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County Contact Centres PLC 20 November 2001 County Contact Centres PLC Update County Contact Centres PLC, which after conducting its recent business review had sought sponsors or partners for its Internet directory, has now decided to offer the directory business for sale. Traffic to the directory website has been consistent over the past 6 months and the core data content of addresses, e-mail contacts and website urls would provide a useful resource to interested media or marketing businesses. As documented in the Annual Report, the change of emphasis away from the Internet towards our Call Centre activities, under the ANSABACK brand, has continued to grow with the Call Centre taking a record number of inbound calls in October, despite having taken a slight dip in September, ascribed like most other businesses to the tragic events of the 11th in New York. The encouraging prospect of more companies outsourcing to Call Centres is evidenced by the number of new business accounts that have been acquired since moving the operation into our current offices, with the sale of services relating to the Call Centre business rising by 50% since acquisition. The Company's own technical team hasve also developed a proprietary Call Centre software system, which obviates the need to purchase additional agent licenses from the existing software supplier, allowing further expansion without annual renewal fees being incurred. This software suite, written in ASP, has been branded under the name CALLSCRIPTER and after evaluation by external consultants is now being offered directly to Call Centres, Software Distributors and Telephone Switch Manufacturers. Our suite provides our clients with much better management information than previously avaliable and has the ability to quickly facilitate amendments to operator scripts without the need for referral to technical expertise. By selling its remaining Internet activities, the Company will benefit from additional cost savings and the prospect of the company reaching sustainable profitability is likely to be considerably enhanced. Contact William Catchpole Managing Director Stuart Gordon Financial Director Telephone 01473 321800

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