Company Cloning or Just Confusing

Released on: May 23, 2008, 10:41 am

Press Release Author: LDS Tourism Services Ltd.

Industry: Small Business

Press Release Summary: Leaflet distribution company in North West England wonder if
they are seeing double.

Press Release Body: LDS Tourism Services Ltd. is a successful business specialising
in the distribution and display of promotional print throughout North West Britain.
They have been in the business for over sixteen years and are very well known in the
local tourism and leisure industry.

Imagine their surprise when, earlier today, they spotted a blog entry entitled
Leaflet Delivery in Merseyside on the News in Wigan website - posted by a leaflet
distribution company calling itself LDS Limited.

According to their blurb, LDS Limited has "specialist experience amassed over years
in the leaflet. industry." It also claims that "unlike most other leaflet
distributors, LDS focus primarily on the North West, in particular Lancashire and
Merseyside"!

Employees at LDS Tourism Services Ltd. followed a link to LDS Limited's website
where they discovered that "Leaflet Distribution Services (LDS) specializes in the
distribution of advertising material across the UK". Seemingly, they have "extensive
experience in the leaflet distribution sector", although, unlike LDS Tourism
Services Ltd, they would appear to focus mainly on door-to-door and direct mail.

Confused? You're not alone.

A little more probing revealed that LDS Limited was registered in 2008 by a
London-based outfit called SF Worldwide Ltd.

"One wonders how often businesses spring up, as if from nowhere, offering similar
services and with almost identical names to those of well established firms?" says
LDS Tourism Services Ltd's Manager, Jennifer Prime. "Whilst it's heartening to know
that one\'s name is obviously known and trusted throughout the region, surely this
practice can't be ethical?"

Needless to say, LDS Limited will be hearing from LDS Tourism Services Ltd's legal
people in due course.

##Ends##

Notes to editors
(The News in Wigan blog entry can be found at
http://news.in-wigan.co.uk/business/leaflet-delivery-in-merseyside.html)

1. LDS Tourism Services Ltd. is a highly-respected leaflet distribution company in
North West Britain. With depots in Chester and Llandudno, they restock a variety of
leaflet displays in North Wales, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire,
Merseyside and Shropshire.

2. Blog: www.ldstourismservicesltd.blogspot.com.

3. E-mail: lds@ldsts.co.uk



Web Site: http://www.ldsts.co.uk

Contact Details: J.M. Prime,
The Manager,
LDS Tourism Services Ltd.,
Border Distribution Centre,
River Lane,
Saltney,
Chester
CH4 8RH.

Tel: 01244 671859
Fax: 01244 680588
E-Mail: jenny@ldsts.co.uk

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