[1] Cole was Chief Executive, having started out as a trainee at the BBC and developed national sponsored programmes while at Piccadilly Radio in Manchester.

[3][4] In July 2006, as part of UBC's move away from owning radio stations, it sold its share in Digital News Network (DNN) for £66k.

[7] In June 2008, UBC announced it was closing down its loss-making venture Cliq, a service which allowed DAB listeners to download music onto their mobile phones.

Unique Interactive produced software including: Before the sale of its Networked Programming division, UBC's business model relied heavily on providing content to commercial radio based on so-called "Barter syndication", effectively giving content to stations in exchange for selling some of their advertising airtime.

The company focussed on reducing costs and increasing profitability by ditching its digital radio stations and concentrating on providing content.