Chairman's AGM Statement

HW GROUP PLC
3 September 1999


HW Group PLC ('HW Group' or the 'Company')

Chairman's AGM Statement

HW Group, the specialist professional recruitment consultancy, held its Annual
General  Meeting earlier today.  Richard Mead, Chairman of HW Group  made  the
following statement at the meeting:

'The  implementation  of  Project  Darwin, the  major  reorganisation  of  our
business,  has  gone  well.  Project Darwin aims to  encourage  greater  cross
selling  of our recruitment services to all our clients and to accelerate  the
Company's  expansion.   The benefits are now being  clearly  seen  across  the
Company, as indeed are those related to our increasingly sophisticated use  of
technology, particularly with regard to our Internet presence.

At  the time of the announcement of the Company's preliminary results in  June
1999  I warned shareholders that economic uncertainty was causing many of  our
clients  to act cautiously.  Whilst our revenues in respect of contract  staff
have  been in line with budget, continuing caution has dominated the permanent
recruitment  market,  with  the result that the  Company's  overall  operating
profits for the first five months of the current year have been disappointing.
However,  activity  in the permanent market has picked up strongly  in  recent
weeks  and,  with  HW  Group  in  a  strong financial  position  with  no  net
borrowings,  we  are excellently positioned to take advantage  of  any  future
growth.'

All the resolutions at the AGM were duly passed.

For further information please contact:

Graham    Palfery- HW Group PLC             0171 240 2101
Smith,
Chief Executive
                                            
Andy Yeo           Buchanan Communications  0171 466 5000