Widget UK was a

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, based in Stevenage, England, which became part of CMS Distribution in 2016. Originally a distributor for UK handheld computer manufacturer Psion, it became an early distributor for GPS manufacturer TomTom and in 2009 became the UK's distributor for the

Flip Video The Flip Video cameras are an American series of pocket video cameras for digital video created by Pure Digital Technologies, a company bought by Cisco Systems in March 2009; variants include the UltraHD, the MinoHD, and the SlideHD. Flip Video ...

range of handheld video cameras. In 2011 the company became the first distributor in Europe for the

Fitbit Fitbit is a product lining, line of wireless-enabled wearable technology, physical fitness monitors and activity trackers such as smartwatches, pedometers and monitors for heart rate, quality of sleep, and stairs climbed as well as related soft ...

personal fitness device. It supplies exclusively to retailers. Widget UK was listed in both 2008 and 2009 as one of Europe's fastest growing technology companies in the Deloitte Fast 500 and in 2006 and 2007 in the

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of the UK's fastest growing

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. The company has been shortlisted for the CRN Specialist Distributor of the Year award in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 and in 2010 it was also shortlisted for the Technology and Innovation Award at the Growing Business Awards. In 2012 it acquired a majority stake in Dutch distributor Now Mobile Bv and in 2013 it opened a subsidiary in Denmark to facilitate sales to the Nordic region.

References

External links

Official siteNow Mobile BV official site
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