WBENC Re-certifies The Devon Group as a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE)

MIDDLETOWN, NJ--(Marketwire - May 11, 2009) - The Devon Group, a public relations and marketing services firm, today announced its re-certification as a women's business enterprise (WBE) by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

WBENC provides a stringent national standard of certification for women-owned businesses. The WBENC certification is one of the most widely recognized and respected certifications in the nation, accepted by thousands of national corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies. A meticulous certification process verifies the business is at least 51% owned, operated, and controlled by a woman or women. In addition, services companies must demonstrate solid documented business processes and gross annual sales of $1 million.

By including women-owned businesses among their vendors, corporations and government agencies show their commitment to fostering diversity and the continued development of their supplier/vendor diversity programs.

"WBENC certification has been instrumental to our continued global growth," said Jeanne Achille, founder and CEO of The Devon Group. "This achievement once again validates that The Devon Group adheres to the highest levels of best practices, well-documented policies, and optimal business processes."

To learn more about The Devon Group and its extensive suite of effective PR and marketing services, please visit www.devonpr.com.

About WBENC

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the nation's leading third-party certifier of businesses owned and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is a resource for thousands of multinational companies and U.S. government agencies that rely on WBENC's certification as an integral part of their supplier diversity programs. For more information, please go to www.wbenc.org.

About The Devon Group

Founded in 1994, The Devon Group delivers quantifiable public relations and marketing results to a wide variety of companies and organizations. The Company's full range of PR and marketing services build recognition for new initiatives, products and services as well as increase qualified sales leads for clients. The Devon Group has won numerous awards for writing outstanding feature stories and press releases as well as designing and executing local, national and global print and online media campaigns.

Headquartered outside New York City in Middletown, N.J., The Devon Group has offices in central London and Waltham, Mass. More information about The Devon Group can be accessed at www.devonpr.com or by following twitter.com/devongroup.