LONDON, October 28 /PRNewswire/ --

<< Three-phased software implementation project will build on 
current Microsoft-technology infrastructure to realise state-of-the-art 
budgeting, planning and external reporting applications >>

Clarity Systems, a leader in corporate performance management (CPM) and 
external reporting solutions, today announced that Young and Co.'s Brewery, 
P.L.C., will be implementing the Clarity 6(TM) and Clarity FSR(TM) 
applications, to improve operational efficiencies and reduce reporting risks.

"Since our firm was founded in 1831, we have prospered by providing 
first- class customer service across our chain of managed pubs, tenanted pubs 
and hotels in London and southern England," said Peter Whitehead, Financial 
Director at Young's. "Today this requires using leading technology to budget 
and plan for market trends and customer desires ahead of our competitors. The 
Clarity solution will help us improve this focus in short order, which is one 
of the key reasons we signed on."

"We already had a good Microsoft infrastructure in place and wanted to 
take full advantage of this and the skills we have in-house, rather than 
purchase expensive, cumbersome and separate tools," said Torquil Sligo-Young, 
Human & Information Resources Director, Young's. "Clarity takes full 
advantage of the native Microsoft technology, fully integrating with and 
leveraging our existing MS SQL Server and Microsoft Analysis Services cubes. 
Put simply, Clarity delivers a rich application layer on top of our Microsoft 
infrastructure, building on it rather than replacing it, to drive 
efficiencies and reduce our risks."

Young's was attracted to the comprehensive application functionality and 
intuitive user interface of the system. Based on feedback from other 
customers, this will ensure good user adoption and quick time to value. The 
fact that Clarity provides a single, unified solution that leverages existing 
systems and can be built out in phases was also seen as a huge advantage.

"The robust Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting capabilities 
within Clarity will significantly automate, enhance and streamline our 
existing processes. We are excited about the greater accuracy and insight 
that the system will deliver to manage the performance of our business both 
now and successfully into the future," said Martin Wastie, Financial 
Controller, Young's. "And we wanted to implement top-down and bottom-up 
planning and weekly cash flow forecasting," added Wastie.

About Clarity Systems

Clarity Systems delivers software solutions to the Office of Finance. Our 
software helps large and mid-market organisations around the world improve 
their budgeting, planning, consolidations, scorecarding and management 
reporting processes, and also automates their external reporting processes to 
support the production of regulatory and statutory reports. Our unified 
applications help CFOs reduce risk while simultaneously improving operational 
efficiency. For more information, please visit our website at 
http://www.claritysystems.com or call us at +44(0)2031784038 or 
+1-877-410-5070 in North America.

For further information: Dave Paolini, Communications Manager, Clarity 
Systems Limited, +1-647-242-1184, dpaolini@claritysystems.com; Clarity 
Systems UK, +44(0)2031784038, info@claritysystems.com