London, January 15, 2008 - Birch Street Systems, a leading provider of customisable eProcurement and back office automation solutions, today announced that it is to proactively enter the UK market. With the success of its global and European client-base, the software company is now looking to expand its base further into the UK. The push will build on the existing UK user base of high profile hotel chains (such as Marriott International and Hilton International, as well as all of their UK suppliers) that have selected Birch Street Systems as their partner-of-choice in helping them to streamline their back office applications. The company's eProcurement system, a suite of web-based applications delivered using a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, is designed to help an enterprise leverage its buying power, automate back-office processes and tighten financial controls.

Expanding to New Territories and New Markets in 2008

Not content to rest on the success it has garnered within the hospitality industry, Birch Street Systems is looking to 2008 as the year of new and diverse expansion into new industries that can seamlessly integrate the company's web-based software in a flexible, easy-to-use manner.

Birch Street Systems plans to leverage its software technology solution into a host of other enterprises including hospitals, universities and other organisations that incorporate a number of different food and beverage vendors and suppliers.