2002 UK software market. (IT News).The UK Computer Software market will grow by 2.6% in 2002, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an analysis from Plimsoll plim·soll also plim·sol or plim·sole n. Chiefly British A rubber-soled cloth shoe; a sneaker. [Probably from the resemblance of its mudguard to a Plimsoll mark. . However this growth will not be seen across the entire industry. Analysing the latest figures from the largest 2000 companies in the Computer Software industry, Plimsoll revealed that over a third of the industry may not see growth at all and could lose 18.7% of sales on average this year. Three quarters of these companies saw profits fall in 2001 and almost 48% are currently making losses. Despite these factors very few have reduced staff and only 52% made attempts to reduce their asset base. Plimsoll's First Edition names 1152 companies that shared a 29.1% growth last year. Within this group 288 companies individually increased sales by a minimum of 65.2% last year. Many of these high growth companies are quite large, 9 of them making up part of the largest 100 companies in the UK Computer Software industry. Plimsoll has named some of the highest market share earners. Listed below are the current top 9 in the Computer Software industry. (Order of listing corresponds to overall size of company, largest to smallest.) % Growth 77.7% SEGA EUROPE LTD 76.8% TIME GROUP LTD 78.0% SARGENT - DISC LTD 89.1% TOREXPLC 109.7% ACTIVISION UK LTD 65.6% HI-GRADE COMPUTERS PLC 86.1% TELESENSKSCL (Holdings) LTD 186.8% BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP LTD 208.0% SIEBEL SYSTEMS UK LTD www.plimsoll.co.uk |
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