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RM Benefits From Schools IT Spending Boom.


RM Plc, which claims to be the market leader in the UK's education IT sector with an estimated market share close of 50%, say it is benefiting from a surge in government spending Government spending or government expenditure consists of government purchases, which can be financed by seigniorage, taxes, or government borrowing. It is considered to be one of the major components of gross domestic product.   with mid-term net profit up 308.8% to 1.7m pounds ($2.9m) on revenue 40.8% higher at 71.1m pounds ($115.2m).

The UK government plans to spend $1.6bn for wiring up the nation's schools over the next five years and RM says that only around 25% of schools have networked internet access See how to access the Internet.  and a further 25% dial-up access, so the largest portion of the budget has still to be spent. Significant competition has yet to appear, RM claims, with rivals such as ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  having tiny market shares. And while big players such as Compaq Computer Corp boasted at the start of this year about looking for Looking for

In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with.
 a sizable market share (CI No 3,577), RM says it has never met it in competition for a contract.
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Publication:Computergram International
Geographic Code:4EUUK
Date:May 18, 1999
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