Fortnum tasty on the Web

FORTNUM & Mason reports its final results tomorrow and its site www.fortnumand mason.com is so splendid and seductive you feel drawn towards Piccadilly and a mountain of hampers within moments. As grocers go, they do have a little experience. Mr Mason met Mr Fortnum back in 1705 and after flogging used candles for a couple of years they were in serious business together.

Time passes quickly when you're having fun and by 1886 they were selling cans for the first time, kindly produced by Mr Heinz. Roll on another century or so and here they are on the Net.

Enterprise Oil has its interim results on show tomorrow and can offer www.entoil.com as a site to gush about.

Arrive here with little or no knowledge of the company and depart well informed.

Ten-year financial and share price summaries, an explanation of exploration activities and a stack of news releases help paint a picture that is by no means all at North Sea.

Another oily merchant, Burmah Castrol, reveals its interim profits on Wednesday and www.burmah-castrol.com also demonstrates what can be achieved in cyberland with a little thought, imagination and direction. Whereas Enterprise only offers a steam telephone to contact its investor relations people, Burmah even has an email address.

Thistle Hotels also offers up its half-year figures next Wednesday and has www.thistlehotels.com as a safe haven for traveller and investor alike. It also occupies a unique position in the brief history of this column as the first and only company to respond to an enquiry sent electronically to the contact point on the site.

NDO YOU know of a business-related website that is topical, informative, amusing or just awful? Email jdbiznetjd@hotmail.com

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