Record quarter for TheBusinessDesk.com
THEBUSINESSDESK.COM has had a record-breaking start to 2015, after its best-ever month in March ensured the first quarter finished on a high.
The site, covering its three regions, North West, Yorkshire and West Midlands, achieved 707,000 page views in March, up 19% on a year earlier. The first three months of the year achieved 1.97m page views – more than any previous quarter in the regional business news site’s eight-year history.
The audience growth comes at an exciting time for TheBusinessDesk.com, which has a new website under development.
Managing editor Chris Barry said: “It has been a great start to 2015, a year which promises a lot for the business.
“We have successfully rolled out the expanded Business Masters awards in the North West and Yorkshire, and the first West Midlands dinner is happening this summer, while we have just launched The Rainmaker Awards for the corporate finance community in Yorkshire as well as the North West.
“The strong audience growth at a time when competition online is at its fiercest reinforces the fact that we are the first choice for business news in our regions, while the success of our events reflects that we are a respected and integral part of the business communities in which we work.”
There has also been strong growth in social media, with a 50% increase in Twitter followers in 2015 to take the three regional accounts to an aggregate audience of more than 30,000.
