RNS Number:8143W
Management Consulting Group PLC
12 January 2006

12 January 2006

                        Management Consulting Group PLC

                            Pre-close trading update



Management Consulting Group PLC issues the following trading update ahead of the
announcement of the Group's 2005 preliminary results.

The Group's revenues for the year ended 31 December 2005 are estimated to be
ahead of market expectations and to have grown by 8% to #129 million (2004: #119
million).

Revenues of Proudfoot Consulting are estimated to have grown by 6% to #86
million (2004: #81 million) and revenues of Parson Consulting are estimated to
have grown by 14% to #43 million (2004: #38 million).

The Group's operating profit, before the exceptional profit of #0.9 million,
which was highlighted at the time of the interim results, is expected to be not
less than the highest published forecast in the market place.

Taking account of the Group's current order book and prospects, the directors
consider that the Group is well positioned for significant progress in the first
half of 2006 over the comparable period of 2005.

Kevin Parry, Chief Executive commented:

"There has been strong organic growth as a result of continued investment in our
service offerings and the expansion of our business development activities.

In common with other consultancies we have seen improving market conditions and
there is much greater trading visibility going into a new year than we have had
for the past five years."


Management Consulting Group PLC             Tel: +44 207 710 5000
Kevin Parry, Chief Executive
Mark Currie, Finance Director

The Maitland Consultancy                    Tel: +44 207 379 5151
Suzanne Bartch
Peter Ogden

Notes to editors:

Management Consulting Group PLC (MMC.L) operates through two divisions:
Proudfoot Consulting and Parson Consulting. Proudfoot Consulting specialises in
operational improvement consulting and Parson Consulting specialises in
financial management consulting. The businesses operate worldwide. For further
information, visit www.mcgplc.com

Current market expectations

                    Revenue (#'m)     Operating profit (pre 
                                      exceptionals) (#'m)

ABN Amro                   127.4                   12.2
Bridgewell                 124.4                   12.2
Evolution                  124.6                   11.9
Insinger de Beaufort       125.3                   11.9
Panmure Gordon             126.0                   11.0






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