RNS Number:6188S
Touchstone Group PLC
28 November 2003


Date:                    28 November 2003

Contacts:                Keith Birch, Managing Director
                         Touchstone Group plc              020 8441 7755

                         Trevor Phillips
                         Holborn Public Relations          020 7929 5599


                              Touchstone Group plc

Purchase of the Sage CRM business of Brown & Co (in liquidation) for an
undisclosed sum.


Touchstone Group plc ("Touchstone"), a leading IT services group supplying
integrated business solutions and services to mid-size UK companies, announces
the acquisition of the Sage CRM business of Brown & Co (in Liquidation) for an
undisclosed sum.


Brown & Co, a small Hertfordshire based Sales & Marketing Business Consultancy,
had developed a CRM practice generating on average #200,000 revenues per year
with a number of customers including Rebus HR and Morley Fund Management.


Commenting on the acquisition Touchstone's CEO Keith Birch said:


"We are delighted to welcome the clients of Brown & Co.  Our CRM credentials and
financial stability will ensure a much brighter future for them. We are also
encouraged by the new project work that is starting to develop through this
business which will further strengthen our CRM division.


"We continue to examine opportunities for the continued growth of the Group and
are confident that through prudent acquisitions we will continue to deliver
value to our shareholders."


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