Badenoch & Clark Expands to Essex and Wales

Badenoch & Clark Expands to Essex and Wales

New Offices in Chelmsford and Cardiff Add to Company's Reach in United Kingdom

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MPS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MPS), a leading provider of specialty staffing, consulting and business solutions, today announced the opening of Badenoch & Clark offices in Chelmsford, Essex, and Cardiff, Wales. Badenoch & Clark, MPS Group's United Kingdom-based professional services unit, now has 18 offices located throughout the United Kingdom.

Badenoch & Clark is a leader in professional services recruitment in the areas of accounting, financial services, legal, human resources, not-for- profit and public-sector markets. Badenoch & Clark was ranked 17th on the fourth annual list of 100 Best Companies To Work For in the United Kingdom by The Sunday Times, Britain's leading newspaper.

"This year we made strategic investments in both personnel and infrastructure that enabled us to maximize growth," said Neil Wilson, managing director of Badenoch & Clark. "We believe these investments, coupled with the forecasted imbalance in the supply of and demand for professional labor in the United Kingdom, provide a solid platform for growth in both revenues and profits as we move into 2005."

About Badenoch & Clark

Badenoch & Clark specializes in professional services recruitment on a direct hire, temporary, and contract basis in the United Kingdom. For 24 years, the company has focused and expanded into the accounting, financial services, banking, legal, insurance, property, public sector and human resource disciplines. For more information about Badenoch & Clark, visit them on the Web at http://www.badenochandclark.com/ .

About MPS Group

MPS Group is a leading provider of staffing, consulting, and solutions in the disciplines of information technology, finance and accounting, law, engineering, and healthcare. MPS Group delivers its services to government entities and businesses in virtually all industries throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. With headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, MPS Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information about MPS Group, please visit http://www.mpsgroup.com/ .


Source: MPS Group, Inc.

CONTACT: Tyra Tutor, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development of MPS
Group, +1-904-360-2500, or tyra.tutor@mpsgroup.com

Web site: http://www.mpsgroup.com/
http://www.badenochandclark.com/


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