Truancy Call Ltd short listed in the Fast Growth Business Awards 2007
Truancy Call Limited has been short listed in the Fast Growth Business Awards 2007 for its innovative telecoms-based services which are helping over 700 UK schools to improve pupil attendance and stamp out bullying.
[UKPRwire, Thu Feb 15 2007] Truancy Call Limited has been short listed in the Fast Growth Business Awards 2007 for its innovative telecoms-based services which are helping over 700 UK schools to improve pupil attendance and stamp out bullying. The company has been recognised in the Innovative Business of the Year category for its application and excellence in technology and business.
The Birmingham-based company, provides Truancy Call, Text Someone and Call Parents to schools across the world. Truancy Call Limited’s services help schools to achieve good attendance rates, to empower pupils to combat bullying and communicate directly with parents. Truancy Call Limited has seen consistent growth over the past few years, increasing the number of schools using Truancy Call from 350 in 2004 to over 700 in 2007, with 50 schools using the service in Western Australia.
Truancy Call (www.truancycall.com) enables school staff to implement first contact with parents of absentees via text message, phone call and email to obtain a direct response from the parents. Text Someone (www.textsomeone.com) encourages victims of bullying to report incidents to schools using text message, phone call or online. Call Parents (www.callparents.com) is helps schools to keep parents or guardians constantly informed of school activities via text message, phone call or email.
Stephen Clarke, Managing Director, Truancy Call Limited, commented: “It is a great achievement for Truancy Call to be acknowledged by the Fast Growth Business Awards. We are dedicated to assisting schools in improving attendance, stamping out bullying and ensuring parental involvement in every child’s education. Being short listed in the Innovative Business of the Year category recognises the work that we have put into our services.”
Organised by Crimson Business in conjunction with Growing Business magazine, the awards are headline sponsored by T-Mobile. Both Crimson Business and T-Mobile are committed to recognising and rewarding great businesses and the people running them.
The short-listed judges were overwhelmed by the quality and quantity of entries. Ian Wallis, Editor of Growing Business magazine and Growingbusiness.co.uk, comments: “With almost 350 entries across 14 categories, the competition was fierce. The four finalists for Innovative Business of the Year demonstrated great plans for future development as well as a substantial year on year turnover and profit, growing market share and a strong brand.”
Winners of the award will be announced at a prestigious awards ceremony and three course dinner at the London Marriott on 29 March 2007. The black tie event, presented by Adrianne Lawler of Sky News, will be an evening to remember. 14 businesses will win their categories and one business will be crowned the T-Mobile Fast Growth Business of the Year. For further information about the Fast Growth Business Awards visit www.fgba.co.uk or call 020 8334 1648.
For more information on Truancy Call please contact 0870 046 4246, Email sales@truancycall.com, or visit www.truancycall.com.
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