An Epic announcement

Since its integration into the Huveaux Group in 2005, Epic has made a significant contribution to the continued growth of the group.

In the recently announced results for 2006, the group’s turnover increased by 62% to £45m and profit before tax, amortisation of goodwill and exceptional items grew 43% to £6m. Not only has Epic continued to deliver strong financial performance in its own right, it has also used its expertise to support key digital initiatives within the group. Digital Revenues now account for 26% of group sales and the target is for this to grow to 50% by 2010, with Epic being at the heart of this growth.

2006 was a great year for winning new business at Epic with a record amount of 40 contracts secured, not only for individual projects, but long term frameworks and partnerships. Clients have seen the added value that not only Epic brings, but that of the whole of Huveaux’s Learning Division in meeting the ever evolving needs.

Epic has further strengthened its sector expertise in 2006 in both the private and public sector. Within education we are particularly proud of our involvement in the Skills for Life Improvement Programme. It gives me real personal satisfaction that the organisation is contributing to the improvement of the literacy, numeracy and language skills of adults throughout England.

Epic is also proud to be showcasing its own rapid development tool at HRD 2007, Rapid Create. We believe that with over 20 years’ experience and our good practice in interactive and usable design to draw upon, we’ve created a simple but powerful tool that our clients will now be able to use to deliver fully accessible solutions – automatically. This is complemented by our rapid capability offering that ensures that you get out of your final e-learning programme the quality that you put in. We feel this tool fills a gap in the market, and we’ll continue to work with and recommend other rapid authoring tools where appropriate.

Prior to joining Huveaux, I was the Chief Executive of the outer territories of Mauritius. I have recently been offered once again the opportunity to work on an exciting project with the Government of Mauritius and I have decided that this is something I wish to pursue. This is an opportunity I previously declined in the interest of Epic. However, now that I have established a strong management team, I feel that I am able to take up this opportunity. I will therefore be leaving this great organisation which I have thoroughly enjoyed being a part of. The management team in place is highly capable and by far the best in the e-learning market and I have no doubt you will receive continual support from the team here at Epic.

Matt Gokhool
Managing Director