Gladstone Education - OnRecord for a prosperous partnership with BESA!

16th April 2007

Gladstone Education, the leading provider of innovative solutions to the education market using smartcard and biometric technology, is pleased to announce that it has been accepted as a trade member of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA).

BESA is focused on promoting and providing support and advice to their members, the industry and to schools. With 75 years of experience, BESA offers support, research, events and advice on both UK and International markets, and the future of the education supplies industry. BESA has a Code of Practice to which all members must adhere, along with a stringent membership process, both of which assure buyers of a high standard of quality in both product and customer service.

"We are very pleased to be joining the BESA family," commented Mark Roger, General Manager of Gladstone Education. "BESA membership sends a strong signal to the market that Gladstone Education offers buyers peace of mind when purchasing systems and solutions for schools."

"BESA is delighted that Gladstone Education has been accepted into membership of the Association," Tim Edwards, Senior Communications Manager with BESA, added. "We look forward to working with them closely in the near future."

Notes to editors

Gladstone Education Ltd is a division of Gladstone plc (AIM: GLD.L), the leading supplier of software services to the Education, Health and Leisure sectors. Gladstone Education specialises in providing electronic registration, cashless catering and facilitating access control integration using smartcard and biometric-based technology, and is a key supplier to the UK Government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative.

The company's Gladstone OnRecord™ product suite can be tailored to suit all levels of facility, from primary and secondary state schools through to independent schools and higher education establishments, and from single school solutions to fully integrated campuses and centrally-managed multiple local authority sites.

Gladstone Education works closely with a wide range of solution partners including Serco, Capita, Northgate and Civica. The company's customers include St Clare's Independent School in Oxford, Chase High School in Essex and St. Johns Primary School in Staffordshire. Our BSF customers include Sandon High School in Stoke-on-Trent, Bristol Metropolitan College, Redland Green School and Bristol Brunel Academy.

Based in Oxfordshire, the company has sales offices in Glasgow, Dublin (Ireland) and Sydney (Australia), with distributors in Dubai and Europe, in addition to development facilities in Sonderborg (Denmark) and Karachi (Pakistan).

Press contact

Peter K. Doyle, Head of Marketing, Gladstone plc
T: 01491 202825
M: 07977 152009
pdoyle@gladstoneplc.com