Dutch Internet Consultancy Acquired

Anite Group PLC
7 February 2000

                   ANITE GROUP PLC ('ANITE')
                               
           Anite acquires Dutch internet consultancy

Anite  Group plc, the IT services business, announces that  it
has  acquired 2 Sell Marketing and Sales Consultancy B.V.  ('2
Sell'),  a  WEB product, consultancy and services  company  in
Holland. The initial consideration is nil, with an earn out up
to  £560,000 based on profits before tax achieved in the  year
ended 1st February 2001, payable in cash.

2  Sell  is  an established business with 23 consultants,  and
provides  web-based  customer relationship management,  supply
chain  management  and WAP solutions.  2  Sell  has  developed
Visual  DiTo, management software for directory servers  which
supports  the  LDAP  protocol.   In  addition,  2  Sell  is  a
distributor for internet solutions developed by Versata  Inc.,
NetObjects  Inc.  and  Netegrity  Inc.   These  products   are
marketed  directly  to clients, and working  through  partners
such  as  CMG, Lucent and Hewlett Packard.  In the year  ended
31st  December 1998, 2 Sell achieved sales of £952,000 with  a
pre  tax  loss of £96,000. The deficit of net assets  at  31st
December, 1998 was £231,000.

Anite  will  integrate 2 Sell into Q&R, its Dutch  subsidiary,
and  develop it as a European training centre for skilling its
800  consultants  in Europe working in the finance,  telecoms,
public  sector  and travel markets, including  its  industrial
base of ERP consultants in Germany.

John  Hawkins, CEO of Anite Group, said 'This acquisition will
enable  us  to strengthen our E-Commerce skills in Europe  and
thus  add greater value to our clients through an even broader
service offering'.

For further information please contact:

Anite Group plc (www.anite.com)                  0118 945 0121
John Hawkins, Chief Executive
Simon Hunt, Finance Director

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