Re Directorate

Berry Birch & Noble PLC
13 October 2000


Berry Birch & Noble plc ('the Company') announces that Clifford Philip Lockyer
was today appointed as a Non Executive Director of the Company responsible for
strategic development with immediate effect. The details required by Rule 16.4
of the Listing Rules in respect of Mr. Clifford Philip Lockyer are as follows:

16.4(a)           Current Directorships

                  None

                  Past Directorships

                  None

                     
16.4(b)-6F.2      (b)       None   

                  (c)       None        

                  (d)       None       

                  (e)       None       

                  (f)       None       

                  (g)       None