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Gladstone PLC
21 July 2009
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Press Release
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21 July 2009
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Gladstone plc
('Gladstone' or 'the Company')
Gladstone wins new clients in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland
Gladstone plc (AIM:GLD.L), the leading provider of software solutions and services to the Health & Leisure and Education markets, is delighted to announce that it has been chosen by a number of new and existing clients in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to supply and support their leisure membership relationship management (MRM) software requirements.
The new clients, in both the private and public sectors, include organisations such as: Clonakilty GAA Sports Complex, Co Cork; Claremorris Leisure Centre, Co Mayo; Belcross Enterprises Ltd; and Kildare Leisure Services Ltd. These new clients have selected the Company's flagship Plus2 solution.
In addition to these new wins, a number of existing Gladstone Plus2 clients have grown substantially over the past year, adding new sites and further investing in Gladstone's flagship solution. These include Dublin City Council with its growing base of leisure sites; adding Gladstone's Plus2 solution to four new sites over the past year; Ballymoney Borough Council, Co. Antrim; Coral Leisure Group who manage seven sites on behalf of a number of local authorities throughout Ireland; and Queens University Belfast (QUB) who have completed the refurbishment of the Physical Education Centre.
Dr. Said Ziai, Chairman and CEO of Gladstone plc, commented: 'We have reached an exciting stage in our Irish market development plans. Having a committed team of specialists on the ground working daily in our clients' environment, backed up by a large and strong multi-national organisation infrastructure, has ensured that our clients receive the highest standard of customer service.'
He added: 'I am delighted that both our existing and new clients have chosen us to support their leisure operations and are a testament to our market strength. We are confident that we will further reinforce our market position in not only Ireland, but also in the UK, where we are the market leader, and in other countries.'
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For further information, please contact:
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Financial Adviser and Nominated Adviser to Gladstone:
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Grant Thornton UK LLP
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Gerry Beaney
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7728 2589
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David Hignell
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Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100
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Media enquiries:
Gladstone plc
Gladstone plc's innovative software products and services, currently targeted at the global health and leisure and education markets, are used daily by thousands of front line staff, managers, end users and students.
Gladstone Health and Leisure is the market leader in the provision of member relationship management solutions for a wide range of health and leisure organisations including trusts, leisure centres, and major private leisure chains and is established as the de facto standard for UK local authorities. The Company enables all its clients in both public and private sectors to utilise central database facilities for central and cross-site on-line bookings, Customer Relationship Management ('CRM') and membership management, centralisation of administration, marketing and reporting.
The Company also provides a wide range of integrated systems and software-based solutions for the rapidly expanding Education Facilities Management Solutions ('EFMS') market across the entire spectrum of educational establishments and is a key supplier to the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future ('BSF') initiative.
Gladstone is focused on extending its solutions capabilities, which enable its clients to maximise resource usage, retain customers and improve operational performance, thereby making cost efficiencies, into new vertical and geographic markets aligned with its growth strategy.
The Company's current solutions include the comprehensive Plus2TM product suite which incorporates advanced functionality including web-based remote booking, advanced analysis and the use of kiosks, as well as Gladstone OnRecordTM which serves the education industry with e-registration, biometric and smart card recognition, cashless payment systems, extensive information portals, libraries usage and access control.
Based in Oxfordshire, the Company has sales offices in Glasgow, Dublin (Ireland) and Sydney (Australia), in addition to development facilities in Sonderborg (Denmark) and Karachi (Pakistan).
Gladstone Ireland
Gladstone Ireland has established a solid reputation over the recent years in providing clients with an agile and local blend of experience and expertise from its Dublin office. In addition to the local team, having the senior management and functional backing of departments such as R&D and Customer Support, which are unrivalled in terms of size and strength within the industry, has ensured that thousands of Irish leisure industry staff have successfully been using Gladstone's
solutions to enhance their everyday operations.
Gladstone Health & Leisure has been supplying software solutions for over 25 years to a growing base of over 200 clients within the public sector in Ireland and Northern Ireland, including local authority leisure centres, swimming pools and universities, and also within the private sector, including independent clubs, multi-site gyms and hotel spas.
For further information, visit www.gladstoneplc.com .
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