TWO North-East firms have landed a £250,000 account to create an e-mail shop.

JBA and Perfect Image Ltd have joined to provide a commerce system for mobile phone company Fone Logistics.

The Internet-based sales venture, bigphoneshop.com, has been developed to play a major role in the firm's sales strategy.

JBA, already Fone Logistics' major partner for the supply of business systems, joined Perfect Image of Newcastle to develop the e-commerce software, aimed at creating an easy-to-use online phone store.

JBA's e-commerce manager, Greg Purcell, said yesterday: "When we were asked to provide the technology behind bigphoneshop.com we immediately contacted Perfect Image, as we knew they had the knowledge and expertise required to help make the project a success."