Closure of House of Stirling & Sale of Debtor Book

28 July 2006

N Brown Group plc, the direct home shopping company, announces that in line with the Group's strategy to dispose of non-core businesses and focus on driving growth in the core home shopping business it has sold the debtor book of House of Stirling, its door to door selling operation, for £5.59m. A programme of activity to formally close the business will now commence.

For further information please contact:

N Brown Group plc
Alan White, Chief Executive Tel: 0161 238 2202
Dean Moore, Finance Director
Website : www.nbrown.co.uk

Gavin Anderson & Company
Fergus Wylie / Charlotte Stone Tel: 020 7554 1400