Contract Gain

Comino Group PLC 29 August 2001 28 August 2001 COMINO GROUP PLC: CONTRACT GAIN £0.5m contract with Cardiff City Council Comino Group plc ('Comino'), the provider of software solutions for the local government, housing association and occupational pensions sectors, announces that it has been awarded a £0.5m contract by Cardiff County Council ('Cardiff CC') to supply workflow and electronic document management software. The software that has now been installed across Cardiff CC's 250 user system, is being used initially in the Revenues and Benefits department and can be used across all County Council Departments to increase efficiency and help them meet local government targets. Comino's administrative software system covers all aspects of the work-flow process including the capture, management and processing of information. It allows users to offer a high standard customer service by managing the work-flow process efficiently and eliminating unnecessary paperwork and administrative delay. Commenting, Garth Selvey, Comino's Chief Executive, said: 'We are very pleased to win this contract from Cardiff County Council which claims to be one of the leading Councils in the UK-wide move to modernize the local government process. Local Authorities, with government support, are increasingly seeking to make improvements in their service delivery and performance. Our software allows Councils to increasing the efficiency of their operation and the public benefit from a more efficient and customer focused service.' ENDS For further information please contact: Comino plc Binns & Co PR Ltd Garth Selvey, Chief Executive Tel: 01628 525 433 Peter Binns Paul Clifford, Finance Director Tel: 020 7786 9600 Editor's notes: Comino's operating companies are based near Maidenhead and in Leeds, Croydon and Dudley. The Leeds and Dudley offices are new offices, and replace smaller premises in Leeds and the present West Midlands locations, respectively. Comino provide workflow and electronic data management systems to over 400 organisations in Occupational Pensions, Social Housing and Local Government: * Comino serves some 50 organisations looking after more than 1.2 million pensioners. Three of these organisations manage more than 170,000 pension accounts each. Its new Universal Pensions Management (UPM) was awarded the 'software & systems provider of the year' award in 2000 and 2001 by Professional Pensions. * Comino serves some 250 Registered Social Landlords looking after more than 800,000 homes and some two million occupants. The largest organisation Comino's systems handle has 55,000 homes; the smallest just a few hundred. * Comino serves over 70 Local Authority Revenue and Benefit departments who look after more than four million council tax payers, business rate payers and benefit recipients.

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