New Contract Wins

30 Jan 2007 07:02

K3 Business Technology Group PLC30 January 2007 KBT.L K3 BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY GROUP PLC ("K3") Retail Software Division wins new contracts worth £1.2m K3, the IT solutions provider to the retail, distribution and manufacturingsectors, is pleased to announce that its core Retail Software Division has madea strong start to the year with new business orders worth a total of £1.2m. The wins have been secured across a number of the Retail Software Division'sareas of focus, including the Food, Breweries and Fashion sectors. The largestof these orders is with a national fashion retailer and is for the installationand integration of the Microsoft Dynamics, the software suite which enablesretailers to use a single software platform across their entire operations fromindividuals tills (EPOS - Electronic Point of Sales) through to head office. These wins reflect the increasing success of K3's 'verticalisation' policy,whereby sector specific business units have been established to capitalise onK3's experience and skills within certain market sectors. Andy Makeham, Chief Executive of K3, said, "I am delighted to be announcing new order wins so early in the year. These winsdemonstrate the quality of our product offering and we hope to continue toleverage our position as one of the largest providers of Microsoft Dynamicssoftware in the UK to extend our customer base over the course of the year. Our new business pipeline across the Group remains encouraging and supports ourgrowth aspirations for 2007." Enquiries: K3 Business Technology Group T: 01282 864111Andy Makeham, Chief Executive Biddicks T: 020 7448 1000Katie Tzouliadis This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange