RNS Number:9807N
Wigmore Group (The) PLC
25 July 2003



               The Wigmore Group plc ("Wigmore" or the "Company")

              Completion of Acquisition and Results of Open Offer

The Directors of Wigmore are pleased to announce the completion of the
acquisition of D F Blanchard (Salisbury) Limited, subject to admission to AIM of
the open offer and consideration shares, which is expected to take place on
Monday 28 July 2003.

The Directors are also pleased to announce the results of the Open Offer, which
has raised #1,067,859 (before expenses) of new equity capital to fund part of
the acquisition consideration and provide working capital. Under the
underwritten Open Offer, 19,249,094 Open Offer Shares were applied for by
Qualifying Shareholders, representing approximately 32% of the #1,067,859
raised. Seymour Pierce Ellis Ltd has placed the balance with institutional and
other investors. The 61,020,491 Open Offer shares and the 7,619,046
consideration shares are expected to be admitted to trading on AIM on Monday 28
July 2003.

D F Blanchard (Salisbury) Limited ("Blanchards") is engaged in building repair,
maintenance and refurbishment work, primarily focused on the public sector. It
has historically been engaged in building maintenance through term contracts and
lump sum contracts and now has a focus in public sector repair, maintenance and
refurbishment work. Blanchards is an approved contractor to central and local
government with inclusion in the Constructionline database. In the private
sector, the focus is on commercial or residential projects, but avoiding minor
works for the general public.

Peter Hewitt, Executive Chairman of The Wigmore Group plc, commented:

"This acquisition strengthens Wigmore's ability to build a focused support
services group with wide geographical capability. Blanchards has a strong
management team, an established trade record with excellent client
relationships; this, combined with Wigmore's existing strengths, means that we
are ideally placed to develop the Group and to take advantage of future growth
opportunities."

Enquiries:

The Wigmore Group plc                             01293 44 66 99

Peter Hewitt, Executive Chairman

Peter Grisman, Finance Director



Seymour Pierce Ltd                                020 7107 8000

Jeremy Porter

For further details on the Group: www.wigmoregroup.com






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