I am pleased to announce that last Thursday, Lee and I signed a sale agreement whereby Beoworld is to be handed over as a going concern, meaning the new owners (Multicare Electronics Ltd) will continue the sites as they are today, initially anyway.

The sale will include everything that exists today on-line plus thousands of hard copy manuals, brochures and B&O technical/repair documents.

Under the agreement the transfer will take place over a period of up to 8 weeks starting last Thursday 15th February 2024. The first steps are for the new owners to setup their servers. The live forum runs on Linux, but everything else runs on Windows servers which also require SQL servers to be installed.

It is intended that during the transfer period the web site and forums will continue as normal, except for a period when the Domains (Beoworld.org) is transferred from our registrar account to theirs. Advanced notice will be given of the timing (Date & Time) of the Domain transfers and typically it could be up to eight (8) hours for the transfer to be completed assuming no issues are encountered.

After the transfer, everyone’s accounts will remain the same as today because all the databases will have been transferred as part of the process.

For me, this is a emotional period, given the years I have worked keeping Beoworld going, but I have accepted that it is time to pass the baton to others..

I would like thank everyone who has supported Beoworld over the years including you, our members as well as moderators past and present. I will be emailing all Gold and Silver members with details of the sale agreement. We still have 35 "Founder" members who are still paid up Gold members for which I want to offer a special thank you.

Regards

Keith..

Hello Keith Thanks for letting us know about the proces, and great that a sale agrement that won't affect. us users has come to place. Thanks for all the great work you have done over the years.

Hi Keith,

That is great news, really pleased to hear that BeoWorld is safe and in the hands of MultiCare, a company I know well and trust with my own B&O repairs and servicing.

I look forward to continuing to support BeoWorld going forwards and to helping the site to grow under its new ownership.

Thank you for all the time, money and effort that you, Lee and the moderating team have given to this great community over the years, it is really appreciated!

Here’s to a healthy future for the site that we all love!

Kind regards, Steve.

Looking forward to Beoworld/the Beoworld Forum under the new ownership.

Hope it stays as open and accessible as of now.

A big thank you to Lee, Keith and all others involved in keeping Beoworld alive and kicking throughout many years.

MM

Just a quick note from all of us at Multicare Electronics Ltd.

We would also like to thank Lee & Keith for all the hard work they have put into the site over the years, not forgetting the moderators, subscribers and really anyone that visits the site.

Initially our plan is to keep the website and forums as they are with no major changes with how they operate.

That being said there will be some changes with the payments for membership, how we approach this is currently being discussed. It may be that we add the subscription as an item to purchase in our online store to facilitate payments in the interim.

If your membership renewal is coming up and we are not setup, will not remove your access until we have this up and running.

Our initial thoughts for some changes are as follows

The December prize draw will still be in place, we may adjust to 1st, 2nd & 3rd place with a view to having higher value items; this will be confirmed as soon as possible.

Membership may change to just two levels, one paid and one free.

The subscribers (whether paid or not) are what makes the sites possible, we would welcome any comments or suggestions on what you would like to see in the future.

Regards
Multicare Electronics Ltd
multicare.org.uk

Thanks Lee & Keith for keeping the site running all these years. Let's hope Multicare can provide future success.

Graham

 

First my thanks to Lee and Keith for your marvellous work!

I hope you will stay around in this forum as members with so much experience.

Peter

PS

May your coffee always be strong enough for upcoming challenges!

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Hi Lee, Keith,

Sad and good news then.

I have now been a member for 15 years and I must say that Beoworld has been a good part of my everyday life for all those years.

I know all the efforts you put into this beautiful project, and let’s hope that  the database, the product section with the invaluable manuals and forum will keep going for a long time.

Does the Multicare person have a name?

Best wishes,

Jacques