Directors Purchase Shares

Artisan (UK) PLC
18 July 2000

              Artisan (UK) plc ('the Company')
                              
                 Director's Share Purchases

The Company announces that Mr Stephen Dean, Chairman of
Artisan (UK) plc, and Mr Chris Musselle, Finance Director,
have today notified the Company of the following purchases
of shares in the Company:

Mr Stephen Dean, 500,000 ordinary shares at 16p per share on
18 July 2000.

Mr Chris Musselle, 50,000 ordinary shares at 16p per share
on 18 July 2000.

These purchases bring Mr Dean's total shareholding in the
Company to 24,500,000 ordinary shares, representing 9.34 per
cent of the issued share capital, and Mr Musselle's total
shareholding to 288,353 ordinary shares, representing 0.11%
per cent.

Enquiries:

VoyagerIT.com plc                  01480 436666
Stephen Dean, Chairman

Boswell City Financial PR Limited       020 7583 2001
Glenda Boswell                Mobile    [phone]
Rodney Johnson