| Year Ended | |||
| £000 | 30 September 1996 | 30 September 1995 | |
| NET CASH INFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | 8,273 | 8,378 | |
| RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS AND SERVICING OF FINANCE | |||
| Interest received | 484 | 488 | |
| Interest paid | (19) | (26) | |
| Interest element of finance lease rentals | (10) | (24) | |
| Dividends paid | (1,105) | (868) | |
| NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS AND SERVICING OF FINANCE | (650) | (430) | |
| TAXATION | |||
| Corporation tax paid (including advance corporation tax) | (1,862) | (1,326) | |
| Corporation tax refunded | - | 38 | |
| NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM TAXATION | (1,862) | (1,288) | |
| INVESTING ACTIVITIES | |||
| Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets | (3,139) | (2,069) | |
| Acquisition of the Key Solutions business | - | (1,088) | |
| Receipts from sales of tangible fixed assets | 389 | 336 | |
| NET CASH (OUTFLOW)/INFLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | (2,750) | (2,821) | |
| NET CASH INFLOW BEFORE FINANCING | 3,011 | 3,839 | |
| FINANCING | |||
| Issue of Ordinary Shares | 294 | 1,425 | |
| Placing expenses | - | (1,061) | |
| Capital element of finance lease rentals | (187) | (360) | |
| NET CASH INFLOW/(OUTFLOW) FROM FINANCING | 107 | 4 | |
| INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS | 3,118 | 3,843 | |