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30 11 2003

5th OCR National Recognising Achievement Awards sponsored by DRS

DRS sponsored the GCSE and GNVQ category of the Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations national “Recognising Achievement Awards” on 27 November 2003

20 10 2003

DRS and NCS settle patent litigation

DRS Data & Research Services plc and NCS Pearson Inc have today announced that they have settled the outstanding patent litigation between them.

13 10 2003

First for DRS in the Middle East

On 4th October 2003, several months of intensive project planning culminated in the successful use of DRS e-counting technology in the national elections

16 09 2003

DRS awarded Durham University contract

DRS has recently been awarded the contract to continue supplying the Middle Years Information System (MidYIS) examinations and Year eleven Information System (Yellis)

13 06 2003

National education award sponsored by DRS

A talented Essex student, who only arrived in the UK in 2001, has won a prestigious national academic award sponsored by DRS Data & Research Services plc.

10 06 2003

Under starter's orders for the 2004 London election race

The first milestone in the countdown to next year’s London Mayoral and Assembly elections was passed today with the award of an electronic vote counting contract worth at least £3.5 million

19 05 2003

Local election innovative e-counts a major success

DRS sophisticated e-counting technology delivered results in record time once again in four innovative local authority postal elections on May 1st. With a combined electorate of around 200,000

02 04 2003

DRS to work on first ever multiple Council election count

DRS has been awarded the contract to provide its proven e-counting solution for the first ever unique multiple Council election count in May 2003

24 03 2003

DRS to work on election pilots never trialled before in the UK

DRS has been awarded the contract for the e-counting element the 2003 Shrewsbury & Atcham Borough Council local elections where a unique method of e-counting will be trialled for the first time in the UK.

07 03 2003

DRS meets HM The Queen

Linford Wood based DRS Data & Research Services plc met Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace on 17 February 2003 at a reception for winners of all categories