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Focus Solutions Group PLC 21 October 2005 21 October 2005 Focus Solutions Group plc ("Focus" or "the Group") Home of Choice extends existing Focus contract Focus, a leading provider of customer management solutions to the financial services market, has today announced that it has extended its contract with new mortgage network, Home of Choice ("HoC"). This follows an RNS announcement made on the 29th September 2005 for the development of an online solution to enable HoC to recruit, register and support new mortgage advisers for the network. The HoC contract is now worth an additional £238,000, taking the contract value to £927,000. The additional revenue was derived from extending the functionality of the HoC solution in the first phase of the project. Keith Baldwin, Chief Executive, Home of Choice commented: "The additional work completed by Focus will add measurable value to our network members and we are delighted with our new technology solution. We now have an adviser offering that provides significant competitive differentiation in the market place and expect to over achieve our target in terms of the number of advisers we recruit by the end of 2005." John Streets, Chief Executive, Focus Solutions Group added; "We are delighted that Home of Choice has extended its contract, strengthening our business relationship further. Home of Choice is an excellent example of an organisation that values the importance of technology to create differentiation in a very competitive market maximising their efficiency and it is now reaping the business benefits. -END- Enquiries: Focus Solutions Group plc 01926 468300 John Streets - Chief Executive Martin Clements - Finance Director Seymour Pierce Limited 0207 107 8000 Mark Percy Notes to editors: About Focus Solutions Group plc Focus is a leading provider of customer management solutions for the financial services industry. Focus' MCA (Multi-Channel Advice) approach, powered by goal: technology, delivers the life, pensions, mortgage and general insurance markets with a single solution to enable effective electronic trading across multiple distribution channels, online or offline, achieving straight through electronic trading at a much reduced cost to the financial services industry. Focus has a blue chip customer base of financial services organisations including Abbey for Intermediaries, Assurant Solutions, Barclays Bank PLC, Capital Home Loans Ltd, Home of Choice, Mortgages plc, Norwich Union, Paymentshield, Prudential, Scottish Equitable, Scottish Widows, Skandia UK Group, Standard Life and Zurich, as well as industry portals, including Assureweb, The Exchange, IFAengine, Trigold and Webline. For further information on Focus, please visit www.focus-solutions.co.uk. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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