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Ford Motor Company Buys into SOLSTRA for Further Three Years

29 June 2000

The e-Learning Journey with Solstra Continues at Ford

          
    ARUNDEL, England - UK-based Futuremedia PLC , a leading provider of 
integrated e-Learning solutions, today announced that The Ford Design Institute 
of Ford Motor Company based in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, has agreed to extend its 
current 20,000 learner/user Solstra licence for another three years.

    The Futuremedia and Ford teams have worked closely over the last two years
to produce a Solstra Learning Management System that positions FDI perfectly
for a substantial planned increase in usage over the coming months.
Futuremedia sees the order extension, agreed five months before expiry of the
original, as evidence of a successful working relationship.

    The extension of the licence now allows Ford Motor Company training
management to ramp up the deployment and provision of on-line support for Ford
engineers involved in the Ford Technical Education Program (FTEP) and
Assessment of Prior Experience & Learning (APEL).

    Peter Norris, Futuremedia Account Director for Ford Motor Company,
commented: "The contract renewal indicates the seriousness with which Ford
takes e-Learning within its various business units.  It also reinforces the
company's ongoing commitment to providing fast, effective and relevant
training to its personnel, wherever and whenever it is required."

    About Solstra 2000(R)

    Solstra 2000 offers organisations a solution for convenient,
cost-effective and flexible delivery of learning to dispersed audiences via
the Internet or an intranet, together with an effective method of knowledge
management.  Its open architecture means it can be quickly installed to
operate across a range of heterogeneous IT platforms.

    Its 'Administrator' function automatically monitors and records learning
activity of all users, providing management with an overview and creating a
'bank' of information.  Using Solstra 2000, personnel can update learning
content centrally and distribute it instantly and inexpensively over the net
to the appropriate audience.

    Solstra 2000 also protects and maximises investment in existing learning
material by accommodating net-based products, regardless of who produced them.
It also directs users towards other relevant learning or knowledge available
within an organisation -- whether in the form of expertise or other learning
materials.  As an efficient system for delivering and sharing knowledge, it
can be used by organisations to demonstrate enterprise-wide compliance to
government regulations and standards or best practice.  

    About Futuremedia

    Futuremedia PLC is a leading provider of integrated e-Learning solutions
to B2B markets.  The easycando(TM) Network provides businesses with easy
access to e-Learning content, infrastructure and services through fully hosted
and branded solutions.  easycando(TM) leverages the collaborative working
functionality of Centra Software and other leading integrated applications.
Futuremedia plc and easycando leverage existing knowledge and proven
technology such as Solstra, jointly developed with British Telecommunications
plc.

    Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters
discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements which involve
risk and uncertainty, including, but not limited to, economic, competitive,
governmental and technological factors affecting the Company's operations,
markets, products, services and prices, and other factors discussed in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.