UNITED BUSINESS MEDIA PLC                           

Board change

United Business Media plc announces that Fields Wicker-Miurin intends to stand
down from the board at the company's annual general meeting on 6 May 2004. She
will by then have served on the board as a non-executive director for six years
and does not propose to stand for re-election. She is executive director of
Leaders Quest and also holds non-executive directorships with Savills plc, The
Royal London Group and Carnegie, a Nordic investment bank.

Anne Siddell

Company Secretary



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