Archant Herts and Cambs, parent company of The Hunts Post, sponsored a new category, The Internet Award 2007, which was won by St Ives industrial tape and label manufacturer and exporter Le Mark Group, whose managing director, Stuart Gibbons, is also chai

Archant Herts and Cambs, parent company of The Hunts Post, sponsored a new category, The Internet Award 2007, which was won by St Ives industrial tape and label manufacturer and exporter Le Mark Group, whose managing director, Stuart Gibbons, is also chairman of Huntingdonshire Chamber of Commerce.

Coming close were the Huntingdon Marriott Hotel, which has already won awards for its internet site and a Brampton family business, David's Wild Bird Feeds.

But the judges believed Le Mark's clever use of technology to direct customers instantly to the products they needed, to cut short the ordering process and to enable them instantly to track the progress of delivery was vital.

"Effective cost management has been a major part of this project," they said. "By working in a collaborative way with the site developers, Le Mark has retained the ability to change the website directly, avoiding unnecessary cost or delay.