LBi has topped the NMA Top 100 Interactive Marketing Agencies 2010 guide to become the UK’s NUMBER ONE DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY second year running www.lbi.co.uk.

Founded in 1995 LBi currently employs almost 500 digital specialists in the UK and provides marketing and technology solutions to a range of quality clients including BT, M&S, Virgin Atlantic, Electrolux, Etihad, Unilever, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and E.on.

This year, LBi has expanded its media offering by merging with leading search specialist, bigmouthmedia, to make LBi the largest digital marketing and technology agency in Europe. Bigmouthmedia clients include BT, British Airways, Europcar, Fujitsu and Radisson.

Highlights for LBi in the past 12 months include winning some amazing accounts including E.ON , the UK’s leading power and gas companies, Virgin Atlantic, Ericsson and Comparethemarket.com. Bigmouthmedia wins include Standard Life, Littlewoods Europe, Habitat , Dyson, and Radisson

LBi has also made several key hires during the past year including Andrew Pinkess as Director of Strategy, Glenn Jones, as Client Partner and Phil Gripton, as UK MD of bigmouthmedia. And the infamous industry event of the year, the ‘LBi Rave’, is set to have its second succession mash at the LBi London Brick Lane offices, on Thursday 2nd December.

Anil Pillai, MD, LBi UK says: “2010 has exceeded all of our expectations. The agency has more self-belief, creative energy and breadth of skills. As a result, we have enjoyed greater new business success and strengthened our existing client relationships. 2011 is set to be a promising year as we see our work bearing fruit and continue to move the agency forwards”.

Ewen Sturgeon, CEO, LBi UK says: “Our work is more blended than ever before which sets LBi up to enter 2011 with great promise. The integration of CRM, Social Media, and Analytics into more traditional marketing disciplines will be the foundations for LBi’s work going forward”.

Lyndsay Menzies, CEO, BMM UK says, “Its testament to a great team that in 2010 not only have we combined the two business but have continued to see strong performance whilst now engaging with clients right across the digital spectrum. 2011 looks set to be another successful year for the company”.

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