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This has been a year of sustained growth for Bizcommunity.com - our fifth year of operation since launching in 2001. We have welcomed nine new faces to the team this year: Robin, Simone, Gee, Kershin, David, Rob, Sindy, Clarina and Issa, across editorial, sales, IT, support and admin. It is important to note that in those five years, we have had only two resignations. The most significant appointment, of course, has been that of Robin Parker as MD to allow founding director, Andre Rademan, to focus on development. After a period of consolidating existing projects in Bizcommunity.com, Robin is driving existing expansion plans, as well as innovation and brand extensions within the company which will benefit the Bizcommunity.com brand and create greater value for all our subscribers and advertisers. Our figures continue to climb month on month and we hit the 57 000 weekly subscriber mark last month (up 10 000 from this time last year), with 157 000 website readers (unique browsers) per month - up 23 000 - generating a figure of 2.2 million page impressions a month. Bizcommunity.com has readers in almost every country on the globe, with 10% of our traffic coming from international users - mainly from other English speaking countries, including India, Australasia, the UK and the US. The new year will bring a host of value-added additions to our existing offering as improvements in technology allow us to go further each year in delivering the best possible service to our readers and advertisers. Notable this year has been the launch of our Jobs SMS service for our enhanced jobs section. Bizcommunity.com pays tribute to its passionate loyal staff and sends out a big thank you to our readers and advertisers who interact with us everyday - you spur us on to greater excellence (a talented member of our support team has penned an ode of farewell to 2006, see right!). Wishing everyone a very happy holiday, safe travelling, peace and prosperity, wherever you are. ...All the best! The Bizcommunity.com Team, www.bizcommunity.com