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On 17 August 2011, Managing Director Steve Nash announced to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) that BSA Limited had secured a four-year [plus one-year option] contract extension with Australia's leading subscription television provider FOXTEL.

FOXTEL CEO Kim Williams said, "BSA has been a long term partner of FOXTEL and has supported FOXTEL's investment in a large range of product initiatives including our launches of FOXTEL Digital, FOXTEL iQ and FOXTEL IQHD - which represents Australia's most comprehensive HD offering of 22 HD channels. Under the new agreement BSA will continue to support the roll-out of fantastic existing and new products including by offering even more tailored installation times for our customers," Mr. Williams added.

The contract which became effective from 1 September 2011 has ensured that BSA will continue its 13-year relationship with FOXTEL, the provider of subscription television services to over 1.6 million subscribers throughout Australia.

BSA looks forward to continuing to provide FOXTEL and its customers with the high quality service that has placed BSA at the forefront of the subscription television installation and maintenance industry in Australia.

     

BSA Limited announced on 1 August 2011, that it has completed the acquisition of Burke Air Pty Limited, one of Western Australia's leading HVAC service and maintenance providers for $9.2million, made up of $8.9m cash and $0.3m of BSA shares. The acquisition will be funded by existing cash facilities and is expected to be earnings accretive in its first year.

The Chairman of BSA Limited, Ross Johnston, said "The acquisition of Burke Air is a timely addition to the BSA Group, substantially expanding our footprint in Western Australia, and will complement our growing presence in the HVAC design and construction market in Western Australia. These two businesses complete our service offering in this market."

BSA's Managing Director, Steve Nash, said "Burke Air brings us closer to the rapidly growing north-west resources sector through its offices in Karratha and Port Hedland, which service the major resources companies in the region as well as other customers in those towns. Burke Air is an accredited supplier of HVAC goods and services to some of the region's largest mining companies. BSA already has some exposure to the resources sector through its businesses in Queensland and the Northern Territory. We expect to leverage our connections to the resources sector in the future".

Burke Air is BSA's second acquisition in 2011 following BSA's acquisition of MEC Services Darwin business in January. MEC Services has finished the year ahead of forecast and in a good position for continued growth in FY12.

Mr Stephen Nash has now commenced in the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BSA Limited.

BSA Chairman, Mr Ross Johnston, said "the Board is delighted to have someone of Stephen Nash's capability to step into the role of CEO - and join the Board of BSA - as of 17 January 2011, following the decision of Mark Foley to retire after 10 years as CEO."

"Stephen's previous roles over the last ten years have included Chief Executive Officer and Operating Officers and General Management. These have been in the building services and facilities management industries. He has a strong background in business development, information systems and risk management. These roles have equipped him well to take BSA to the next level of its development," said Mr Johnston.

We thank Mark Lowe for his ongoing contribution as Acting Managing Director prior to the commencement of Stephen.

BSA Limited were pleased to announce in early February that as of 20 January 2011 we had acquired Darwin based acquired Darwin based mechanical services company MEC Services.

MEC Services is now incorporated under the Allstaff Airconditioning Group of Companies, within BSA's Building Services Division and will continue to operate under the respected MEC Services name.

Geoff Hunter has been appointed General Manager of MEC Services. Geoff has spent seven years with the Allstaff Airconditioning NSW Team, heading up the Special Projects Division, and has relocated to Darwin to manage MEC Services.

This acquisition is an important milestone in both Allstaff and MEC Services extensive history and will provide MEC with the significant opportunity to capitalize upon additional resources provided by Allstaff to ensure they continue to exceed the needs of their customers.

The acquisition will also provide Allstaff employees with further career advancement opportunities

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the entire team at MEC Services.

   

BSA Limited has completed the acquisition of the Allstaff Air Conditioning Group of Companies (Allstaff).

Allstaff is a leader in commercial air conditioning installation and mechanical services and operate across Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory. Their customers include a number of high profile companies, such as Bovis Lend Lease, Leighton Group of companies, Westfield and Probuild.

Allstaff will continue to operate independently under the respected "Allstaff" brand and BSA will seek to enhance and grow the business, using our back-office capabilities and business development skills.

Allstaff brings a number of new customers to BSA and takes us into new markets. The business is particularly strong in the healthcare sector and has a solid service and maintenance operation division.

Allstaff is an excellent business and this is a fantastic acquisition for BSA.

Further details in relation to the acquisition are included in the accompanying investor presentation.

View the ASX Announcements:

• Media Release
• Allstaff Investor Presentation
• Appendix 3B

Visit the website:
www.allstaff.com.au

Building and communication services company BSA Limited (ASX: BSA) today announced that it has entered into a contract to acquire the Allstaff Air Conditioning Group of companies (Allstaff). The contract is expected to complete in early December 2009 subject to the conclusion of final due diligence.

Click here to view PDF announcement.

The FOXTEL Lap is back in November 2009 and BSA Limited is again participating in support of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI), Australia's largest child health research institute.

On Friday 13th November 2009, BSA staff members will run or walk as many 100m laps as they can in 30 minutes on a treadmill. 20 members of the BSA family will be competing against teams from other corporate organisations to complete as many laps as possible in the ten hour challenge. All participants raise money for MCRI through sponsorship and donations from co-workers, friends and family for each lap they complete.

BSA will also be running a number of other exciting fundraising initiatives to raise as much money as possible for this fantastic cause.

There are more than 6500 young men and women with high care needs residing in aged care facilities across Australia, simply because there had previously been no alternatives. With the help of major sponsors such as BSA Limited, on the 8th December 2007, the very first Youngcare Apartments opened at Sinnamon Park in Brisbane. BSA provided each apartment with free FOXTEL along with teleconferencing and video streaming between Youngcare Apartments and family or friends of residents.

Youngcare has now begun work on a second apartment project located on the Gold Coast. BSA has again pledged their support to this amazing development that offers a superior quality of life for young people with disabilities. Each apartment provides a number of things including, one bedroom apartments, an individual terrace or balcony, a plasma screen TV, individual meal options, an automatic door entry with proximity card, a ceiling mounted track and hoist system, overnight accommodation for guests or residents, and 24 hour nurse call.

Youngcare has also announced that their long term goal is to have more of these residences for each State and Territory across Australia. For more information about Young Care please visit www.youngcare.com.au .

When Managing Director Mark Foley issued the company's first environmental policy in September 2004, he set the long term direction for developments to minimise environmental impacts, reduce natural resource use and prevent pollution arising from operations across BSA.
Led by National Project Manager Kevin Bradley and his team, a key milestone was achieved in 2008 when BSA was awarded certification of our environmental management system to the international standard ISO 14001 by BSI Benchmark Certification. ISO 14001 is an internationally accepted set of rules that guides organisations like BSA when setting up an environmental management system.
The key component of all ISO 14001 environmental management systems is the determination of the organisations key objectives and measurable targets directed towards improving environmental performance and then operating programs to meet those objectives and targets. These objectives were recently set for the 2009 and 2010 calendar years and include such measures as paper reuse, no colour printing, duplex printing, recycling, and fortnightly eco-friendly Green Tips.
BSA is committed to adopting an environmentally responsible approach to all our business activities now and in the future.

On the 10th August 2009, BSA Limited launched a newly developed software program, Work Manager, on a Windows Mobile handheld device (PDA). The software program was designed to maximise workday efficiency amongst BSA's technicians and create a smoother more efficient working platform. The PDA connects directly to the internet, communicating with the BSA server and FOXTEL.

The installer benefits related to the PDA are endless. Not only does it increase the number of possible jobs serviced each day, the live digital data means that many of our processes are faster, increasingly accurate and much more manageable. It also removes the need for paper and the re-entry of data on the web when a technician completes his field activities, supporting an improved work/life balance.

Other benefits of the device include reduced time spent on the computer, reduced communication time with the Call Centre, reducing costs for technicians and instant access to such things as BSA notices, message broadcasts, updates or cancellations, and unassigned work.

The FOXTEL PDA is faster, smoother and smarter, providing a one-stop-shop for almost every piece of information a technician needs.