Re Contract

Carillion PLC
29 July 2003







29 July 2003



Carillion lands major £90 million TFM contract for Telewest Broadband



Business and Construction Services company Carillion has been awarded the
national total facilities management (TFM) contract for Telewest Broadband,
valued at around £90 million.



The five-year, national contract covers up to 230 locations between Plymouth and
Dundee and will employ about 110 staff, the majority of whom will transfer
employment from Telewest Broadband to Carillion Services. This major TFM
contract includes service delivery of M & E maintenance, catering, cleaning,
mail, security, grounds maintenance, pest control, archiving and vending
commencing August 1 2003.



Commenting on this win John McDonough, Carillion's chief executive said: 'We are
delighted to be working with Telewest Broadband who are a technology driven
company that has welcomed our innovative solution to their facilities management
needs, including the implementation of a new centralised Web Interfaced contact
centre.



'The development of our facilities management business is an important part of
our strategy for growth in both the public and private sector outsourcing
markets, having strengthened our offering to private sector customers through
the acquisition of Citex Management Services. This achievement builds on other
recent successes involving extensions to contracts with private sector customers
including Coca-Cola and HBOS worth around £26 million.'



Telewest Broadband's Jason Peckmore, Director, Property & Facilities Management
said: 'Carillion was chosen on the basis of its proven delivery capability and
its widespread experience of facilities management. The deal will ensure a first
class customer experience whilst maintaining cost control, simplifying existing
working practises and allowing the company to focus on its core business.'



For further information contact:

Paula Manning, Carillion                                            01902 316377

Becky Mottershead, Telewest                                        020 7299 5222



Notes to editors

About Carillion

Carillion is a leading provider of broad-based business and Construction
Services. As a FTSE 250 company with a £1,900m turnover and 18,000 employees,
the Group's activities are based on providing high quality, sustainable
solutions and services delivered by one or a combination of our resources. Our
key target markets are health, transport, commercial building and facilities
management, defence and international (with a particular focus on Canada, Europe
and the Middle East).



About Telewest

Telewest Communications, the broadband communications and media group, currently
passes 4.9 million homes and provides multi-channel television, telephone and
internet services to 1.74 million UK households, and voice and data
telecommunications services to around 72, 700 business customers. Its content
division, Flextech, is the BBC's partner in UKTV. Together they are the largest
supplier of basic channels to the UK pay-TV market with a portfolio that
combines wholly owned and managed channels, including the eleven joint venture
channels with the BBC.










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