Novintel Continues Its International Expansion and Establishes a Presence in the UK

Novintel, a leader in market and competitive intelligence, continues its internationalization with the opening of a new office in London, UK, starting November, 2005.

(PRWEB) November 5, 2005 -- Novintel, a leader in market and competitive intelligence, continues its internationalization with the opening of a new office in London, UK, starting November, 2005. Novintel will officially launch its comprehensive offering of intelligence services to the UK market at the European Summit of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP), to be held in London on November 10-11. Novintel has received financial support for its international expansion from the 3i Group Plc., a world leader in private equity and venture capital.

Markko Vaarnas, CEO of Novintel underscores the importance of this development: “In 2005, we have established a number of new client relationships in the UK around the Novintel Intelligence DeskTM service concept, proving the universality of this service - it provides the same indispensable value to British companies that it is currently delivering to many Scandinavian and North American organizations. With the first continuous client relationships already established in the UK, Novintel recognizes the strategic value of investing in proximity, and brings its customer service a step forward in the UK market.”

The Novintel office in the UK will focus on further marketing the Novintel Intelligence DeskTM service concept, along with Novintel’s project-based intelligence services. The Novintel Intelligence Desk concept offers a unique value proposition in the international market for intelligence services in that it introduces a turnkey solution to the challenge of establishing and running a daily market intelligence operation. In exchange for a separately agreed monthly fee, clients’ receive a combination of content services provided by a dedicated Novintel analyst team, a web-based content delivery application, and the coverage of a vast portfolio of relevant information sources. This makes it possible to quickly and easily set up or further develop an intelligence operation with limited internal resources.

The Novintel office in London will also serve as the UK point of contact to the Global Intelligence Alliance (GIA) research network, facilitating seamless access for UK-based companies to the GIA’s professional research services around the world. As well, Novintel will serve as the local distributor of the Viva Intelligence PlazaTM product, an innovative, new CI software product based on the strong foundation of the highly successful Viva Intelligence PortalTM already being used by more than 10,000 decision-makers in 50 international organizations.

For additional information, please contact:
Markko Vaarnas, Chief Executive Officer
tel. + 44 (0)7789 301 541

Please also visit our website at www.novintel.com.

About Novintel
Novintel (www.novintel.com) is a leading international provider of Market and Competitive Intelligence services with offices in Helsinki, London, and Toronto. Through its partnership program and comprehensive CI offerings, in process consulting, education, research services and CI technology applications, Novintel helps its clients build and maintain systematic market and competitive intelligence activities that serve the needs of both strategic and operational decision-makers.

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