PRESS RELEASE
On Behalf of SKOPOS MR & BusinessWeek

13th May 2002

SKOPOS to run BusinessWeek
Online European Advisory Board
~Net the Perfect Medium~

SKOPOS , the international market research firm, and BusinessWeek today announce that after a competitive bidding process SKOPOS have been commissioned by BusinessWeek to establish and maintain a panel of 1,000+ print and online subscribers of the influential business magazine.

The long-term contract involves the online recruitment, online panel management as well as regular tactical and strategic web-surveys amongst the panel. This will all be centrally co-ordinated in London, at the UK office of SKOPOS.

The panel will be utilised and positioned as a European Advisory Board, and selection will be by invite only. This mirrors existing BusinessWeek panels in the US and Asia.

Darren Noyce, SKOPOS Director UK & Ireland, says:

“SKOPOS are very excited to be working for one of the most renowned titles in the business media market. This builds on our experience of online and panel work for other major players in the automotive, telecoms, financial services and media markets. Due to the nature of the market, the study objectives and the high level respondents, the net is the perfect medium.”

SKOPOS operate the 50,000+ strong SKOPOS EuroPanel of European Internet users, and also provide bespoke online panel and survey services to the likes of SIEMENS, EGG, ANHEUSER BUSCH, and FORD.

Alison Turner, European Research Manager at BusinessWeek, says:

“This is a very important investment for BusinessWeek, reflecting our commitment to providing relevant leading market intelligence for our clients”.

About SKOPOS
SKOPOS is an internationally operating market research company focusing on automotive, telecommunications, media, marketing, Internet and consumer goods. Being a full-service agency, SKOPOS covers all aspects of market research: online and offline research, qualitative and quantitative methods. A part of the dooyoo group, it operates in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

About BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek is the world's best selling business magazine, with a worldwide circulation of 1,087,000 and 5.4 million readers each week.  It is a publication of The McGraw-Hill Companies.   BusinessWeek analyses, interprets and forecasts news from around the world by calling on its world-wide network of over 200 editorial staff in 30 offices. 

The McGraw-Hill Companies is a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets.

For more details contact:

Darren Noyce, Director UK & Ireland, SKOPOS
Tel       0208 747 4591
Mob     0796 858 2564
Email    Darren.Noyce@SKOPOS-MR.co.uk