RNS Number:0032Q
Bond International Software PLC
22 September 2003


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              22 September 2003


                  BOND INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE PLC

          BUPA Healthcare Professionals choose Adapt Staffing Software


Continuing its success in the Healthcare Staffing Market, Bond International
Software has recently concluded an agreement with BUPA Healthcare Professionals
to implement the world-leading staffing software, Adapt, within BUPA Healthcare
Professionals' businesses. The deal, worth #300k, will be implemented over the
next 18 months.


BUPA Healthcare Professionals has a national branch network supplying nurses and
carers, a specialised business providing doctors and a London based business,
Strand Nurses Bureau, which provides homecare. BUPA Healthcare Professionals'
clients include the NHS, independent hospitals, care homes, industry and private
individuals. BUPA Healthcare Professionals has annual turnover of over #50m.


Helen Parr, Operations Director of BUPA Healthcare Professionals, said "BUPA
Healthcare Professionals' focus is on finding the best people for the job and by
choosing Adapt as our preferred long-term partner we hope to be able to perform
this role more efficiently. Importantly, the system can be tailored to the
various working practices of the different specialist businesses."


Tim Richards, Managing Director of Bond UK said "The healthcare staffing market
is becoming increasingly important to us worldwide and we are delighted that
this prestigious client has chosen to implement Adapt."


Bond, which is this year enjoying its 30th anniversary, is the world's longest
established provider of staffing software and with over 28,000 users in 36
countries.


BUPA Healthcare Professionals is part of BUPA, the UK's leading, independent
health and care organisation.



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