Directorate Change

Mavinwood PLC
14 April 2005


14 April 2005

                  Mavinwood plc ('Mavinwood' or 'the Company')

                     Appointment of Non-Executive Chairman

The Board of Mavinwood is pleased to announce, along with the announcement of
its proposal to acquire ReStore Group Holdings Limited, that it yesterday
appointed Philip Joseph Reid, 55, as Non-Executive Chairman. Kevin Mahoney, who
previously held the position of Executive Chairman, has been appointed Chief
Executive of the Company.

Philip has been involved in the investment banking industry for the last 30
years and has held senior positions at the National Research Development
Corporation, Merrill Lynch and Continental Trust. More recently, he has acted as
a consultant to Insinger de Beaufort, the Anglo-Dutch Investment Bank and was a
founder of AIM listed Harbinger Capital plc.

Commenting on the appointment, Kevin Mahoney said: 'We are delighted to have
attracted someone of Philip's calibre. As we continue to pursue our strategy of
building a group of market-leading UK support services businesses, Philip's
breadth of experience and quality of contacts will be invaluable'

Philip Reid holds or has held the following directorships in the past five
years:

Current Directorships             Past Directorships
Air Club Limited                  Visual Corporation Limited
Next Generation Sports plc        Portman Productions Limited
Next Generation Sports Events     Portman Entertainment Group Limited
Limited
IFEX Innovation Finance & Equity  Frictionless Hinges and Joints Limited
Exchange Limited                  (dissolved 26 December 2000)
Douris UK Limited                 Adorian plc
Concierge Property Services       Portman Entertainment Limited
Limited
Harbinger Capital plc             Portman Media Assets Limited
Study Abroad UK Limited           Caplay plc
Movo plc                          Custom House Investment Partners Limited
Multisport Services plc           Custom House Associates (UK) Limited

Mr Reid was a director of the following companies:

i)    Buckingham Communications PR Limited ('Buckingham'), which was 
      compulsorily wound up on 3 November 1993;

ii)   Warringtons plc, which had an administrative receiver appointed on 
      9 May 1991. The administrative receiver ceased to act on 27 April 1998;

iii)  Custom House Associates (UK) Limited, which was compulsorily wound up 
      on 13 October 1999;

iv)   Visual Corporation Limited ('Visual'), which entered into a creditors 
      voluntary liquidation on 9 January 2002.

In the case of Buckingham, Mr Reid believes that he resigned as a director more
than twelve months prior to the event referred to above. However, according to
records at Companies House, it would appear that his resignation might not have
been filed.

In the case of Visual, Mr Reid resigned from the parent company, Adorian PLC on
1 October 2001, and believes that he had also resigned from Visual. However,
according to records at Companies House, it would appear that his resignation
might not have been filed.




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