Contract Award

Reliance Security Group PLC
04 November 2003





                    Reliance Security Group plc ('Reliance')

                    Contract Award - Scottish Prison Service




The Directors of Reliance are pleased to announce that Reliance Secure Task
Management Limited, a wholly owned operating company, has been awarded a 7 year
contract to provide prisoner escorting and court services to the Scottish Prison
Service. The contract covers the whole of Scotland, including the Highlands and
Islands, and is the largest of its type yet awarded in the UK.

The service is scheduled to commence in April 2004 on a phased basis and will be
fully operational by October 2004. The contract is expected to generate total
turnover of approximately £150 million in today's terms and the contracting out
of the service will enable up to 300 police officers in Scotland to return to
frontline policing duties.

Brian Kingham, Chairman of Reliance, commenting on the award of the contract,
said:

'We are delighted to have won this contract and to be embarking on such an
important relationship with the Scottish Prison Service.

The award of this contract, in the face of strong competition, is testimony to
the skills and expertise that we have developed in this sector. It reinforces
our position in Scotland where we have been providing a range of security
related services for more than 20 years including, since May 2002, the
successful operation of a national contract with the Scottish Executive to
provide electronic monitoring of offenders.

The award further illustrates our wide ranging capabilities in the business
process outsourcing market'



Note:

Reliance is an established market leader in the provision of facilities
management, contract security, support services and business process
outsourcing. Reliance employs over 12,000 people from a network of offices
throughout the UK.

Enquiries:

Brian Kingham                                         020 7730 9716
Chairman
Neil French                                           01895 205002
Group Finance Director


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