2002

23 December 2002
Yell expands in Western United States with $69 million purchase of National Directory Company

Yell the international directories business today announced further US expansion with the signing of a definitive agreement...

10 December 2002
Yell named as ‘Employer of Choice’ in Thames Valley Business Awards

Yell the international directories business has been named as “The Employer of Choice” in prestigious annual awards...

14 November 2002
Yell Group announces HY results

Yell today released its results for the half year ended 30 September...

6 November 2002
Yell.com launches first cross-network classified directory SMS service

Launch of Yell.com by Text: classified business information by SMS across all main mobile networks Redesign of...

25 October 2002
Yellow Pages launches environmental cause related marketing campaign

Yellow Pages has launched a unique cause related marketing campaign – the Yellow Woods Challenge - that...

9 October 2002
Yellow Pages launches the Yellow Woods Challenge

Latest research conducted by NOP Family for Yellow Pages shows that young people across the UK are...

23 September 2002
Lord-Lieutenant for Berkshire presents Yell with Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Yell the international directories business was today presented with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise by the Lord-Lieutenant...

22 August 2002
Yell Group announces Q1 results

Yell today released its results for the first quarter ended 30 June...

21 August 2002
Yell launches new wave of ‘Think Yellow Pages’ TV advertising

Yell the international directories business is to launch a second burst of TV advertising in September reinforcing...

15 August 2002
Yellow Pages to introduce new Colchester and Ipswich directories

Plans by Yellow Pages to introduce separate directories for the Colchester and Ipswich areas are going ahead...

13 August 2002
Yell team aims for peak mountain performance

An intrepid team of adventure seekers from Reading-based Yell the publisher of Yellow Pages directories is hoping...

16 July 2002
Yellow Pages launches Internet Guide

Yellow Pages today announced the launch the Yellow Pages Internet Guide a new section within its directory....

9 July 2002
Yell launches new outdoor advertising creative

Yell the international directories business today announced the launch of a new outdoor advertising creative reinforcing the...

19 June 2002
Yell Rebrands The Business Database as Yell Data

Yell the international directories business today announced the launch of its re-branded direct marketing service – Yell...

27 May 2002
Yell launches new £3 million ‘Think Yellow Pages’ TV advertising campaign

Yell the international directories business launches a new TV advertising campaign on Sunday 2nd June to raise...

16 May 2002
Yell Group Full Year Results

Yell today released its results for the full year ended March 31 2002....

29 April 2002
Small businesses to develop online presence with Yell.Com’s ‘Shop Window On The Web’

Small businesses are finding that being online increases their sales according to research from Yell.com a leading...

26 April 2002
Yell hosts Take Our Children to Work Day 2002

Yell hosted its seventh Take Our Children to Work Day yesterday at regional offices in Glasgow Sale...

22 April 2002
Yell wins Queen's Award for Enterprise

Yell the international directories business has won a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise for achieving outstanding commercial...

16 April 2002
Yell completes purchase of McLeodUSA Publishing Company

Yell today announced that it had completed the $600 million purchase of the independent US directory publishers...

22 March 2002
Bedfordshire nappy company wins free radio advertising campaign in Yell.com competition

A Bedfordshire company which delivers and recycles environmentally friendly nappies will be hitting local airwaves this month...

14 March 2002
‘Mungo & Shoddy’ snuffed from Yellow Pages as classifications address the image conscious

UK consumers are increasingly spending their money on their appearance well-being and home comforts analysis of the...

21 February 2002
Yellow pages charity daffodil appeal to local business

Yellow Pages based at Queens Walk Reading is asking local businesses to pull out all the stops...

14 February 2002
Yell Group Nine Months Results

Yell today released its results for the nine months ended December 31 2001....

13 February 2002
AOL UK and Yell.com announce strategic content and Marketing Agreement

AOL UK and Yell.com announce strategic content and Marketing Agreement....

13 February 2002
Yell recycles cards to help support new woodlands

Employees at Yell the publisher of Yellow Pages based in Reading have collected sack-loads of Christmas cards...

22 January 2002
Firms’ competitiveness hit by UK Road congestion reveals Yellow Pages survey

A third of small firms in the UK claim that road congestion now has a serious impact...

21 January 2002
Yell announces agreement to purchase McLeodUSA Publishing Company

Yell today announced that it has agreed to acquire McLeodUSA Publishing Company....

8 January 2002
Yell.com enhances WAP services directory listings

Yell.com the destination site from Yell today launches an enhanced WAP service ( wap.yell.com ) offering mobile...

8 January 2002
Bridget Jones’s pants scene voted top movie moment of all time

The comic scene in the blockbuster movie ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ in which actor Hugh Grant uncovers Renee...