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M.E. WILSON COMPANY COMPLETES CERTIFIED BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

ELLIOT CONSULTING SERVICES (ECS) AWARDS CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS RESILIENCE TO M.E. WILSON COMPANY

Tampa, Fla. – November 1, 2006 – M.E. Wilson Company has been awarded a certificate of business resilience by Elliot Consulting Services for the successful development of a business continuity plan which was produced in accordance with industry-standard best practices established by DRI International, Business Continuity Institute, NAFP 1600, and other firms specializing in business continuity, emergency preparedness, and business resiliency standards. Elliot Consulting Services is recognized as an approved vendor of business continuity planning services by FEMA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and is a member in good standing of the Better Business Bureau and the Association of Contingency Planners.

The M.E. Wilson Company plan establishes a structured approach for anticipating, mitigating, managing, and recovering from events that threaten the continued viability of the company or its critical business processes. The plan has been constructed so that designated personnel can immediately and consistently execute their responsibilities in the event an incident threatens the health and safety of M.E. Wilson Company employees, contractors, clients, visitors, or neighboring communities; or that threatens the company’s operations, property, assets, brand(s), reputation, or financial results.

This certificate is valid for a period of one year from date of issue.

About Elliot Consulting Services

Elliot Consulting Services (ECS) is a 4 year old consulting firm based in the Tampa Bay, Florida area which specializes in business survival solutions. ECS functions as a third party advocate to help companies create, develop, and implement business continuity plans which are designed to protect their vital business resources and operational processes. ECS will review, audit, and help modify a company’s existing disaster recovery model to ensure that the essential components of the organization will continue to function in the event of an unplanned disruptive incident. The team from Elliot Consulting will also assist with disaster recovery training exercises to test the thoroughness of a company’s preparedness model. At the conclusion of a consulting engagement ECS will award a Certificate of Business Resilience. The ECS consultants are certified business continuity planners and business resiliency specialists with Fortune 500 experience.

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