Archive - Oct 24, 2003 - News Items

Fish.co.uk, Christian Aid's ethical Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Web portal, is now SureFish.co.uk, and has launched a series of new services.

SureFish.co.uk's new and improved services from new provider Poptel include wireless and standard broadband, and flat-rate Internet access, free e-mails and free personal Web space.

The finalists for the first Beacon Prize have been named. The Prize aims to raise the profile of giving in the UK by acknowledging exceptional philanthropic acts by individuals.

The Daily Mirror and British Gas are supporting a mobile phone donation campaign for the seven charities that make up the Here to Help campaign.

Consumers are being encouraged to donate using a premium rate SMS, with donations being used by the charities to tackle UK household poverty.

Lafarge Plasterboard has helped make it possible for Scotland's independent fair trade retail outlet, One World Shop, to open a second branch in Glasgow.