Acquisition

COUNTYWeb.com PLC
2 April 2001

COUNTYWeb.com PLC

Acquisition of business and assets of Ansaback

Further to the announcement made on 27 March 2001, COUNTYWeb.com PLC
('COUNTYWeb' or the 'Company'), the on-line regional business directory
provider, has now acquired certain customers and assets from Ipswich-based 24/
7 message and call-centre service Cedar Ansaback Ltd for a total consideration
of £194,000.

The acquisition, will provide COUNTYWeb with a specialist overflow and out of
hours message taking service and its associated software. It is proposed that
the call-centre service will be consolidated with the Company's own operations
at it's office in Ipswich.

Some 200 client contracts and 76 full or part time staff will be transferred
to COUNTYWeb enabling COUNTYWeb to offer a full out of hours service to its
existing client base and extend the utilisation of its existing outbound call
centre technology to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The existing contracts
have an estimated annual value of approximately £500,000 and it is anticipated
that the majority of these clients will renew at the end of their current
contracts. It is proposed that each new client will be given an enhanced entry
in the COUNTYWeb directory free of charge for the first 3 months, resulting in
higher visibility for their business. This additional business, along with the
existing base of more than 2,000 clients, will give COUNTYWeb a greater
recurring revenue base for the future.