RNS Number:6075U
Wigmore Group (The) PLC
26 January 2004


                             The Wigmore Group plc

                               #1.2m contract win

AIM listed support services group The Wigmore Group plc is pleased to announce
that Speymill, it's Leisure and Hotel Division, has been awarded a #1.2m
contract by Closegate Hotel Developments (Stevenage) Ltd.

Work on the new hotel situated, in Stevenage, is scheduled to start in late
January. The project comprises of a design and build to form a developers shell
for a new 5 story Premier Lodge hotel with 115 bedrooms and includes restaurant
and bar facilities.

The contract period is 18 weeks and is worth in excess of #1.2m.

For further information please contact:

Peter Hewitt     Executive Chairman     01293 423 301
Peter Grisman    Finance Director       01293 423 319
Jeremy Porter    Seymour Pierce         020 7107 8000

Note to Editors:
The Wigmore Group PLC (LSE: WGT) is a focussed support services group deriving
its business from a mixture of term contracts with good covenants, after-sale
housing services, domestic and commercial building insurance solutions, and
speciality contracting. It provides business to business building and
maintenance services to both the public and private sectors as well as fast
track design, construction and property refurbishment services to the leisure
and hotel sector throughout the UK.

www.wigmoregroup.com

The Wigmore Group plc has three principle subsidiaries:

www.speymill.com
www.fnpm.co.uk
www.dfblanchard.com


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