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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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