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Business & Decision is one of Europe's 500 fastest growing companies
Outstanding employment growth ranks Business & Decision in 83rd place on Europe's 500 Listing for 2004
St. Albans, 30 November 2004, Business & Decision, the European consulting and data engineering company specialising in Business Intelligence, Client Relationship Management (CRM) and e-Business, today announced that it has been ranked 83rd amongst the fastest growing European companies included in the 2004 Europe's 500. The annual listing, endorsed by 3i, Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group and PricewaterhouseCoopers, is published by Europe's Entrepreneurs for Growth.
This year's 500 dynamic, entrepreneurial-driven companies who qualified for Europe's 500, have managed to sustain growth since the year 2000, boosting employment and sales at an impressive average annual rate of 15%. Despite the challenging business environment, these champions of growth have created more than 120,000 jobs across Europe. They have continued to drive employment creating an average of 81 new jobs per year, which equates to more than one new job per week, during three of the most difficult economic years in the last half decade. Business & Decision has increased employment by 34% (on an annual basis between 2000 and 2003) and added a total of 354 new jobs.
"We are delighted to have made the Europe's 500 list," said Patrick Bensabat, Chairman of Business & Decision. "Business & Decision is the one of six French companies in this European ranking".
Europe's 500 demonstrates that growth is not industry specific but is driven by talented, innovative, risk-taking entrepreneurs. 30% of this years' Europe's 500 are found within the manufacturing (industrial goods) and industrial services sector. These are followed by the IT services sector (15%) and the management services sector (10%). Business & Decision is one of 77 companies from the IT services sector that managed to qualify for Europe's 500."Given the economic environment of the last few years, Business & Decision's continued growth is a real achievement" says Philippe Leonard of Europe's 500. "Europe needs to stimulate employment through more fast growing companies like Business & Decision; we believe that these champions of growth should be recognized as role models."
The Europe's 500 listing identifies rapidly growing European companies for their employment creation and rapid growth. Business & Decision will be officially recognised and honored for its remarkable business achievements and growth in employment at the Europe's 500 Awards Dinner on 7 December in Paris.
About Europe's 500
Europe's 500 was first published in 1996 as an initiative of the association also called Europe's 500 (now know as Europe's Entrepreneurs for Growth) and has been published on an annual basis ever since. During this time, more than 3.000 of Europe's high growth companies have received the accolade of being one of Europe's 500 champions of growth.
The listing is intended to focus attention on entrepreneurial achievement and fast-growth European companies. Its focus on job creation and growth in medium sized enterprises is unique and distinguishes it from other business rankings.
Full information and the complete 2004 Europe's 500 listing can be found at: http://www.europes500.com/.
About Business & Decision - www.businessdecision.com
Founded in 1992, Business & Decision is an International consulting and Systems Integration company specializing in Business Intelligence, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and E-Business. The Group works with clients to implement systems that aim at driving business functions and performance (dashboards, reporting, consolidation etc.); help in customer relationship management (sales force automation, call centers, campaign management, analytical CRM); and assist in E-Business (intranet and extranet portals, directories and Meta directories, e-commerce, knowledge management, Open source technologies, etc.). With more than 2,800 employees worldwide, Business & Decision has developed a "complete project" approach that spans from consulting to implementation. The Group has a reputation for its functional and technological expertise and has forged partnerships with all of the key technology vendors. At present, Business & Decision has more than 1,200 clients.
Business & Decision has been listed on the Euronext Paris since February 2001 (compartment B / Isin code: FR 00000 7895 8 / Symbol: BND). Business & Decision is listed in the NextEconomy segment and in the IT-Cac (technology market). For more information, visit: http://www.businessdecision.com/
Press Contact at Business & Decision
Investor relations
Pauline Cieutat - pauline.cieutat@businessdecision.com
Tel: +33 1 56 21 21 20
Fax: +33 1 56 21 21 22
