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October 2004

thomson online benefits pick up two DTI Ecommerce Awards 2004

Leading employee benefits consultant's, thomsons online benefits have won both the national innovation category of “Advanced Supply Chain Integration” and were voted “E-business” of the year for the London region in the DTI backed Ecommerce Awards 2004. thomsons online benefits were rewarded with prizes totalling £10,000.

The Ecommerce Awards are a joint initiative between the Department of Trade and Industry and not-for-profit group InterForum and have been designed to recognise and reward those organisations that have demonstrated excellence through the use of the Internet and other Information & Communications Technologies. Since they began in 1999, 6,000 businesses have entered the awards, with numbers growing an average 50 per cent each year.

This latest triumph follows hot on the heels of successes for thomsons online benefits this year with the award of both “Corporate IFA of the Year” in the Money Marketing Financial Services Awards and “Most Effective Use of an International Benefits Strategy” in the Employee Benefits Awards 2004.

Michael Whitfield, Managing Director of thomsons online benefits comments: ”To be recognised for our industry contribution and for our client work earlier this year was very satisfying - now to pick up these two prestigious DTI awards is an emphatic endorsement of the ecommerce commitment we have made over the last four years. Although we are truly delighted we know there is a lot more success around the corner ”.

thomsons online benefits developed the first paperless and signatureless enrolment process for Group Personal and Stakeholder Pensions in the UK and pioneered obtaining approval from the Inland Revenue. They also created the first direct technology links with benefit providers using XML.

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For more information on thomsons online benefits contact:

Caroline Shenton
thomsons online benefits
Tel: 020 7808 7588
Mobile: 07887 688 096
Email: cs@t-bx.com
www.thomsonsonlinebenefits.com