News In View - Silicon.com
"Sally Watson charts the progress of freesia.co.uk, the nursery business that's going global." Features interviews and a look behind the scenes at the nursery and a chance to see how your flowers are grown and dispatched! Running time c. 10 minutes. Requires RealPlayer video plug-in.

Our Countryside : the future
www.freesia.co.uk featured in HM Government's Rural Development White Paper - "In the heart of the South Lincolnshire horticultural growing area, Gosberton Bank Nursery has been transformed into the largest supplier of freesia in the UK. Increasingly selling via the internet, their award winning website - www.freesia.co.uk - has opened up global markets."

Daily Express - Nursery's e-business is positively blooming!
"Small businesses looking to go online and worried about security and order processing would do well to take a leaf out of Gosberton Bank Nursery's book...". Our website appeared in an seven page Express special report on eCommerce security on 28th November 2000.

The Grower - Freesias go on-line in Lincs
"...most of the freesias bought in Britain are imported from Holland or the Channel Islands and are up to a week old before they reach the consumer...freesias ordered online [from www.freesia.co.uk] will normally arrive with the customer within 24 hours of harvest...". Our website attracts coverage from the trade journal The Grower on 23 November 2000.

.Net Business Magazine
In the November issue, e-commerce journalist Neil Crossley looks at some business & technical lessons to be learned from www.freesia.co.uk in a 7 page feature.

UK Online Initiative - Freesia Farm Blooms Through Online Success!
A Department of Trade & Industry team used www.freesia.co.uk as a case-study for UK eCommerce - "Gosberton Bank Nursery now has direct access to its customers and has diversified into new markets, reaching individual customers around the world, through its web site. E-commerce has shortened the traditional supply chain to customers and improved the quality of the product, with the freesia having a vase life of 11 to 12 days rather than the usual seven. "

UK eCommerce Awards - Regional Winner 2000
Jon Tutcher, Head of Public Relations, Sun Microsystems said: “We were incredibly impressed with Gosberton Bank Nurseries for the innovative way in which they have used Internet technology to develop their traditional business into a truly global player. The web site has transformed the way they do business, increasing their turnover and enabling them to improve their customer focus – truly outstanding!”