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MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ("the Company")
AWARD OF CONTRACTS
Manpower Software plc is delighted to announce that the following thirteen healthcare customers have awarded new contracts during the Company's second quarter ended 30 November 2008 for the purchase of MAPS Healthroster, the electronic rostering solution. UK NHS Trusts:
North Wales NHS Trust (formally Conwy & Denbighshire NHS Trust)
East Cheshire NHS Trust
Epsom & St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Eastern and Coastal Kent NHS Primary Care Trust
Newham NHS Primary Care Trust
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust
University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Private Medical Facilities:
Boston University Radiology Associates, USA (first US customer)
Sunway Medical Centre, Malaysia (first Malaysian customer)
These awards mean 21 new customers have signed contracts for MAPS Healthroster in the current financial year (i.e. since 1 June 2008). MAPS Healthroster has now been selected by 59 NHS Trusts, compared with 26 this time last year.
Key to choosing MAPS Healthroster is its ability to provide a better understanding of demand versus supply of clinical staff, how this is balanced against efficient use of budgets and how it helps reduce the administrative burden for HR, clinical and payroll staff.
In addition to the new customers for MAPS Healthroster, Manpower Software is also pleased to announce three new customers for its market leading Bank Staff Management Solution (BSMS), the temporary staffing solution.
Lothian NHS Board
Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The award of these contracts brings the total number of NHS Trusts which have selected BSMS to 106. The company's combined Healthcare customer base has now reached over 150 NHS Trusts in the UK and three Private Healthcare providers (of which two are overseas).
Commenting, Ian Bowles, Chief Executive Officer said: "We have had an outstanding second quarter in respect of our focus on the UK NHS and the broader global healthcare markets. The closure of contracts with Sunway Medical Centre and Boston University Radiology Associates represent significant milestones in the Company's effort to extend its global reach for workforce optimisation and electronic rostering solutions. All these wins reinforce our domain expertise and will allow us to grow revenues in the global Healthcare market over the coming years. Our strategic partnerships with PWC & ACS Healthcare Solutions mean our growing healthcare customer base can access additional leading edge solutions and services. I am confident that we will continue to demonstrate our commitment to and innovation in this very important market sector as we progress through the rest of the fiscal year."
Enquiries:
Manpower Software plc
Simon Thorne, Chief Financial Officer 020 7389 9500
Numis Securities
Michael Meade / Brent Nabbs (Nominated Adviser)
James Black (Broker) 020 7260 1000
1 December 2008