Triad Regulatory News (TRD)

12 Aug 2008 07:00



Triad Group Plc

Annual General Meeting and Interim Management Statement

Triad Group Plc presents its interim management statement, as required by the UK Listing Authority Disclosure and Transparency Rules, which covers the period from 1 April 2008 to 12 August 2008. This coincides with its Annual General Meeting which is taking place at 11.00am today. At the meeting Triad's Chairman, John Rigg, will make the following statement;

The new financial year has started satisfactorily although current global economic conditions are causing uncertainly in some of the markets in which the Company operates. 

The resourcing business continues to develop niche markets across a broad range of sectors with staff highly focused on exploring new markets and skills whilst delivering a high quality service to customers and associates. 

Utilisation within the consultancy business remains high and we continue to develop our offering in the delivery of projects involving Microsoft SharePoint and PerformancePoint technologies. We continue to deliver IT solutions and consultancy services to clients in government, finance and other sectors.

Development of the Zubed family of services has attracted considerable interest. We are in early stage negotiations with a number of global organisations to deploy Location Intelligence systems and Location Intelligence based Talent Management systems. We have also been successful in applying Semantic, human-language, interpretation to our search tools, enabling the plotting and analysis of both structured and unstructured data. Companies such as Lloyds TSB Cardnet are already using ZubedSales to identify opportunities with both new and existing customers (see press release below). 

The Company continues to trade comfortably within the financial facilities available to it.

John Rigg

Chairman

Press Release 12 August 2008

New search engine, ZubedSales, locates UK sales prospects in minutes

Zubed Geospatial's new map-based tools bring market and sales data to life

Milton Keynes, UK, 12 August 2008 - Zubed Geospatial, Triad Group Plc's Location Intelligence business, today launched ZubedSales, a new online sales prospecting system. Given any geographical location, business type or SIC code, ZubedSales finds UK businesses that match only these strict criteria, together with contact details and other important company information.

Companies such as Lloyds TSB Cardnet are already using ZubedSales to identify opportunities with both new and existing customers. ZubedSales allows a company to map their customers and display analytical maps of sales performance, visualising at-a-glance where to target sales activities, without the need for complicated spreadsheets and pivot tables.

"I see Zubed as a key tool in enabling both our sales people and the business in achieving their maximum potential", said Nigel Leacock, Managing Director of Lloyds TSB Cardnet. "Zubed is already changing the way we view our business and is starting to change behaviours and results. It will become a critical solution to maximising the return on our investments in sales, retention, people and our customers. For the first time we will be able to target and approach retailers in specific segments with the right products and services to meet their developing needs."

"For too long, sales teams and individuals have had to battle with irrelevant search results and inaccurate business categorisation", said Ian Haynes, CEO of Triad Group Plc. "ZubedSales means an end to this, allowing sales people to spend more time meeting with real prospects, and securing greater value customers, after just a few minutes spent in our intuitive map-based search environment."

ZubedSales is one of a range of applications being developed using the Zubed Location Intelligence toolset. Core to each product is the interrogation and visualisation of data, using geographical mapping. In development are applications in the fields of recruitment, talent management, corporate asset management, and public sector data mapping.

New users can register to trial ZubedSales' UK business search functionality at www.zubedsales.com, without having to make any payment commitment.

About Zubed Geospatial

Zubed Geospatial is the Location Intelligence business of Triad Group Plc and specialises in the creation of web-based applications integrating the intuitive map-based presentation of data with state-of-the-art targeted search technologies such as Semantic human-language interpretation, federated searching, and deep web drilling. Current applications include ZubedSales, for sales prospecting, Zubed Jobs, matching job seekers with employers, Zubed Talent, managing existing staff skill-bases, and Zubed Public Information, mapping social data.

About Triad Group Plc

Triad Group Plc is an independent UK-based IT services company with offices in Surrey, London and Milton Keynes. The company was formed in 1988 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. We use our practical experience to help clients achieve business improvement and cost savings through the effective use of IT.

We provide IT and business consultancy, systems integration and application development services across four main industry areas: Financial Services; Public Sector and Not for Profit; Telecoms, Media and Technology; Transportation and Travel.

©Copyright 2008. Triad Group Plc, Zubed is a trademark of Triad Group Plc. All third-party trademarks, trade names, or service marks are the property of their respective owners and are used only to refer to the goods or services identified by those third-party marks.

Contact:

Steve MaynardProduct Marketing ManagerZubed GeospatialTel: 01908 278460Email: smaynard@zubed.com

Kevin Coles 

Head of Business Enterprise, Cardnet Merchant Services 

Lloyds TSB Cardnet

Mob: 07841 74 1230 

Email: kevin.coles@lloydstsb.co.uk