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19Β AugustΒ 2009
21stΒ Century Technology plcΒ
("21stΒ Century", "theΒ Company" or "theΒ Group")
Contract Win -Β 21stΒ CenturyΒ Secures New Contract withΒ TheΒ Go-Ahead GroupΒ plc
21stΒ Century, the vehicle installation service provider supplying public transport CCTV and other monitoring systems, today announces that its subsidiary, 21stΒ CenturyΒ Technology Solutions Limited, has secured a three year contract to supplyΒ TheΒ Go-Ahead GroupΒ plc ("Go-Ahead')Β with itsΒ on vehicle CCTV forΒ buses and static CCTV for train stations and other commercial premises,Β along with the management of Go-Ahead's train station platform CCTV installations.
The total contract is estimated to be worthΒ aroundΒ Β£6mΒ in sales value over the three years. Sales to Go-Ahead for the year to date total Β£0.9m.Β
Chairman Peter Ward commented:
"We are delighted to have been awarded this contract with Go-Ahead. The contract underpins our existing service with them and also extends our field of activities into train station platform CCTV. The award of the contract is a demonstration of our market leading technologyΒ and constant innovation inΒ public transport CCTV and vehicle monitoring systems and marks a further development in the successful focusing of the Group on this growth market."
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For Further Information:
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21stΒ Century TechnologyΒ plc |
Nick Grimond, CEO |
020 8710 4016 |
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Wilson Jennings, Finance Director Β |
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Daniel Stewart & Company PLC |
Graham Webster Tessa Smith |
020 7776 6550 |
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Hogarth Partnership Limited |
Barnaby Fry |
020 7357 9477 |
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Vicky Watkins |
Notes to Editor:
Launched in 1993,Β theΒ company began as Toad plc and was focused on the distribution ofΒ in-car entertainment systems andΒ vehicleΒ security products. Under the stewardship of ChairmanΒ Peter Ward, former Chairman and CEO of Rolls Royce Motors and Cunard Line, who joined the board at the end of 2001, the Group's strategy has been to reposition itself away fromΒ its legacy businessesΒ into markets with better growth potential while leveraging its core strengths - nationwide field force of vehicle electrical engineers, call centre and distribution facilities.Β
In line with this strategy, in 2005 theΒ company took a controlling stake in 21stΒ CenturyΒ Crime Prevention Services Ltd which recently merged with fellow subsidiary, Toad (UK) Ltd,Β to form 21stΒ Century Technology Solutions LtdΒ ("Solutions"). SolutionsΒ isΒ the preferred supplier of on-board CCTV systems for Arriva UK BusΒ andΒ has pioneered the use of WiFi with on-board CCTV systems. SolutionsΒ wasΒ alsoΒ the first company to successfully launch automatic video downloads and a bus CCTV monitoring system (HeartbeatTM).
Solutions'Β new EcoManager product has contributed significantly toΒ the recent increase in revenueΒ in the Group's Public Transport Solutions division. The EcoManager system, whichΒ incorporates a passenger counting facility,Β is aimed at reducing fuel costs,Β improving safety and enhancing revenues for bus operators by monitoring driving stylesΒ against fuel consumption.Β
The CompanyΒ wasΒ renamed "TG21 plc" in 2005 andΒ to reflect the repositioning of the group,Β changed thisΒ name toΒ "21stΒ Century Technology plc"Β in June 2009.
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Go-Ahead
Go-Ahead is one of theΒ UK's leading providers of passenger transport services operating in the bus, rail and aviation services sectors. Employing over 27,500 people across the country, around 920 million passenger journeys are undertaken on our services each year. In addition to the travelling public, customers include the Department for Transport (DfT), TfL, local authorities, British Airports Authority (BAA) and major airlines
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