@UK PLC
09 June 2006




For immediate release                                               9 June 2006

                                @UK PLC ("@UK")

                     @UK awarded major new research funding

@UK PLC, (AIM: ATUK.L) a leading provider of software solutions that facilitate
eCommerce and eProcurement, today announces that it has won major R&D funding
with Reading University and Goldsmiths College, University of London to develop
new leading-edge techniques in e-commerce and e-procurement.

The team, which comprises @UK, Reading University and Goldsmiths College, has
been working on fraud detection using Artificial Intelligence for e-commerce for
over two years. The new funding will support the equivalent of nine man years
further development and will focus on Search Engine Algorithms, Classification
and Spidering. @UK PLC is currently recruiting in order to accelerate this
development.

Commenting on the funding, @UK Managing Director, Lyn Duncan said, "The
technology behind the scenes of search engines and e-commerce networks is
becoming increasingly complex and security is an ever important issue. We have
already been working to set new levels of security and fraud detection, and can
now extend this into the next generation of search and classification.

This award will fund both pure research and delivery of the resulting product
and is recognition of the fact that @UK and its partners are working at the
leading edge in this field".

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
About @UK:

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 acquired Coding International, which provides coding
services for use in procurement, on 2 May 2006 for an initial consideration of
#50,000 payable in cash and shares and deferred payments of up to #50,000 in
total, payable in shares. @UK is included in the Software and Computer Services
Sector (9530). For further information please visit www.ukplc.net.


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