For Immediate Release: Fareham, England, 9th October 2005: Symbios Group today announce the appointment of Paul Ratcliff as Group Company Chairman. Paul joins the company as a seasoned executive and entrepreneur with experience of the senior positions in both major corporations and has top level experience in developing smaller technology and service businesses. His experience lies in several high level disciplines including IT, Marketing and Supply, gained with Ford Europe, Steetley plc and Chase Manhattan. He joins Symbios group with considerable high level experience in several management disciplines including IT and Marketing and Supply, gained with Ford of Europe, Steetley plc and Chase Manhattan. Paul's experience also includes management consulting with Cooper & Lybrand where he was responsible for sales and delivery of high value software and services projects to some of the worlds leading organizations. Paul received an MBA with distinction Warwick University 1990.

Paul's significant commercial success came with Hatton Blue, the business he founded in 1991. As founder and MD, he successfully led the venture to provide one of the UK's leading Customer Relationship Management (CRM) products that is now commonplace in many of the UK's banks, law firms and government organisations. Hatton Blue was successfully sold in January 1999. In recent years Paul has focused on various non-executive Director Positions, specializing in helping high growth companies to exploit their market opportunities and to maximise shareholder value as they grow.

Symbios Group now move in the the next phase of a development strategy that will see the group deliver niche subscription platforms for the internet, alongside key products that will enable the group to continues it’s business in the mobile content and delivery market. This move will increase sales coverage and capitalize on the strength of products with the group’s portfolio.

Martin and Steve Montague original founders of the group jointly stated "We are delighted to welcome Paul to the team, his input in our decision making process will play a key part as we move forwards”

About Symbios Group
Symbios Group was established in 2000 as a specialist mobile content provider, launching one of the first websites to sell Ringtones using the internet as a sales platform. Symbios Group founded by brothers Martin and Steve Montague would see the company develop through the original ‘mobile dotcom’ to a market position as one of the leading providers of ringtones on the worldwide web. Today, Symbios Group core competencies lie in its internet presence and competitive product portfolio: including the licensed and proprietary mobile entertainment content. (Ringtones, graphic and games) in its mobile content library.
In addition Symbios have developed leading applications for the web and mobile the group has a digital alliance with Monstermob PLC, which allows for sell-through of content to new and existing channels, integrating new customer content offer placed through network operators via Monstermob and Symbios content channels. Both Symbios and Monstermob loyalty and customer database are unaffected by the coalition.

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For further information:
Gavin White -Group Marketing Manager Martin Montague - CEO
Tel: +44(0)1489 889 821
Mob: +44(0)7789 206649
Email: gavin@symbiosgroup.co.uk martin@symbiosgroup.co.uk