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Futuremedia`s Learning For All(TM) Programme Nominated for Two Awards by Leading UK Employee Benefits Magazine
Friday March 5, 8:45 am ET


BRIGHTON, ENGLAND--(MARKET WIRE)--Mar 5, 2004 -- E-Learning solutions provider Futuremedia Plc (NasdaqSC:FMDAY - News) today announced that its Learning For All™ programme, implemented in November at Royal Mail, has been nominated for two awards by Employee Benefits Magazine, the UK`s leading publication for benefits and HR decision-makers.
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The award nominations in "The most successful new benefits launch" and "The most effective use of a voluntary benefits plan" were hotly contested and reaching this final stage is a great achievement for both Royal Mail and Futuremedia, according to the organisers.

The annual ceremony to present the Awards takes place on 29 April, where the entries will be highlighted to a group of several hundred HR and benefit decision-makers. Finalists and winners will also be featured in the magazine and at the forthcoming Employee Benefits Exhibition. Futuremedia aims to use this opportunity to maximise market awareness of the programme`s availability and value.

Simon Dawson, Director of the Home Computing Initiative Alliance, commented: "This is a great achievement for Futuremedia and we look forward to working together further in this exciting and rapidly growing market. The Learning For All™ programme rollout at Royal Mail is a great example of best practice use of the HCI scheme."

David Bailey, Managing Director Learning For All™, comments, "We are delighted to be finalists in these Awards as it recognises the value of the service and shows how hard the Royal Mail team and our staff have worked to achieve so much. It further underlines our offering`s strong position in this growing market."

Mats Johansson, CEO of Futuremedia, adds, "To receive this recognition for Learning For All™ from experts in the human resources industry is a great accomplishment, especially after launching the programme just a few months ago and will add further momentum to the growing success of Learning For All™. We see Learning For All™ as a strategic service offering our customers a clear, significant and compelling value that will position Futuremedia as a key learning partner to the customer, allowing us to promote and deploy our full learning product and service offering."

About Futuremedia

Futuremedia Plc (est. 1983) is a Solutions Provider in the growing e-learning market with 20 years experience in the interactive media field supplying products and services to industrial and commercial business sectors and government, mainly in the UK and Continental Europe.

The Company has a proven track record in providing knowledge and training via Solstra, its proprietary Learning Management System which in its largest application has a capacity for 240,000 users.

Futuremedia`s customers include Britvic, BT, BUPA, Channel Four, Daimler Chrysler, GSK, Hilton International, IDEA, UK National Health Service, Royal Mail and Syngenta. In delivering its solutions, the Company is partnering with Centra Software, Fujitsu-Siemens, Microsoft, Thompson NETg and Skillsoft.

Futuremedia can be found on the Web at www.futuremedia.co.uk.

About the Home Computing Initiative Alliance

An alliance of industry leaders working together with UK Government on the Home Computing Initiatives with an objective of increasing access to the Internet in UK homes. The members of the Alliance are BT, Intel and Microsoft.

For more info go to www.ukhomecomputing.com.

"Safe Harbor" Statement under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

This press release contains forward-looking statements related to future results and speaks only of Futuremedia`s expectations as of the date hereof. Such statements include discussions concerning the Company`s future financial performance and the future performance of the Company`s products. Such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The risks and uncertainties include the early stage of the Internet and intranet learning and communications market, the management of growth, the ability of the Company to develop and successfully market new products, to trade profitably, rapid technological change and competition, and other factors detailed in the Company`s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in expectations or in information on which any such statement is based. All product names and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of Futuremedia or their respective owners.



Contact:
Press information:
Kay Phelps
The PR Department for Futuremedia
[e-mail]
T: [phone]
M: [phone]

Investor relations queries:
Mats Johansson
CEO
[e-mail]
T: [phone]



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Source: Futuremedia Plc

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MICROSOFT TEAM UP WITH FUTUREMEDIA TO PROMOTE LEARNING FOR ALL™
Released 03-03-2004


Futuremedia Plc, Brighton, United Kingdom; Microsoft Limited, Microsoft Campus, Reading, United Kingdom; 3 March 2004 --Learning solutions provider Futuremedia Plc (NASDAQ: FMDAY), and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), the world’s leading software provider, have agreed to collaborate in jointly promoting Futuremedia’s Learning For All™ programme, which capitalizes on the UK Governments’ Home Computing Initiative (HCI).

HCI offers employers a tax-efficient and cost effective way of providing their staff with a tangible employee benefit for a minimal investment. The Learning For All™ programme capitalizes on the HCI scheme to motivate people and enhance performance by providing not only a home computer, but also learning packages for the whole family in addition to the employees’ access to his or her own learning zone.

As part of the collaboration Microsoft is committed to providing Futuremedia with marketing support to enhance the market awareness and further sales of the Learning For All™ programme. This could take the form of co-marketing campaigns and could include using existing Futuremedia case studies, such as their Learning For All™ rollout at the UK’s Royal Mail, as examples of “best practice”. It has been cited by the UK Government’s Office of the e-Envoy as a prime example of how organisations can capitalize on the Home Computing Initiative (HCI), in order to add value to employee benefits programmes, and achieve the best possible return on investment.

This relationship between Futuremedia and Microsoft demonstrates the two companies’ key strengths and their joint commitment to increase the individual ownership of computers in support of individual, organizational and Governmental goals.

``Futuremedia has a powerful proposition for forward thinking organisations which has resulted in successful implementations of Learning For All™. The programme has also triggered significant interest amongst corporate and public sector organisations which take a strategic view of empowering their people to own PCs at home to extend their learning capabilities and business effectiveness," said Jeremy Gittins, Microsoft Limited`s Director of Home Computing.

David Bailey, Managing Director of Futuremedia’s Learning For All™, stated: “I believe that our initial contracts for Learning For All™ validated the programme, and demonstrated its use towards potential users. As a leader in providing this programme, we can now prove the positive return on investment any company can get from Learning For All™, and with the backing of the worlds’ technology leader, Microsoft, we are quite confident more companies and organisations could take up this programme.”

Mats Johansson, CEO of Futuremedia, said: “Futuremedia is pleased to team up with Microsoft to jointly build on the growing success of Learning For All™ to win further business. We see Learning For All™ as a strategic service to position ourselves as the main learning partner for our customers, and hope this collaboration will reinforce the momentum of our drive to leadership in Europe.”

About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device.

About Futuremedia
Futuremedia plc (est. 1983) is a Solutions Provider in the growing e-learning market with 20 years experience in the interactive media field supplying products and services to industrial and commercial business sectors and government, mainly in the UK and Continental Europe.

The Company has a proven track record in providing knowledge and training via Solstra, its proprietary Learning Management System which in its largest application has a capacity for 240,000 users.

Futuremedia’s customers include Britvic, BT, BUPA, Channel Four, Daimler Chrysler, GSK, Hilton International, IDEA, UK National Health Service, Royal Mail and Syngenta. In delivering its solutions, the Company is partnering with Centra Software, Fujitsu-Siemens, Microsoft, Thompson NETg and Skillsoft.

Futuremedia can be found on the Web at www.futuremedia.co.uk

"Safe Harbor" Statement under Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
This press release contains forward-looking statements related to future results and speaks only of Futuremedia’s expectations as of the date hereof. Such statements include discussions concerning Futuremedia’s future financial performance and the future performance of its products. Such statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. The risks and uncertainties include the management of strategic partnerships, the early stage of the Internet and intranet learning and communications market, the management of growth, the ability of Futuremedia to develop and successfully market new products, rapid technological change and competition, and other factors detailed in Futuremedia’s filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Futuremedia expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in expectations or in information on which any such statement is based. All product names and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of Futuremedia or their respective owners.

Press information: Kay Phelps, The PR Department for Futuremedia, [e-mail]; T: [phone] M: [phone];
Daniel Aitkenhead, Edelman for Microsoft, T: [phone] M: [phone]

Investor relations queries: Mats Johansson, CEO, [e-mail] T: [phone]

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