gne awarded Royal Bank of Scotland Approved Supplier status for a second year - May 2007

29th July 2007

We are extremely pleased to announce the retainment of the Royal Bank of Scotland Approved Supplier status for a second year running. Awarded via The Royal Bank's Group Purchasing department, the Programme recognises the importance of suppliers to the continuing success of RBS, and the products and services it provides.

This award recognises our achievements as one of the best performing suppliers, and comes not only from Group Purchasing but also from the businesses accross the RBS group. RBS looks to continually assess the performance of suppliers against the critical drivers of supply chain excellence and the Approved Supplier Programme has been launched to:

• further recognise the achievements of the highest performing suppliers
• set a benchmark for delivery, quality, innovation and improvement
• drive further improvements in product, service and capability across its supply chain

Warren Shermer MD, comments: "This award recognises the effort and team work which goes into achieving the high levels of performance received by RBS.”