Welcome to the second newsletter of 2005.
The directory continues to grow and I see from the site logs
that we are now averaging 3000 hits per month with 10% of
visitors bookmarking the site.
Much of the traffic is from search engine queries and one of
things I have noticed, is that around 15% of these queries
specify British made.
As more and more people become aware of the environmental cost of
transporting goods and produce around the world and appreciate
the high quality of British goods I expect to see this figure
grow.
Although I can see from the logs which pages of the directory are accessed, I am unable to determine if the enquirers continue on to your sites. I would be interested to know if you are receiving traffic from the directory.
Some customers have told me that the directory is resulting in new sales leads for them. I would welcome any feedback on this.
Several new members have recently joined and just in case you haven't spotted the more recent ones, I've listed them below. As usual the sites are of a high standard and well worth a look.
The Potting Shed - a small company in Northumberland that
manufacture traditional terracotta garden pots:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/northeast/ne_gardenproducts.htm
Smith Bullough - one of only a few remaining Bolt & Nut
Manufacturers in the U.K:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/northwest/nw_bolts.htm
Pine Cottage Plants - specialist growers and holders of the
National Collection of Agapanthus in the UK:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/southwest/sw_hort.htm
Jackson's Miniatures - specialise in manufacturing 1/12th and
1/24th scale doll house miniatures in Britain:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/southwest/sw_models.htm
J. Lowrence Ltd - A consulting company who provide a fair
priced service to the small business sector. They can provide
noise surveys & assessments, air quality monitoring, asbestos
surveys amongst numerous other services:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_safety_consult.htm
We also have new members who do have not have a web site but can be found on the following pages:
Midland Concrete Products Ltd. - Manufacturers of precast
concrete products including slotted posts, panel fencing, gravel
boards:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_concrete.htm
Carol Angela Design - Handmade handbags made from an exciting mix of materials: http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/westmidlands/wm_handbag.htm
We have now added a new section: "no longer made but still available".
Currently the sole occupant is Stones Brothers; a supplier of British threaded nuts and bolts.(BSF, Whit, BA etc.). I can recommend this supplier as he has managed to find me a wide range of fasteners for use on projects, including furniture restoration, motorcycle and typewriter repair as well as for machines at the works.
Stones Brothers can be found at:
http://www.britishproductsdirectory.co.uk/no_longer.htm
If you know of anybody who is supplying something that is "no longer made but still available" please ask them to contact us.
I am now offering a email to fax service (next day delivery)
for members without an email address or access to a
computer.
The way this works is as follows:
I will allocate you an email address, for example
yourcompany@britishproductsdirectory.co.uk that you can use to
give to your customers. When an email is received at this address
it is then faxed to you (within 24 hours).
The cost of this service is £2.00 per month with a maximum
of 10 faxes per month.
For further details or to sign up please contact me.
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http://www.dhconsulting.com/