About Focus New Media - Company Background

In 1996 someone had a bright idea, and that idea was Focus! Starting as a subsidiary company of an existing software development house that met the needs of the transport industry, Focus soon outgrew it's parent and now eleven years later is going stronger than ever.

Senior Appointments made
7 May 2008
The board grows at Focus New Media as expansion plans continue Find out more

Results are in...
30 April 2008
...and the votes are counted. Read on for more details of our Client Survey 2008. Find out more

E-commerce giving clients the edge
15 April 2008
Greyhound Graphics will soon launch their online shop, helping them get ahead in a competitive market... Find out more

1996
- estimated 45 million people around the globe using the world wide web
- Focus starts life with a laptop and a dial up connection in a former director's kitchen!

1997
- the NASA web site broadcasts images from the surface of Mars from the Pathfinder probe
- Focus develop the first online booking system for car hire giant Europcar and move to new offices in Clifton, Bristol

1999
- Shawn Fanning, a student at North Eastern University, creates Napster
- Focus release their first range of products including FocusCMS, Merlin Intranet and Folio eCommerce shop

2000 / 01
- The 'dot com' bubble bursts and the web and supporting industries are hit hard
- Due to a strong client base Focus make it through some tough times, and Mike Newing becomes sole owner of the company

2003
- iTunes is released by Apple
- New offices for Focus opposite Brunel's SS Great Britain

2004
- Mozilla Firefox is released as a serious competitor to Internet Explorer's dominance of the browser market
- Simon Newing rejoins Focus and the organisation begins to move to develop more technical applications

2006
- YouTube is bought by Google for $1.65 billion (of Google stock!)
- The release of a new product range result in a record year trading in Focus's tenth anniversary

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