Disposal of Britannia Storage Systems

Mentmore Abbey Plc
25 January 2000


                   MENTMORE ABBEY PLC
                            
                        DISPOSAL


Mentmore Abbey plc, the largest space management group in
the UK, announces the disposal of Britannia Storage
Systems ('BSS') to its management.

BSS is an engineering company which makes mobile bases
for archive storage.



For further information;

Mentmore Abbey plc            
Nick Smith, Chairman   020 8 946 3159

Buchanan Communications       
Charles Ryland         020 7466 5000