Directorate Change

Carr's Milling Industries PLC
01 September 2004





Wednesday 1 September 2004


                         CARR'S MILLING INDUSTRIES PLC

                LORD INGLEWOOD APPOINTED A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Carr's, the Cumbria-based agriculture, food and engineering group, announces
that Lord Inglewood MA (Cantab), Barrister, MRICS, DL, FSA, aged 53, has been
appointed a non-executive Director with effect from today.

  * Richard Inglewood was a Conservative member of the European Parliament for
    10 years, from 1989 to 1994 for Cumbria and North Lancashire and from 1999
    to July 2004 for North West England.


  * A member of the House of Lords since 1989, from 1995 to 1997 he was
    Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department of National
    Heritage (Minister for Broadcasting and Tourism) and since 1999 he has been
    an elected hereditary peer.


  * He has been Chairman of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of
    Art since 2003.


  * He has been a non-executive Director of CN Group Limited (local media) in
    Cumbria since 1997 (Chairman since 2002).


  * His private interests in Cumbria include farming dairy and beef cattle,
    sheep and arable, and a Directorship of The Pheasant Inn (Bassenthwaite
    Lake) Limited.


  * His charitable interests in Cumbria include Directorships of The Lake
    District Calvert Trust Limited and of the Whitehaven Community Trust
    Limited.

Chris Holmes, Chief Executive of Carr's, commented: 'The Board of Carr's looks
forward to benefiting from Richard Inglewood's wide experience, in particular of
EU and Westminster politics, allied as it is with a knowledge of farming and
Carr's North West England heartland.'

Other than as noted above, there are no details to be disclosed pursuant to
paragraphs 6.F.2 (a) to (g) of The Listing Rules of the UK Listing Authority.

Enquiries:

Carr's Milling Industries PLC

Chris Holmes (Chief Executive)                                   01228-554 600
Ron Wood (Finance Director)                                      01228-554 600

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