UNG.L Regulatory News (UNG)

21 Dec 2005 07:01

Universe Group PLC21 December 2005 21 DECEMBER 2005 UNIVERSE GROUP PLC HTEC ANNOUNCES ANGLIA REGIONAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY CONTRACT WIN Universe Group plc ("Universe" or the "Company"), the retail and informationsystems company, is pleased to announce that the Anglia Regional Co-operativeSociety ("Anglia") is to roll out HTEC's complete petrol forecourt retailsolution to their 11 petrol retailing sites. The HTEC Petrol EPoS (HydraPOS) provides the retailer with a range of businesscontrols integrated into one solution. HTEC's system provides Chip & PIN cardpayment integrated into the EPoS; system resilience provided by HTEC's uniqueduplex pump interface; and HTEC's Virtual Back Office. The system will enableARCS make price and product changes, and receive site sales data on a constantreal-time basis. The agreement with Anglia will be implemented over the next 4 months and willinclude an ongoing maintenance agreement. Mark Ward of Business Systems at Anglia says: "We evaluated all of the crediblesystems on the market and chose HTEC because of the remarkable range offunctionality available. We know that the HydraPOS is the choice of ASDA andMorrison and others and this fact, together with the remarkable resilience ofthe system, gave us the confidence to proceed with HTEC." Ray Mackie, Chairman of Universe Group comments: "We are very pleased to haveAnglia on board. Their requirements are extensive and we are confident that bothAnglia and their customers will benefit from the new systems." --ENDS-- Enquiries to: Universe Group plc 02380 689510Ray Mackie, Executive Chairman Charles Stanley & Co Limited 020 7739 8200Russell Cook Bishopsgate Communications Ltd 020 7430 1600Maxine Barnes This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange