FRESH Relevance, the marketing hub for online retailers, has welcomed the fourth intake to its successful annual intern programme. The company will help train five marketing, graphic design and computer science/engineering students from the University of Southampton and the University of Portsmouth.

The 2017/18 intake is made up of:

• Sophie Crichton, studying marketing at the University of Southampton

•Ben Edwards, studying graphic design at the University of Portsmouth

• James Dibnah, studying computer software Engineering at the University of Portsmouth

• Diogo Fernandes, studying computer science at the University of Southampton

• Kenneth Mbuthia, studying computer science at the University of Southampton

The new intakes are based at Fresh Relevance’s head-office in Southampton.

Co-founder and CEO of the firm, Mike Austin comments: “Since we began our intern initiative we have been hugely impressed by the talent that has passed through the Fresh Relevance doors. In fact, many return to take up full-time positions once they have completed their academic courses. Because the programme is a year-long it means we give them opportunities to get deeply involved in projects, from the development of our software solutions through to marketing them to online retailers in the UK and US.”

Fresh Relevance's customers include Homebase, M&M Direct, Emma Bridgewater, Thorntons, Cottages.com and White Stuff.