Statement re On-line Service

Unite Group PLC
17 August 2000

  UNITE PROVIDES NEW ON-LINE SERVICE FOR STUDENT HOUSE HUNTERS
                                

UNITE  Group,  the  UK's leading specialist provider  of  student
accommodation  services, is extending its  facilities  management
operation to encompass an online directory. Bunk.com. is launched
today  (Thursday  17th August) to coincide with A'Level  results
and the official start of the admissions clearing process.

This  new  on-line service brings a comprehensive  range  of  key
information  about accommodation to busy students,  who  will  be
able to check out costs, locations and on-site facilities such as
laundry and bike store. The web site also provides information on
local  transport,  proximity  of cash  points,  supermarkets  and
convenience  stores  together  with  a  wealth  of  other  useful
statistics.

The  site  has  links  to every university and  higher  education
college and will enable those students going through the clearing
process to make fast choices about their place of study.

For  first  year students, as well as those returning  for  their
second, third or fourth years, pounding the pavements or cruising
the  classifieds in search of accommodation can  be  replaced  by
simply going on-line to Bunk.com.

Commenting  on  Bunk.com, Nick Porter, Chief Executive  of  UNITE
said:  'Where and how you live is an integral part of the student
experience.  For  those choosing to go on  to  higher  education,
Bunk.com  is  a  comprehensive on-line directory  covering  every
university  and  college  owned hall  and  student  home  in  the
country.  The directory will enable students to search  and  make
choices about the best accommodation ahead of the pack.'

'This  is  a tremendously exciting development for our facilities
management  operation  and as a nationwide  provider  of  student
homes  in  partnership  with universities and  colleges,  we  are
ideally  placed  to offer this new web-based  service.   We  have
noticed   that   many  existing  student  web   sites   promising
accommodation information actually provide very little substance.
Bunk.com  will  provide  students  and  their  parents  with  the
definitive    on-line   guide   to   university    and    college
accommodation.'


Note to Editors

UNITE  is  the  UK's leading specialist provider of accommodation
services   for   students   and  an   independent   provider   of
accommodation services to key workers.

For further information, please contact:

The Unite Group plc
Nick  Porter, Chief Executive                     0117 907 8100

Golin/Harris Ludgate
Roya Nasser                                       0207 253 2252