New Business Wins

Next Fifteen Communications Plc Next Fifteen adds £2m of New Business Growth Puts Next Fifteen Businesses in Pole Position in Silicon Valley October 14, 2004 - Next Fifteen Communications Group plc (NFC.L) has announced that its PR businesses around the world have added a significant number of new clients in the last quarter. Wins by August.One in the UK include Olympus, Mothercare and DNA Interactive, while wins by Bite Communications' US business include software giants Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) and Siebel Systems (NASDAQ:SEBL). Lastly, the Group's largest business, Text 100, has added the technology research and analyst firm Gartner and EDA leader, Cadence Design Systems (NYSE:CDN) - both accounts are US-based. Combined these clients will account for over £2m in new fee income for the Group per year. "We have seen a significant improvement in market conditions, most notably in the US," said Next Fifteen CEO Tim Dyson. "We are seeing a general strengthening of the PR industry. Client spending is largely up on previous years both in terms of retained activity and for product launches. This gives us good reason to be optimistic about the Group's prospects in the coming year." The growth of Next Fifteen's businesses in the last six months now makes it one of, if not the largest employer of technology PR professionals in the Silicon Valley area. Between its PR businesses, Text 100 and Bite, the Group now represents such technology leaders as IBM (NYSE: IBM), Xerox (NYSE: XEROX), NEC, ViewSonic, Earthlink (NASDAQ:ELNK), Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR), BEA (NASDAQ:BEAS), VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN), Siebel Systems, Autodesk and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: SUNW). Next Fifteen will report its preliminary results for the year on October 14th. For further information please contact: Tim Dyson +1 415 593 8467 / David Dewhurst +44 (0) 208 996 4154 Next Fifteen Chris Steele / Tarquin Edwards +44 (0) 207 929 5599 Holborn