Blur Group PLC blur puts new national cycling team on the road

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Blur Group PLC

02 March 2015

2 March 2015

blur Group plc

("blur Group", the "Group" or the "Company")

blur helps put new national cycling team on the road

Further to the RNS announcement on the 15(th) Jan 2015 reporting that blur Group, which operates the world's largest online marketplace for business services, had kicked off a four year $17m project to raise funds to launch a new cycling team onto the international circuit, blur is pleased to report the team is the new national cycling team for Wales.

It is the first time Wales has fielded a professional team in international cycling and builds on the success of Welsh cycling stars including Team Sky's Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe and the Olympic gold medallist and women's road race world champion Nicole Cooke.

The new team, 'We are Wales' Pro Cycling, aims to field a team to compete in races in the 2016 season with the hope of qualifying for the prestigious events like the Tour de France within four years. The team will also act as a catalyst for encouraging greater participation in cycling and more inward investment into Wales.

Eifion Weinzweig, co-founder of Weinzweig-Dejan Cycling, who is leading the 'We are Wales' team, said: "We have been working on this initiative for three years, but it's only since engaging with the sponsorship experts at blur that our dream has become a reality."

"We know that the Welsh people are very passionate about rugby and football. We hope that by providing them with this unique opportunity to get behind a new team in a rapidly expanding market, it will make everybody feel proud of being Welsh and what the country has to offer."

blur operates the world's largest online marketplace for business services and is working with its extensive network of service providers to offer a range of packages to attract commercial sponsors.

Philip Letts, CEO of AIM-listed blur group, said: "We are delighted to play such a big part in putting the 'We are Wales' team on the road and are very confident that our platform will facilitate raising the $17 million sponsorship target.

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About blur Group plc at blurgroup.com

blur operates the world's largest online marketplace for business services. To date 50,000 businesses have used blur to buy or sell services online, including companies like Amazon, , Regus, Caterpillar, Argos, Danone and GE submitting over $350m of services requirements to blur's platform.

blur Group is a public company listed on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market (BLUR) and is headquartered in the UK with regional sales offices in the US and Europe.

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