E-commerce and on-line marketing specialists Purpose Media has announced a strategic partnership with GCI, one of the UKs leading ICT companies.

Ranked 19th in Investec’s Hot 100 fastest growing private companies in the UK, 2nd in the Midlands, and 75th in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, the company provides combined telecoms, hosting and IT support services.

The two businesses plan to combine together and approach manufacturing, retail and wholesale businesses across Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln and Leicestershire. They will specifically target companies who are planning to invest in on-line sales channels, believing they will require expert advice implementing hassle free e-commerce, on-line marketing and IT solutions that will deliver growth.

Matt Wheatcroft, managing director of Purpose Media, added: “Over the last five years we have grown from being a small web design company to become one of the leading developers of e-commerce website solutions in the Midlands.

“A key aspect of delivering on our ambition to create jobs and profitable sales for everyone is developing the right referral partners. Our proposition is simple: Our expertise helps customers make money from their website, and unlike some of our competitors, we can produce the stats to prove it. ”

Purpose Media is based in South Normanton, and employs a team of 13 specialists who provide consultancy services to a growing base of 600 clients.