A NEW consultancy has opened in North Yorkshire to advise businesses on how to make best use of the internet.

Mick and Jan Tyler have launched the new Internet Consultant (IC) office at Crambeck Village, near Malton.

The office, is part of Canadian internet consulting company, WSI, and will provide businesses in North and East Yorkshire with internet business strategies.

The couple have lived in Crambeck village for the last 13 years. They moved to the area from London after Mick accepted the job of head of an analytical services unit in Leeds.

Jan has worked as a receptionist for a chartered accountant and more recently has been a care assistant at St Leonard's Hospice in York.

Clients using the service will be asked questions to determine their competitive advantage, target markets and objectives.

Updated: 10:57 Tuesday, July 06, 2004