@UK PLC
01 September 2006



Immediate release                                              1 September 2006

                                @UK PLC ("@UK")

               @UK expands customer base to Thames Valley Police

@UK PLC (AIM:ATUK), a leading provider of software solutions that facilitate
eCommerce and eProcurement in the local government and Health sectors, is
pleased to announce that it has widened its customer base across the public
sector buying organisations, by being selected to provide an eProcurement and
e-invoicing system to Thames Valley Police (TVP).

TVP, whose total spend on goods and services is over #40m p.a., is the largest
non-metropolitan police force in the country. The force covers 2,200 square
miles of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire and serves a population of
2.2 million people. The TVP area is policed by around 4,140 police officers, 350
Special Constables, 370 volunteers and 2,860 other police staff.

The @UK Supplier Management System (SMS) will enhance existing TVP procurement
systems by providing a mechanism to send electronic purchase orders to, and
receive electronic invoices from all their suppliers, no matter what their size
or existing electronic trading capability. Stage one of the project will be to
create a link between the @UK supplier network and TVP administrative systems.
This builds on @UK's wide base of experience in linking to similar financial
systems in other areas of the public service. Over the next 3 months it is
intended that the @UK PLC system will be rolled out to the majority of the
force's 1,500 suppliers.

Lyn Duncan, Managing Director of @UK PLC said: "We are delighted to have been
chosen by TVP as their eProcurement provider. Working in partnership with an
organisation that has such a well-deserved reputation for procurement excellence
is an exciting step forward for us. It also widens our organisational experience
into another area of the public service with tremendous potential for
eProcurement. Once we begin to e-enable TVP suppliers, they are instantly
available to be used by every other force in the country, one of the big
advantages of our national supplier network. We look forward with keen
anticipation, to working on the TVP project over the coming months."

Barbara Hill, Procurement Manager at TVP said: "We believe the @UK PLC system
offers TVP an ideal infrastructure on which to build our future procurement
strategy. It provides both us and our suppliers with the ability to save time,
increase efficiency in processing and eliminate the potential for error right
through the supply chain. The @UK PLC e-invoicing capability for all our
suppliers is an especially important part of the process. It establishes an
ideal mechanism for us to achieve huge efficiencies in our administrative
processes. It also affords suppliers the opportunity to reduce their costs
significantly in dealing with us and the ability for both parties to share those
benefits."

For further information please contact:

@UK PLC                                        +44 (0) 118 963 7000

Lyn Duncan Managing Director
John Aiken, Finance Director

Shore Capital                                  +44 (0) 151 600 3700

Mike Sawbridge

Smithfield                                     +44 (0) 20 7360 4900

Sara Musgrave
Tania Wild

Notes to Editors:

eCommerce can be defined as the buying and selling of products and services over
the internet. eProcurement is the particular process by which large
organisations carry out their purchasing using eCommerce. @UK offers a unique
solution within the field of eCommerce/eProcurement. Using its online network,
public sector bodies such as local authorities, schools and hospitals and
private sector enterprises can buy online from small to medium enterprises
(SMEs), as well as larger suppliers. At the same time those suppliers generally
set up a trading website on @UK which can be used to sell online to other
businesses and even consumers worldwide. @UK is currently focused strongly on
selling this approach to buyers throughout the public sector since this sector
offers specific opportunities as a result of the UK Government's stated
requirements for eProcurement.

Currently, there are over 1,000 public sector bodies spending over #100 billion
annually on goods and services with around one million suppliers. These public
sector bodies have now been given specific performance targets in connection
with eProcurement, and substantial sums have been invested by the Government in
eCommerce platforms in both central and local Government.

These projects form a core part of the 'Gershon' efficiency drive to save the
public purse more than #20 billion annually by 2007/08. This drive followed the
publication in July 2004 of Sir Peter Gershon's report, 'Releasing resources to
the front line: Independent Review of Public Sector Efficiency'. In addition,
the Government encourages public sector bodies to engage with local companies
and stimulate their adoption of eCommerce.

The Directors believe that @UK is ideally positioned to experience significant
growth as these public sector bodies put in place the necessary online links
with their suppliers.

@UK listed on AIM in December 2005, raising #8 million before expenses at an
issue price of 60p. It purchased Coding International, its first acquisition
since becoming a quoted company, in May 2006. @UK is included in the Software
and Computer Services Sector (9530). For further information please visit
www.ukplc.net.


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