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Access Intelligence PLC07 February 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE7 February 2005 ACCESS INTELLIGENCE PLC ("Access Intelligence" or "the Group") Marketing and business services company Preliminary Results Announcement Thursday, 24 February 2005 Access Intelligence will be announcing preliminary results for the twelve monthsended 30 November 2004 on Thursday, 24 February 2005. On the day the Group willbe holding an analysts' meeting. The details are as follows: Date: Thursday, 24 February 2005Time: 12.15 pm for 12.30 pmVenue: Corporate Synergy 12 Nicholas Lane London EC4N 7BN Jeremy Hamer (Chairman), Brendan Austin (Chief Executive) and Colin Davies(Finance Director) of Access Intelligence will at the presentation. Contacts: Beattie Financial 020 7398 3300Brian Coleman-Smith / Jo Clewlow Background Note: The group is divided into three subscription-based businesses: The Marketing Guild The Marketing Guild provides practical marketing help and advice aimed at smalland medium sized businesses. This is delivered through regular newsletters, ahelp line and training seminars for which members pay a fee based on the levelof service they require. In addition, members have access through the helplineto "MAGiCTM", a database containing ideas and tactics, which offers strategiesto members. Many members also pay for one hour of marketing advice each month. Wired Gov Wired Gov provides its subscribers with immediate press releases from thegovernment and other public sector organisations via its website and e-mailalert system. Income is derived from subscriptions and sponsorship. Subscribersto the service can specify from which organisations they wish to receiveinformation and additionally use key word searches. An archive system is alsoavailable. Wired Gov has a growing base of 10,000 plus registered users. Backup and Running Backup and Running provides small and medium sized organisations with on lineback-up and disaster recovery . The software is made available under a licencefrom Novastor Corporation, an American company. The software allows users toconfigure an operating system to specify which files are to be backed up and thefrequency of the routine. The specified information is encrypted then sent viamodem to a remote storage facility. The software has several facilitiesincluding an archive facility which allows the user to retrieve all back upsmade over a five year period. Backup and Running has approximately 120customers. Strategy The Group's strategy is to establish a portfolio of companies which provideinformation, advice and services to small and medium sized businesses on asubscription basis. The Directors believe that this model provides high levelsof repeat business with clear visibility, and thus high quality revenues,together with cross selling opportunities within the Group. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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