SES Reaches 37th place on Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 London & South East List

Deloitte & Touche, the UK's fastest growing professional services firm, has unveiled its fifth annual ranking of London and the South East's fastest growing technology companies. SES limited was placed 37th in the region's rankings.

Deloitte & Touche created the Technology Fast 50 to reach out to UK technology companies in seven regions in the UK and Ireland, culminating in a national ranking in December 2002. This year's event is also co-sponsored by techMARK, the London Stock Exchange market for innovative technology companies, and supported by Intellect, the association for the UK's IT, telecommunications and electronics industries.

The Technology Fast 50 programme seeks out those companies that have shown impressive growth rates in the telecommunications, hardware, software and biotechnology markets over the last three financial years. All companies considered for the award must be headquartered in the London or South East region, must be technology-intensive or use unique technology in problem solving, or must devote a high percentage of effort to research and development.

William Touche, Chairman of the Technology Fast 50 Programme, said, "In a year of extraordinary adversity and when achieving growth remained the single biggest challenge the technology sector faces, these companies have demonstrated how to achieve excellence in niche markets. While 2002 was a period of retrenchment and soul searching for technology companies, during which many elected to rethink their core business strategies, these finalists have continued to reinvent themselves in difficult circumstances."

"It is all the more vital that the companies who continue to demonstrate strong growth are recognised accordingly for their strong management teams as they are the key to innovation and employment growth in the region and the UK as a whole," William Touche added.

For further details of the Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Programme, including the final list of winners: www.fast50.co.uk