History
The company was founded by Giles Hunter, an entrepreneur and former manager of the local W H Smith newsagent store.
In 1985, the company launched the Blue Ribbon budget label.
In 1988 CDS Software, under the CDS group of companies changed its name to Nimrod Holdings Ltd. Publishing continued under the CDS Software Label until the early 1990s. The company name eventually changed to Guildhall Leisure Services and from 2002 to the present day it is known as iDigicon Ltd.
So as to avoid confusion over the "CDS Software" name....
In 1970 American Collection Systems was founded as a California corporation and subsequently opened its "CDS Software" division, an acronym for "Collection Data Systems Software". CDS Software is the author of the "CollectOne" (R) AR financial management and collection automation system. See "www.CollectOne.com".
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