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Profit motive hand in hand with ethics.Andy Redfern and Vic Morgan are looking to attract £3million worth of venture capital funding as they prepare to take their online superstore to Aim next year. But the pair know that , with a strong social element to the business, some investors will simply not see the four year old firm as an attractive proposition. |
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Shadow Secretary of State tours Ethicalsuperstore.comThe weekend was an eventful one for Newcastle-based online retailer www.ethicalsuperstore.com as it welcomed Andrew Mitchell, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, to its Ouseburn headquarters on Saturday. In the city to attend the Conservative Spring Forum at The Sage, Andrew Mitchell crossed the river Tyne and met with the founding partners Vic Morgan, Andy Redfern and many of the staff to discuss the phenomenal success of this ‘ethical amazon’ which is a one stop shop for ethical gifts, eco-friendly gadgets, organic groceries and fair-trade products. |
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Dynamic duo bringing eco-kettles to the massesWith a mission to create an ‘ethical Amazon’, Vic Morgan and Andy Redfern are determined to change the way we shop. Passionate about growing PointOV Ltd - the socially responsible business they founded just three years ago - they operate in the growing £29 billion market for ethical and fair trade products and services driven by increasing consumer demand. |
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Point OV Expand Management TeamApril 2007 - On the back of recent news of securing £800,000 in funding to develop the company, PointOV has made a strategic move with the appointment of two experts to the management team. Tim Morgan and Twanna Doherty join the team, bringing expertise that will drive the online ethical retail company into new territory. |
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Further Investment In Online Shopping With A Conscience At The Ethical SuperstoreAn online shopping company that is tipped to become the ‘ethical Amazon’ is expanding its business with a new funding round worth £800,000. For the second time in nine months, the NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI) Co-Investment Fund has backed the work of PointOV – a ground-breaking internet business based in the Ouseburn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
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ZeroPointZero - Where the World makes a difference.Question: What do you get when you cross Myspace.com, Digg.com, Youtube.com and your conscience?! Answer: Zeropointzero.org: where the world makes a difference Zeropointzero has been re-launched as a social networking and activist website for people around the world that share one thing in common - taking actions (no matter how big or small) that truly make a difference. In our first campaign we attracted 10,000 visitors to the site by asking them to spread the Fair Trade message by sending Divine chocolate to friends and family - now on the ZeroPointZero website you can post actions along with pictures and videos, vote and comment on actions and keep track of fellow activists activity on the site. |
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Ethicalsuperstore.com - Gifts, Gadgets and Groceries from across the world.Ethicalsuperstore has been launched reflecting our mission of delivering the widest range of products that put people- from all points of the globe - and the planet itself first! You can shop the widest range of eco-friendly and fair trade products including the best selling brands and the very latest products sourced from around the world. Check out our gift sets and wrapping service, world culture and activist books, CDs and DVDs, and our fortnightly new products review. This however is just the beginning as the store will take on a new look and feel on the run up to Christmas 2006. |
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The Ethical Amazon.com is Born?PointOV Ltd has completed an initial venture financing of £386,000 led by NorthStar Equity Investors and Shared Interest Society, together with several private investors. The venture capital financing, one of the largest in recent years to support an ethical start-up company, will help PointOV undertake an extensive expansion program that includes the growth of its e-commerce business services and the further development of its online marketplace for fair trade and ethical products. Read press release » |
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Make Fairtrade Your Habit!Our exclusive Fairtrade fortnight event kit, provided in conjunction with the Fairtrade Foundation is now available online. We're also sponsoring a Fairtrade fortnight gig "Folk, Roots & Soul: Fairtrade Fortnight Live!" on 8 March in Newcastle with Gareth Davis-Jones, Da'Nelle Harvey and Day Chocolate company producers from Ghana. |
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Now You Can Buy Divine Chocolate Gifts Online!!Divine Fairtrade Chocolate is launching a gift shop online offering Divine seasonal selections and perfect presents. |
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The Newcastle-Gateshead Social Enterprise ProgrammeSeptember 2005 - PointOV has announced an innovative support programme aimed at helping local charities, income generation projects, community organisations and social businesses grow and develop. |
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Fair Trade Media is Re-Born!September 2005 - PointOV Ltd has announced the re-development of Fair Trade Media's website. The site now focuses on the work and development of Fair Trade Media, with the webstore aspect of the site now hosted on the Zero Point Zero webstore platform. There’s still an open invitation for artists, producers, and supporters (e.g., of music, books and writing, film, photography, drawings and paintings, news, etc.) who would like to collaborate in the Fair Trade Media revolution. Visit Fairtrademedia.co.uk » |
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Join the Fair Trade Media ?POVerty UN-Createathon?May 2005 - Mankind has been creative enough to put a man on the moon, cure many forms of illness and disease, pioneer so many types of advanced technologies, yet there are still 1 billion people living in poverty in the world ? sadly something we actually created. If you want help change this, join the Fair Trade Media ?POVerty UN-Createathon? and together we?ll send the United Nations a powerful and creative call to action this September! |
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i6 degrees of separation (from our old address!)April 2005 ? PointOV?s moved just up the street into new offices as one of the initial occupants of i6 Charlotte Square in Newcastle-upon-tyne England. Developed by Newcastle City Council as a hub for creative and new media businesses, i6 Charlotte Square is based in the Grainger Town redevelopment quarter of the city centre and was designed with a striking glazed atrium roof linking the historic Charlotte Square building with a former warehouse to the rear. |