Recording the biggest position change of all 260 companies in the survey, Sema Group rose over 179 places to rank 42 in the 1997 survey, from 221 in 1996. A European Space Agency programme, IRIS aims to fill a gap in the market for organisations who are more concerned with the cost than the speed of transmission. Sema Group has developed a new Internet site for the UK Department of Media, Culture and Sport, giving information on the good causes receiving National Lottery grants. Searches on the 28,000 awards can be carried out by region or constituency, good causes, size of award and name of recipient.
Projects range from large building works to local community youth initiatives.
This implementation for one of the world s leaders in non-ferrous metals is the first of its kind in the country. From its base in Yeovil, Somerset in England s West Country Ael develops real-time systems and software for aircraft and helicopter manufacturers.