blur Group is a technology company reinventing how businesses do commerce at blurgroup.com. Its Global Services Exchange delivers services differently: a new way to buy, manage and pay for core services. As of July 2013, more than 30,000 businesses in 141 countries have adopted this s-commerce platform and changed the way they work. 100 projects per month from companies like Broadridge, Coral, Exceed, HCA, Momentive, Red Commerce, the Financial Times, Berlitz, Butlins, GE Healthcare and Tyco are received. Over the same time, average brief value has grown from around US$1,500 in 2010 to US$10,800 in the first quarter of 2013. By mid-2013, more than 2,200 projects had been submitted with a combined value of over US$35 million. These have come from the US, UK, Europe, Africa and Asia with over 28,000 expert service providers on eight exchanges responding to them


http://blurgroup.com/

Thanks mcgrath1958.

UPDATE - blur Group reeling in bigger fish
By John Harrington November 07 2013, 1:12pm




Back of the net - again!

An Indian football team is using blur's exchange for a US$2mln marketing project. Back of the net - again! An Indian football team is using blur's exchange for a US$2mln marketing project.

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Services-commerce trailblazer blur Group (LON:BLUR) has bagged two significant marketing services projects from India.

An Indian football team and an Indian technical service company have adopted the Global Services Exchange for marketing projects worth US$2 million and US$470,000 respectively.

Since launching version 3.0 of its platform earlier this year, blur's exchange has been able to handle larger sized projects, as evidenced by these latest project assignments.

Philip Letts, blur Group's chief executive officer, said the deal was also "another example of blur Group's global reach".

"Forward thinking companies across the world recognise the convenience and agility of the Exchange as a platform for managing and delivering projects of all sizes. Committing this budget to the Exchange ensures choice, value and efficiency of delivery - a further testament to the power of s-commerce," he added.

House broker N+1 Singer said the projects wins are highly supportive of its bullish forecasts.

“There is an increasing number of large-value, long lifetime projects being put on the Exchange, sometimes by first time buyers. These longer duration projects not only show the extent some corporate buyers are using the Exchange, but also provide blur better revenue visibility going forward. This trend is clearly continuing as evidenced by today’s announcement,” said Tintin Stormont.

“It is worth highlighting that the value of projects submitted so far in Q4’13 has reached US$20.5m, which compares against Q4’12’s US$4.0m and last quarter’s US$17.3m. With only a little over a month into the quarter, it is clear that the company is on track to deliver another record quarter of key metrics,” she added.

Shares in blur were up 1.7% at 459.2p in lunchtime trading.

Looks about ready for next march higher. Nice Indian contract wins, gaining wider appeal.

Opens Southern California Office

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blur Group supports growth plans by announcing new Strategic Development office in Southern California









blur Group, the company that is reinventing commerce at blurgroup.com announces the opening of its Strategic Development office in Southern California. This office will be led by Mitch Faigen, blur's Chief Strategy and Exchange Development Officer who has strong business connections in the area. This is blur Group's second office in the US.



The team in California will be responsible for leading the development of blur's strategic plans and business model, measurement of metrics that drive revenues and profitability, and development of blur's future merger, acquisitions and joint ventures. As seen in its recent Q3 Metrics blur is developing globally and maturing at a fast pace. The Strategic Development office in Newport Beach, LA is opening to support rapid future growth, in a West Coast location able to take advantage of the area's technology business, as well as providing a second office in the Company's largest market.



Additionally, blur has strengthened its senior team by securing key talent appointments at its global HQ in Exeter, UK across partnerships, PR, engineering and design.



Philip Letts, blur's CEO commented "The US market has been our fastest growing geography and opening a second US office will position us for more growth. Our significant new senior hires from organisations such as Google, AOL, Expedia, Italia Online, Sapient and Lloyds Bank will support blur through its next stages of growth.



"Globally, s-commerce represents a huge attainable addressable $1tn+ market and blur needs to be in a position to support this type of growth. Our new office in Southern California shows our intention to deliver a global technology innovator and continue our market leadership in s-commerce."

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UPDATE - blur Group opens second US office
By John Harrington November 13 2013, 10:28am 'Globally, s-commerce represents a huge attainable addressable $1tn+ market and blur needs to be in a position to support this type of growth,' said blur's boss, Philip Letts."Globally, s-commerce represents a huge attainable addressable $1tn+ market and blur needs to be in a position to support this type of growth," said blur's boss, Philip Letts.

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Crowd-sourcing firm blur Group (LON:BLUR) has opened what it calls a strategic development office in Southern California.

The office, blur’s second on the other side of the pond, will be headed by Mitch Faigen, who is blur's chief strategy and exchange development officer.

The California team will be responsible for leading the development of blur's strategic plans and business model, measurement of metrics that drive revenues and profitability, and development of blur's future merger, acquisitions and joint ventures.

The office will support rapid future growth of this fast-expanding business. It gives blur a presence in a state that is famous worldwide for its focus on technology and doubles the number of offices the company has in a country that is its largest market.

Back in Blighty, blur said it has strengthened its senior team by securing key talent appointments at its global headquarters in Exeter, across the areas of partnerships, public relations, engineering and design.

Philip Letts, blur's chief executive officer, commented: "The US market has been our fastest growing geography and opening a second US office will position us for more growth. Our significant new senior hires from organisations such as Google, AOL, Expedia, Italia Online, Sapient and Lloyds Bank will support blur through its next stages of growth.

“Our new office in Southern California shows our intention to deliver a global technology innovator and continue our market leadership in s-commerce."

House broker N+1 Singer said: “blur Group continues to build on its first mover advantage by strengthening its platform – both in terms of technology and organisational structure - to support its rapid growth. The group’s ambition and focused execution keep us optimistic about its prospects and its ability to corner its share of the addressable US$1tn corporate services market.”

Shares in blur were up 0.8% to 449.5p in late morning trade.

IC today , a company with 1o bagger innovations.

BLUR (BLUR)



Blur is the leading online exchange that lets businesses commission services - design, marketing and technology projects are popular - and lets experts pitch for the work. It's a market estimated to be worth over $2 trillion and management is investing heavily to become "the Amazon of the services industry". When there's a match, Blur facilitates the project - taking a 20 per cent cut of the value of the project on completion.

Clearly, Blur's strategy is working. The number and size of projects is increasing fast as the platform gains traction among businesses of all sizes - the average brief value now stands at $17,000, up from $10,700 a year ago and just $1,500 in 2010. Blur's share price has risen fourfold since January and a forecast enterprise value-to-sales ratio of 8.9 for 2014 is hardly cheap. But stellar top-line growth sees that drop to 4.6 the following year, nearer the software industry average, and given the sheer size of the potential market, we advise buying in.

LISTEN: S-commerce is a big deal! CEO of blur Group, Philip Letts, provides an update.

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Hopefully that breaking news will have a lot of potential for Blur once up & running!

Blur Group adds Alibaba.com to client list
By Jamie Nimmo November 26 2013, 10:44am Alibaba.com generated US$4.1bn in revenue after processing US$170bn of salesAlibaba.com generated US$4.1bn in revenue after processing US$170bn of sales

Blur Group (LON:BLUR) now counts Chinese trade giant Alibaba.com among the 35,000 businesses that use its Global Services Exchange.

US business directory business.com, used by over 30mln buyers from small-to-medium enterprises, and European online advertising group Trade Tracker, now also use blur’s increasingly popular Software as a Transaction (SaaT) services buying model.

Last year, Alibaba, which is the world’s largest online business-to-business trading platform for small companies, generated US$4.1bn in revenue after processing US$170bn of sales.

“It [SaaT] means that the of-the-moment rental of enterprise-level software solutions is packaged into the transaction itself,” chief executive Philip Letts explains.

“You’re only ever paying for the platform when you need it, which keeps overheads to a minimum and lets you focus your attentions and budgets on what matters - a professionally-delivered business services project.”

He added: “The new partnerships show how the platform which brings together the functionality of enterprise software, marketplaces and community is applicable for all business buyers.”

Buckle up guys they have hit 100million usd got to re- rate soon stunning growth

Blur (Group) PLC (BLUR:LSE) set a new 52-week high during today's trading session when it reached 500.00. Over this period, the share price is up 556.38%.

LISTEN: Philip Letts, CEO of blur Group talks to us about the company's move into Exeter HQ

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blur Group starting new wave in the South-West
By John Harrington December 05 2013, 8:09am Gerry Shattock, business development manager for the Exeter Science Park concluded, “blur’s move to the Science Park is a real milestone in the South West’s emergence as the UK’s own Silicon valley.”Gerry Shattock, business development manager for the Exeter Science Park concluded, “blur’s move to the Science Park is a real milestone in the South West’s emergence as the UK’s own Silicon valley.”

Silicon Roundabout in east London is so 2013; blur Group’s (LON:BLUR) relocation to Exeter is set to make the south-west England’s new tech hub, politicians believe.

The fast-growing services-commerce group is moving into its state-of-the-art Exeter headquarters this week, bringing research & development, marketing and community operations together in what blur described as “one cohesive push that will see blur further expand the horizons of the services commerce market and more”.

In all, 40 employees will move into the new office, with a total of 100 on course to be employed at the headquarters by the end of 2014.

The new Exeter residence becomes the flagship office for blur Group, with supporting regional business hubs keeping strong ties to commerce in London, Dallas and Southern California.

The decision to relocate to Exeter stems from the belief of Philip Letts, the founder and chief executive of blur, that a proximity to the coastline and access to the talents of local universities will lead to a technological revolution in the South West.

Like California’s Silicon Glen, the location is also pretty handy if you are into surfing…

(That’s surfing on a surfboard, not surfing the web).

“It’s perhaps not an expected choice of relocation until you really look into the bedrock there - solid tech foundations, a landscape encouraging businesses to think bigger and the space to expand in at over time,” Letts says.

Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna endorsed blur’s move, saying it was good that regions other than London had their own technology champions.

The MP for Exeter, Ben Bradshaw, was not slow to draw the comparison with Silicon Glen.

“Silicon Valley was all about bringing young people to a place looking for quality of life – we have a fantastic environment and a forward-looking and innovative university here,” Bradshaw said.

As well as celebrating its move to swish new offices, the group is also basking in the glow of recognition from an investment magazine that gave the company the “Best LSE AIM Company Achievement Award” recently.

Blur wins the best AIM company achievement award from shares.

SMALL CAP MOVERS: 2013 a good year for FTSE AIM 100 - barring last-minute festive surprises

Elsewhere, in the technology sector, blur Group’s (unchanged today at 457.5p) relocation to Exeter is set to make the south-west England’s new tech hub, politicians believe.


The fast-growing services-commerce group is moving into its state-of-the-art Exeter headquarters this week, bringing research & development, marketing and community operations together in what blur described as 'one cohesive push that will see blur further expand the horizons of the services commerce market and more'.


In all, 40 employees will move into the new office, with a total of 100 on course to be employed at the headquarters by the end of 2014.


The rapid growth in blur Group's business is plain to see with even a casual glance at the share price chart. Since listing on AIM last October, the stock has soared, rising over 500 per cent, to record intraday highs of 500p this week.




By Jamie Ashcroft, Proactive Investors

PUBLISHED: 14:55, 6 December 2013 | UPDATED: 14:55, 6 December 2013





http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2519427/2013-good-year-FTSE-AIM-100--barring-minute-festive-surprises.html

Topped 104 million today best estimate was a million by xmas KPIs are going to be stupendous at this growth rate

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blur Group attracting high calibre talent

By Giles Gwinnett

December 11 2013, 5:14pm


blur (LON: BLUR) said it was continuing to attract high calibre talent as it unveiled key management changes across the group.

The appointments relate to three positions across the Dallas and London offices.

Brian Davis joins as general manager of North America, reporting to Gerry Gross, blur's chief commercial officer.

Meanwhile, the London office sees Ariane Gras and Clare McSporran appointed as Head of Global Exchange Support and Manager of Exchange Support respectively.

Davis has 14 years of sales experience including a lengthy tenure within the aerospace and defence software industry.

French-native Gras comes to blur following five years at Google, where she most recently undertook the role of Industry Manager for top Google advertisers in the Telco sector. She will also report to Gerry Gross.

blur Group CEO Philip Letts told investors: “Brian’s appointment will further strengthen the management team in Dallas, TX, reinforcing blur Group’s s-commerce leadership position in the US.”

On the appointments, he said: "The continued attraction of such high caliber talent is a key validation of blur Group in the marketplace

Exponential growth expected at blur Group as new signings bed in

By Jamie Nimmo

December 12 2013, 11:14am
N+1 Singer said the hires reflect continued strengthening of blur’s management team as it supports its strong growth
N+1 Singer said the hires reflect continued strengthening of blur’s management team as it supports its strong growth


Exponential growth is still very much on the cards for s-commerce specialist blur Group (LON:BLUR), according to N+1 Singer.

The broker’s comments come on the back of two important management appointments in blur’s London and Dallas offices.

Brian Davis joins as general manager of North America, reporting to Gerry Gross, blur's chief commercial officer.

Meanwhile, the London office sees Ariane Gras and Clare McSporran appointed as Head of Global Exchange Support and Manager of Exchange Support respectively.

Davis has 14 years of sales experience including a lengthy tenure within the aerospace and defence software industry.

French-native Gras comes to blur following five years at Google, where she most recently undertook the role of Industry Manager for top Google advertisers in the Telco sector. New Zealander McSporran has been promoted from the position of Studio Manager.

N+1 Singer said the hires reflect continued strengthening of blur’s management team as it supports its strong growth, bolstered recently by partnerships with the likes of Chinese online marketplace Alibaba.com and business advertising network business.com.

“Strong additions to its management team and the recent move of its global headquarters to the Exeter Science Park where it has ready access to the talents of local universities should ensure continued robust execution,” said N+1 analyst Tintin Stormont.

She points out that the value of projects submitted to date on the trading platform is US$104mln, which implies the value of projects submitted so far in the fourth quarter is US$53.4mln, much higher than the US$17.3mln and US$9.4mln in the third and second quarters respectively.

Another 3.5 million in contracts added this week makes it 107,605 ie 57mln fourth
quarter.