Press releases

1^st April 2008

Fortune Cookie has received an unprecedented 10 nominations at the 2008 Travolution Awards

20^th March 2008

Julie Howell provides insights into how charities can deliver accessible information through effective web strategy.

13^th March 2008

Fortune Cookie achieves consecutive Media Momentum top 50 ranking with phenomenal 71.4% growth

10^th March 2008

Fortune Cookie continues to invest in the travel industry with digital sector sponsorship deals

3^rd March 2008

Julie Howell, Director of Accessibility at digital design agency Fortune Cookie, will deliver the keynote speech at Headstar’s E-Access ’08 conference in London on 23 April 2008.

25^th February 2008

New research commissioned by Travolution magazine has found that major UK travel firms are failing to make their online services accessible to disabled people.

3^rd January 2008

Immediacy’s partnership with Fortune Cookie delivers accessible web content management, which is one of the main reasons for the partnership explains Justin Cooke

29^th November 2007

Fortune Cookie has recently agreed to buy back internet incubator Brainspark's 29.4% holding in the agency in a deal that will deliver an excellent return to the investor.

19^th November 2007

Microsoft’s announcement of plans to release a ‘Save As DAISY’ plug-in for Microsoft Word 2007 has been warmly welcomed by accessibility campaigners including Fortune Cookie's Julie Howell.

4^th September 2007

Fortune Cookie and client Legal & General demonstrate outstanding business returns in government web accessibility film in association with The Society for IT Management (SOCITM) and AbilityNet

17^th July 2007

National Rail Enquiries (NRE) has launched ‘Lisa’, a new online Virtual Assistant. Lisa is now poised, ready to answer your train travel questions, 24-hours a day, seven days a week.

4^th July 2007

Digital design agency Fortune Cookie client Diabetes UK collected the ‘Best Website’ award at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards

25^th June 2007

Fortune Cookie’s work with financial services provider Legal & General (L&G) has been recognised by the British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB) at the CiB Awards 2007.

21^st June 2007

Digital design agency Fortune Cookie and its client Diabetes UK are shortlisted in the ‘Best Website’ category of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Awards 2007

20^th June 2007

Fortune Cookie is ranked 37th fastest growing digital media agency in GP Bullhound’s Media Momentum Awards 2007.

10^th May 2007

Fortune Cookie has been appointed to develop the next generation web site for leading London estate agent Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward

8^th May 2007

70% increase in customer conversion rates nets Voyages Jules Verne (VJV) Travolution’s ‘Best Tour Operator Website’ award

10^th April 2007

Fortune Cookie worked closely with leading travel company Kuoni to make an already profitable site deliver even greater results

28^th March 2007

Fortune Cookie’s Director of Accessibility, Julie Howell, has been honoured for her contribution to the digital industry for a second time.

25^th January 2007

SearchMedica, 'the GPs' search engine', for which Fortune Cookie designed the interface, has been voted through to the final of the 2007 Revolution Magazine Awards.

21^st December 2006

Fortune Cookie's website meets the same high standards of accessible design that our clients expect of the sites that we build for them, receiving the coveted RNIB 'See it Right' award.

2^nd October 2006

Fortune Cookie is delighted to announce the appointment of the Royal National Institute of the Blind's accessibility champion Julie Howell as our new Director of Public Relations.

24^th July 2006

Revolution Magazine's 2006 Agency Survey ranks Fortune Cookie the number one agency in the UK for online data collection, provision and insight.

15^th June 2006

Lambeth's website is voted best council website in England by the Society of Public Information Networks and easiest to use in the UK at the CiB awards.

15^th June 2006

Setting up a user-friendly website saw Legal & General's sales and online traffic figures surge and also made savings in maintenance costs.

9^th June 2006

Fortune Cookie is one of only 15 agencies in the UK to have been appointed by the COI (Central Office of Information) to their roster as a pre-qualified supplier of Digital Strategy services.