Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions Takes Top Honors in 2009 National Business Awards South of England Regional Finals

RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwire - July 20, 2009) - Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries, today announced that it has been selected as the winner of The National Business Awards Growth Strategy of the Year - South of England. Executives from Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions accepted the award at a reception held on 14 July at the London Hilton Park, London.

A National Business Award is the U.K.'s most sought after business honor, providing finalists and winners with real recognition of their achievements. A winner in the Growth Strategy category plus selected as a finalist in three other categories, Patersons underwent intense scrutiny by a team of pre-eminent business professionals and presented to a panel of experts prior to the final judging.

Karen Paterson, founder and CEO of Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, said, "We're honored to be recognized as the South of England's hottest growth company. Patersons has a passion for technical excellence, value added service and extreme customer service. Winning The National Business Awards Growth Strategy for South of England acknowledges the achievements and future opportunities of our unique Global HR and Payroll Solution."

Company founder and CEO Karen Paterson is acknowledged by her industry as having designed and delivered the world's first Internet-based global payroll management system. In doing so, she resolved what is potentially the largest problem faced by growing global organizations: the lack of a single contract, single platform payroll system that helps companies pay employees while managing the inherent risks involved in fielding local- and country-level tax and compliance regulations. Today, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions' flagship software-as-a-service offering Logon2, which was a finalist for the Business Innovation of the Year Award, features employee and manager self service; a global multi-lingual, multi-currency HR suite; online international payroll processing; expatriate management; performance management; flexible benefits and benefits administration; and a full business intelligence and reporting suite.

As a winner of a regional category, Patersons will go forward as a finalist in the National programme. For more information about the awards, visit http://www.nationalbusinessawards.co.uk/regionals/.

About Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions

Headquartered in Salisbury, U.K. with offices in the U.S., central Europe and Asia, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions is a leading global HR and payroll software and services business delivering expert solutions to clients in more than 160 countries. The Company's secure Internet-based software as a service is multi-currency and multi-lingual (covering over 30 languages), features an easy-to-use interface, supports fast implementation times and facilitates integration with existing systems. Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions differentiates itself by: one contract, one software solution, one enterprise interface and one cohesive system approach. As a result, Patersons has proved the impossible by being able to run multi-jurisdictional payroll rules for multiple clients on one database and one instance of source code worldwide. More information and contact details can be accessed at www.patersons.net