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Futuremedia Win £500,000 Contract to Deliver Government Funded Learning Programmes
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BRIGHTON, ENGLAND -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 22-10-2003 -- E-learning solutions provider Futuremedia Plc (NASDAQ: FMDAY">FMDAY) today announced that, following a pilot during the summer; the Company has signed a further contract to deliver their Lifelong Learning Programme.

The programme developed by Futuremedia, which incorporates the Company's Learning Management System, e-Learning content, hosting and instructor lead training, will assist Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust in the delivery of core workforce development competencies including Essential Skills, Information technology, How to eLearn, Personal Learning Plans, Diagnostics, Health and Safety and Information, Advice and Guidance.

Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust is the first organisation within the County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority Area to take up this innovative programme funded by Middlesborough College and the Learning and Skills Council. The programme will be delivered between October 2003 and June 2004 with an additional contract value of over £500,000 ($800,000).

Pat Carter, Education, Training and Development Manager, Information for Health, Durham and Tees Healthcare Community, comments: "This partnership will provide us with an opportunity to test the effectiveness of blended e-Learning training solutions while giving us time to plan and budget for implementing e-Learning with a clearer knowledge and understanding. Working with Futuremedia is an exciting opportunity for us to implement a range of government funded programmes supported by our training teams who will provide internal marketing, and project management to Futuremedia who will deliver the programmes across a range of technologies including learning centres, stand-alone PCs, the Intranet and the Internet."

The programme will be delivered using a blended education and training approach, developed by Futuremedia, incorporating e-Learning, mentoring, classroom based training and one-on-one and group sessions with expert tutors. All of the programmes are recognised by the Qualifications Curriculum Authority and cover City and Guilds, British Computer Society, and the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health standards.

Mats Johansson, CEO of Futuremedia, comments, "This contract represents the first step in our strategy to deliver comprehensive blended learning programs to the NHS and comes after many months of work developing what we believe is the only fully integrated blended e-learning solution available at present."

About Futuremedia

Futuremedia Plc (est. 1983) is a Solutions Provider in the growing e-learning market with 20 years experience in the interactive media field supplying products and services to industrial and commercial business sectors and government, mainly in the UK and Continental Europe.

The Company has a proven track record in providing knowledge and training via Solstra, its proprietary Learning Management System which in its largest application has a capacity for 240,000 users.

Futuremedia's customers include Royal Mail, Syngenta, BUPA, BT, Daimler Chrysler, GSK, Channel Four, IDEA and Hilton International. Training content from partners SmartForce, Centra Software, SkillSoft and NETg is supplied and supported.

Futuremedia can be found on the Web at http://www.futuremedia.co.uk.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: This press release contains forward-looking statements related to future results and speaks only of the Company's expectations as of the date hereof. Such statements include discussions concerning Company's future financial performance and the future performance of the Company's products. Such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The risks and uncertainties include the early stage of the Internet and intranet learning and communications market, the management of growth, the ability of the Company to develop and successfully market new products, to integrate acquisitions, rapid technological change and competition, and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in expectations or in information on which any such statement is based. All product names and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of Futuremedia or their respective owners.


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