Appointment

Allen PLC
22 March 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
                                                   22 MARCH 2001



                       Allen Plc ('Allen' or 'Company')

                              (Support Services)



BOARD RESTRUCTURING



TWO NEW NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS APPOINTED AT ALLEN



Following the appointment of David Wallis as Chairman, John Brown as Chief
Executive Officer and Steve Corcoran as Chief Operating Officer, Allen
announces the appointment of Frank Dee and David Galloway as Non-Executive
Directors with effect from 2 April 2001.



Frank Dee, aged 50, has spent his career at senior level in multi-site retail
operations.  He was Operations Director of Hillards PLC, a Yorkshire based
superstore operator, holding a main board position until its acquisition by
Tesco in 1987.  He then acquired a significant stake in Day and Nite Stores
Ltd and as Executive Chairman was responsible for expanding this business,
increasing store numbers from 20 to 100, before it was acquired by T&S Stores
PLC in May 2000.  He is currently a Non-Executive Director of T&S Management
Services Ltd, Marr Foods Limited, a supplier and processor of seafood products
to UK retail and food service outlets, and Leeds and Holbeck Building Society.



David Galloway, aged 55, trained with KPMG and qualified as a chartered
accountant in 1968.  He was a director of Lex Service PLC from 1996 to
September 2000and held a number of senior financial and operational positions
in Lex Service PLC including Chairman, Hyundai Car (UK) Ltd, Managing
Director, Lex Vehicle Leasing Ltd and Group Managing Director, Lex Retail
Group..  He is a Non-Executive Director of two private companies.



Michael Morgan, an Executive Director and the Managing Director of Speedy
Space, will retire from the Board at the Annual General Meeting in July this
year and Jeremy Weston, a Non-Executive Director, will be retiring from the
Board at the same time.





David Wallis, Chairman of Allen, commented:



'With our focus on our hire services this is a period of enormous change for
the Group and I am delighted to welcome Frank Dee and David Galloway as
Non-Executive Directors from the start of the new financial year.  Their past
experience will be invaluable in helping the executive team to grow the
business.



'After 29 years with the Group, Mike Morgan will be retiring after the Annual
General Meeting in July and I would particularly like to wish him every
happiness in his retirement.  I would also like to thank Jeremy Weston, who is
standing down as a Non-Executive Director at the same time.  Since he joined
the Board in 1995, we have valued his contribution and I would like to wish
him well for the future.'





For further information:


Allen Plc

John Brown (Chief Executive Officer)                               01942 720000
Neil O'Brien (Finance Director)                                    01942 720000


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