the right agency can be a challenge, you’ve read their credentials, reviewed their work and client base and sat through their pitch. The rest should be easy right?

Our client Brittain Marketing, commissioned us to create a new site for them that would become a valuable part of their new business toolkit. They needed a website that would differentiate them from the traditional image of ‘Telemarketing’ or ‘Telesales’ companies, and demonstrate their commercial understanding and research and profiling capabilities.

The role of an account manager is varied, fun, rewarding and at times frustrating!