RNS Number:9064W
Yates Group PLC
9 January 2001



                                YATES GROUP PLC
                                 Board Change

Yates Group announces that Jerry Green, Finance Director, will be leaving the
company at the end of April 2001.  The Board is currently looking for a
successor to Jerry and a further announcement is expected to be made shortly.

Jerry Green has been with Yates Group since 1997.  He is moving to become
Finance Director of Magnus Limited, a property firm with which he has been a
shareholder since its inception in 1988.

Peter Dickson, Chairman of Yates Group, said:

"I would like to thank Jerry for his significant contribution to the
development of the business over the last three years.  The Board and I wish
him all the best for the future."


Enquiries:

Yates Group PLC
Peter Dickson, Chairman                           01204 373737

Gavin Anderson & Company
Richard Constant/Louise Evans                     020 7457 2345