Strategic Expansion

COUNTYWeb.com PLC
9 January 2001
       

        COUNTYWeb launches Welsh language online business directory         


COUNTYWeb.com, the leading online UK business directory, today launches the
first Welsh-language online directory www.gwesircymru.com.  The new website,
has over 2000 business categories and is fully WAP-enabled to allow customers
to access information on the move.  

William Catchpole, Managing Director, said: 'We believe Gwesircymru is a
significant development that will be welcomed by business people, consumers
and all those interested in the promotion and future prosperity of Wales. We
are proud that this is both the first Welsh-language online business directory
and one of the first WAP-enabled Welsh-language sites.'

Gwesircymru.com and the English version WalesWeb, www.walesweb.co.uk, will
remain linked to the COUNTYWeb.com regional online network, which covers the
whole of the UK through 52 regional directories and lists over 2.45 million
businesses and organisations.  


For further information:

William Catchpole
Managing Director                                 Tel: [phone]

Issued by:
Julian Bosdet / Ariane Vacher                     Tel: [phone]
Bankside Consultants
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