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Press Releases

  • York Press

    2 August 2024

    Founder’s Help to Grow course boosts York firm The Distance

  • The Business Desk

    30 July 2024

    Agency roundup: Engage Interactive; The Distance; Bolser; and more

  • Yorkshire Press

    25 July 2024

    York Digital Agency Hits £1m Turnover with Dramatic Change to Management Approach

  • Yorkshire Post

    25 July 2024

    York digital agency The Distance hits £1m turnover with dramatic change to management

  • UK Dev Awards

    24 February 2023

    App Dev Agency of the Year 2023

  • Ad World Masters

    31 January 2023

    App Agency of the Year 2022

  • UK Dev Awards

    27 January 2023

    UK Dev Awards Shortlist 2023

  • Northern Digital Awards

    27 January 2023

    Best App 2023

  • readwrite

    27 January 2023

    Fintech Mobile Development

  • Prolific North

    27 January 2023

    Prolific North Tech Awards

  • SME News

    17 May 2022

    Best Mobile App Development Company, 2022

  • Bdaily

    27 March 2022

    Innovative company The Distance receive grant funding for new software

  • Ad World Masters

    18 January 2022

    TOP Ad Agencies in UK

  • Best Startup

    11 October 2021

    19 Top York Based Mobile Startups & Firms

  • UK App Awards

    8 October 2021

    App Agency of the Year 2021 (shortlist)

  • Twitter

    7 May 2021

    GNY Announces partnership with The Distance

  • Acquisition International

    15 March 2021

    Most Innovative Mobile App Development Company 2021 - UK

  • UK Dev Awards

    11 March 2021

    UK Dev Awards - App Dev Agency of the Year 2020

  • Clutch

    25 February 2021

    Leading Firms in App Development - Cross Platform App Developers

  • Clutch

    25 January 2021

    Highest-Ranking B2B Companies in UK

  • Ad World Masters

    14 January 2021

    Agency of the Year 2020

  • UK App Awards

    2 October 2020

    UK App Awards 2020 - Shortlist

  • Leeds Digital Festival

    28 August 2020

    Leeds Digital Festival Awards 2020 - Shortlist

  • Charity Digital

    12 August 2020

    4 examples of great charity apps

  • Leaders Council

    4 August 2020

    The Leaders Council - Anthony Charles Main

  • York Press

    1 July 2020

    York teacher, Rachel Dunsmore, creates maths app up to GCSE

  • Mobile App Diary

    28 June 2020

    Interview with ‘Anthony Main’ Founder & Managing Director of the Distance

  • Yorkshire Post

    27 May 2020

    York mum invents Maths app to help students make the grade

  • PAPI

    27 March 2020

    PAPI Case Study

  • Business Works Magazine

    27 March 2020

    How PAPI helped firm go The Distance

  • UK Awards

    26 February 2020

    App Dev Agency of the Year - 2020

  • Prolific North

    12 February 2020

    Tech Company of the Year - 2020

  • Yorkshire Business Review

    6 February 2020

    PAPI Innovation Funding

  • Clutch

    21 January 2020

    Top B2B Company - 2020

  • Northern Dev Awards

    17 January 2020

    App Dev Agency of the Year - Nomination

  • Prolific North

    12 December 2019

    Prolific North Tech Awards - 2020 Shortlist

  • Clutch

    3 December 2019

    Clutch 1000 - 2019

  • The Business Desk

    17 November 2019

    Top Tech Yorkshire Report 2019

  • BBC One Look North (Yorkshire)

    23 October 2019

    Job's That Didn't Exist

  • UK App Awards

    11 October 2019

    UK App Agency of the Year 2019 (Medium) - Finalist

  • Clutch

    25 September 2019

    Top Developers and Web Designers

  • Business Cloud

    6 July 2019

    101 Yorkshire & Humberside Tech (Note: Doesn't Exist)

  • DS Active

    4 July 2019

    New Health Swap App is here

  • My Weekly

    7 March 2019

    Top Apps For 2019

  • Entrepreneur and Investor

    28 February 2019

    How businesses can take advantage of new features on iOS 12 and Android Pie – even non-techy ones!

  • Business of Apps

    31 January 2019

    App Development Trends 2019

  • Clutch

    29 January 2019

    Leading UK Service Providers

  • Technologgie

    17 December 2018

    How Businesses Can Take Advantage of New Features on iOS 12 and Android Pie

  • Tech Digest

    17 December 2018

    Appy Christmas – Help get your business through festive season with these 6 Fun Xmas Apps

  • Technologgie

    17 December 2018

    Top Apps for Your Business This Christmas

  • Entrepreneur and Investor

    13 December 2018

    The top six Apps for your business this Christmas

  • bytestart.co.uk

    12 December 2018

    6 Fun Apps to Help You Get Your Business Through Christmas

  • Business Computing World

    12 December 2018

    The Top 6 Apps For Your Business This Christmas – Practical And Fun!

  • AppFutura

    12 December 2018

    Top 10+ Mobile App Development Companies in the United Kingdom - December 2018

  • NewBusiness

    10 December 2018

    Holding or Folding

  • Hertfordshire Business Independent

    8 December 2018

    Top Tips to Help your Business Weather Tough Times

  • What Mobile

    3 December 2018

    The opportunities and concerns for business owners with websites and apps in the wake of folding phones

  • Tech Fruit

    3 December 2018

    What do folding phones mean for business owners with websites and apps?

  • Clutch

    3 December 2018

    Companies on the Exclusive 2018 Clutch 1000 Announced Today

  • Technologgie

    1 December 2018

    2019’s New Folding Phones – What Do They Mean for Businesses Websites and Apps?

  • Small Business Insider

    22 November 2018

    Business owners with websites and apps – what do foldable phones mean for you?

  • Mobile Marketing Magazine

    19 November 2018

    Above The Fold

  • The HR Director

    12 November 2018

    Top 10 tips for your business to weather tough times

  • Business Independent

    6 November 2018

    Top tips to help your business weather tough times

  • Real Business

    31 October 2018

    Never take your finger off marketing: Surviving a rollercoaster Brexit ride

  • ByteStart

    24 October 2018

    How to survive tough times in business

  • GoodFirms

    23 October 2018

    GoodFirms Explores Emerging Designing, Development and Marketing Companies in UK for October 2018

  • Digital Impact Awards

    18 October 2018

    Best use of digital by a charity, NGO or NFP

  • Entrepreneur & Investor

    12 October 2018

    Weathering the tough times: Top ten tips to ensure your business stays afloat

  • Be prepared for tough times in business

    9 October 2018

    Be prepared for tough times in business

  • Company Bug

    8 October 2018

    Success Story: Anthony Main – founder of The Distance

  • Business Cloud

    4 October 2018

    UK's finest digital talent shortlisted for DEA 2018

  • Tech Digest

    4 October 2018

    10 top tips to ensure you business can weather tough times

  • Small Business Insider

    3 October 2018

    Make sure your business is prepared to weather rough times?

  • Start Up Donut

    2 October 2018

    Ten ways to future-proof your business

  • Manchester Evening News

    2 October 2018

    Finalists revealed for Digital Entrepreneur Awards

  • Recruiter

    2 October 2018

    How your recruitment business can survive tough times

  • SME Web

    1 October 2018

    10 tips to ensure your business survives hard times

  • Share Radio

    28 September 2018

    Tips to help your business weather tough times

  • Network She

    27 September 2018

    "Be prepared – 10 top tips for your business to survive tough times "

  • Applancer

    27 September 2018

    Top 10 app development companies in London

  • Dealer Support

    26 September 2018

    10 tips to ensure your business can weather tough times

  • Limited Company Help

    21 September 2018

    10 tips to help your business through tough times

  • York Press

    13 September 2018

    From the brink to the best yet

  • The Business Desk

    10 September 2018

    People: Tech firm appoints director; IT recruitment specialist makes double hire; Mobile app firm goes the distance after closure fears; and more

  • Empowered Magazine

    24 August 2018

    Company takes on 20th member of staff just two years after almost having to close down (Page 50)

  • TheBusinessDesk

    10 August 2018

    Mobile app firm goes the distance after closure fears

  • Bdaily News

    9 August 2018

    App agency returns from brink of collapse to hire 20th employee

  • GQ

    18 May 2018

    Tramble - Best Dating App

  • Business Computing World

    11 May 2018

    How (even non-techy) businesses can take advantage of new features on iOS 12 and Android Pie (Note: Doesn't Exist)

  • Other

    21 February 2018

    World Encephalitis Day aims to raise awareness of the brain condition

  • Other

    21 February 2018

    Isabella making good progress after being struck down by encephalitis

  • Other

    21 February 2018

    New smartphone app to highlight brain condition

  • Other

    19 February 2018

    BrainWalk - Mum struck down by rare brain condition that she thought was flu forgot her own daughter's name

  • Other

    21 December 2017

    The Guild of Media Arts

  • Other

    20 October 2017

    Shortlisted for Medium Sized App Agency of the Year

  • Other

    27 September 2017

    Top 30 Mobile App Development Companies in the UK

  • YourStory

    10 August 2017

    Top 10 Trusted Mobile App Development Companies In UK

  • Other

    9 August 2017

    TopAgency Releases the Rankings for Top Mobile App Development Companies in the UK

  • Other

    18 May 2017

    Clutch Announces Leading App Development Companies in the UK

  • Other

    28 March 2017

    Top Mobile App Development Companies in Europe | European App Developers | 2017

  • Other

    4 February 2017

    ContractIQ Listing (Note: Doesn't Exist)

  • Prolific North

    1 February 2017

    Top 5 tips before you develop and app

  • Prolific North

    12 October 2016

    Prolific North Exhibitor (Note: Doesn't Exist)

  • Other

    3 October 2016

    Interview with MD about state of mobile apps

  • Other

    10 August 2016

    App Future interviews MD Anthony Main

  • Other

    8 July 2016

    Parse Hosting Press Release

  • SCY

    5 July 2016

    Happy Birthday to The Distance

  • Other

    2 July 2016

    5 ways app landscape changed for the better

  • Other

    10 June 2016

    Review of our PocketSEO App

  • Other

    25 May 2016

    YSJ students collaborate on local tourist app

  • Other

    23 May 2016

    An anti-obituary: no part of your marketing strategy is dead

  • Other

    20 May 2016

    Tech Vibes Listing

  • Other

    20 May 2016

    Are Apps Dead?

  • Other

    21 February 2016

    The Distance sponsors Knaresborough - FEVA

  • Other

    7 November 2015

    The Distance helps En:hance Chinese students experience

  • York Digital

    5 November 2015

    The Distance run The App Challenge at the first #CodeYork

  • York Press

    9 September 2015

    The Distance invited to Shakespeare's Globe Interchange event

  • Other

    20 August 2015

    Anthony Main - guest speaker at DevBoss

  • University of York

    7 October 2014

    Win-win scenario for dynamic York tech businesses (inc. The Distance) and University computer scientists

  • York Press

    4 March 2014

    The Distance part of new Creative Hub in city Hotel

  • York Press

    31 January 2014

    The Distance contributes to York digital jobs boom

  • York Press

    3 December 2013

    From small acorns...The Distance's Director wins award

  • York Press

    19 June 2013

    Anthony Main helps bring bright new ideas to improve healthcare in York

  • York Press

    14 February 2013

    The Distance are flying the Science Park nest

  • York Press

    14 February 2013

    The Distance are flying the Science Park nest

  • York Press

    16 November 2012

    York Press Awards - The Distance wins New Business of the Year Award

  • York Science Park

    9 February 2012

    Success for York Science Park start-up business, The Distance (Note: Doesn't Exist)

  • York Press

    7 February 2012

    The Future of York business: The Distance

  • York Press

    20 January 2012

    Students pitch ideas in mobile phone app competition

  • York Press

    25 November 2011

    According To McGee gallery goes global

  • York Press

    16 November 2011

    The Distance App challenge to University students (Note: Doesn't Exist)

  • York Press

    5 May 2011

    The Distance provides retailers with the full digital package

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