WHITESPACE SOFTWARE LIMITED

Press Release - 21st December 2001

XL Brockbank and Watson Wyatt neck and neck in Xmas quiz!

The annual Whitespace online Christmas Quiz finished in style yesterday with XL Brockbank Limited and Watson Wyatt neck and neck.

David Windall, a project manager at Watson Wyatt - one of Whitespace's clients - , won first prize. He said, 'The Whitespace quiz was a creative idea and a very interesting competition to participate in. I noticed the FTSE had gone up one morning, came in and checked the predictions and won an extra point by getting there before Whitespace!'

Heather Stevenson of XL Brockbank Limited won second prize. She said, 'This quiz has been more fun than fantasy football. Each day I visited the Whitespace website to check my position in the quiz league table. I even rang the Met Office on Monday to see if snow was expected before Friday!'

The quiz, written in rhyme, required participants to select their favoured predictions at the beginning of December. Any prediction which came true before 21^st December won a point. Ten boxes of luxury Godiva chocolates were the prizes.

The first prediction to come true was

In the land of the Beckhams
The one-eyed Keane is King
During a big match
Man. United will get a goal in

Click here to have a look at the quiz: http://www.whitespace.co.uk!

ENDS

Photographs attached

Notes to Editors:

Whitespace Software Limited is based in central London, and specialises in the development and support of bespoke computer software applications. These include solutions that use web, database, Windows and traditional console technologies.

For further information, please contact Lucy Jaffé (21^st and 24^th December) or Emma Jones (2^nd Jan onwards) at Whitespace on: 020 7420 0208, and visit the company's website at: http://www.whitespace.co.uk

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