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EXHIBIT 12.1

                                 CERTIFICATIONS


I, Mats Johansson, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of the Company;

2.       Based  on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which
         such  statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period
         covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this  report,  fairly  present in all material
         respects the financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows
         of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.       The Company's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I are  responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
         and have:

     (a)  Designed  such  disclosure  controls  and  procedures,  or caused such
          disclosure   controls  and   procedures  to  be  designed   under  our
          supervision,  to ensure  that  material  information  relating  to the
          Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,  is made known to us
          by others  within those  entities,  particularly  during the period in
          which this report is being prepared;

     (b)  Not Applicable;

     (c)  Evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's  disclosure  controls and
          procedures  and  presented  in this report our  conclusions  about the
          effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
          of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

     (d)  Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's  internal control
          over financial  reporting  that occurred  during the period covered by
          the annual  report  that has  materially  affected,  or is  reasonably
          likely to  materially  affect,  the  company's  internal  control over
          financial reporting; and

5.       The Company's other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,  based
         on our most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
         reporting,  to the  company's  auditors and the audit  committee of the
         company's  board of directors  (or persons  performing  the  equivalent
         functions);

     (a)  All significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
          operation  of internal  control  over  financial  reporting  which are
          reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company's ability to record,
          process, summarize and report financial information; and

     (b)  Any fraud, whether or not material,  that involves management or other
          employees  who  have a  significant  role  in the  Company's  internal
          control over financial reporting.


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Date:  November 17, 2003


/S/ MATS A I JOHANSSON
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Mats A I Johansson, Chief Executive Officer









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EXHIBIT 12.2
                                 CERTIFICATIONS


I, Peter Machin, Chief Accounting Office of Futuremedia PLC, certify that:

1.       I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of the Company;

2.       Based  on my  knowledge,  this  report  does  not  contain  any  untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which
         such  statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period
         covered by this report;

3.       Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included in this  report,  fairly  present in all material
         respects the financial condition,  results of operations and cash flows
         of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.       The Company's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I are  responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
         and have:

              (a) Designed such disclosure  controls and  procedures,  or caused
              such  disclosure  controls and procedures to be designed under our
              supervision,  to ensure that material  information relating to the
              Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
              us by others within those entities, particularly during the period
              in which this report is being prepared;

              (b) Not Applicable;

              (c)  Evaluated  the  effectiveness  of  the  Company's  disclosure
              controls  and   procedures   and  presented  in  this  report  our
              conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
              procedures,  as of the end of the period  covered  by this  report
              based on such evaluation; and

              (d) Disclosed in this report any change in the Company's  internal
              control over financial  reporting that occurred  during the period
              covered by the annual report that has materially  affected,  or is
              reasonably  likely to materially  affect,  the company's  internal
              control over financial reporting; and

5.       The Company's other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,  based
         on our most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
         reporting,  to the  company's  auditors and the audit  committee of the
         company's  board of directors  (or persons  performing  the  equivalent
         functions);

              (a) All significant  deficiencies  and material  weaknesses in the
              design or operation of internal  control over financial  reporting
              which are  reasonably  likely to  adversely  affect the  Company's
              ability  to  record,  process,   summarize  and  report  financial
              information; and

              (b) Any fraud,  whether or not material,  that involves management
              or other  employees who have a  significant  role in the Company's
              internal control over financial reporting.



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Date:  November 17, 2003


/S/ PETER MACHIN
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Peter Machin, Chief Accounting Officer










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