Acquisition

Begbies Traynor Group PLC
22 February 2008

22 February 2008

                           Begbies Traynor Group plc

                         Acquisition of CoyleClark LLP

Begbies Traynor Group plc (''the Group') (AIM: BEG), the specialist professional
services organisation, today announces the acquisition of CoyleClark LLP, a
specialist tax investigation practice based in Altrincham, in the North West of
England, and with an office in Northern Ireland.

The acquisition represents a further step in line with the Group's stated 
strategy to extend and diversify its professional services offering.

CoyleClark LLP was founded in 2002 by Leo Coyle and Alex Clarke, and operates in 
a wide range of areas from investigation work, forensics, and financial 
mediation through to prosecution defence.  They also use their investigation 
background in writing reports as expert witnesses to assist legal contacts in 
defence of Confiscation Orders, be it a tax prosecution or any matter involving
the Proceeds of Crime Act.  Following the acquisition, Leo and Alex will become 
Partners in BTG Financial Partners.

The business will be integrated with the Group's existing tax consultancy, which
is based in Manchester and which was established following the recent
acquisitions of Shaw Tax and Stellar Financial Services. As a result of these
acquisitions, together with organic growth, the Group now derives annualised fee
income of over £5 million from tax consultancy services.

Ric Traynor, Executive Chairman, commented:

'The CoyleClark team extends the Group's penetration of the specialist tax
consultancy market and broadens our service offering considerably. I am
delighted that they have chosen to become a part of Begbies Traynor Group and we
look forward to growing the business as part of the Group and to driving cross
referral opportunities from our professional contact base.'


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For further information, please contact:       www.begbies-traynorgroup.com

Begbies Traynor Group plc                      0161 837 1700
Ric Traynor, Executive Chairman
John Gittins, Chief Financial Officer

Shore Capital & Corporate Limited              020 7408 4090
Guy Peters

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Reg Hoare/Katie Hunt/Will Henderson

About Begbies Traynor Group:

Begbies Traynor Group plc is a specialist professional services organisation
providing independent professional advice and solutions to businesses, financial
institutions, the accountancy professions and individuals in the areas of
corporate finance, recovery, investigation, risk management, commercial finance
and specialist tax advice. It is listed on AIM (Ticker: BEG.L).




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