Driver Grp Regulatory News (DRV)

7 Feb 2008 07:00

Driver Group plc07 February 2008 DRV.L DRIVER GROUP PLC ("Driver Group" or "the Group") AGM STATEMENT Driver Group, which provides specialist commercial and dispute resolutionservices to the construction industry, will be holding its Annual GeneralMeeting today and Chairman, Michael Davis, will make the following comment: "The last year has been a period of investment for the Group as we focused onscaling the business for further growth. The benefits of our recruitment driveto increase our fee-earning capability are now coming through in top-linegrowth. Current trading is in line with market expectations and I am pleased to announcethat we have recently won five further contracts in the United Arab Emirates.These will help to underpin our expectations for significant growth within theregion, where we are establishing a rapidly growing presence. As stated in the Group's Annual Report, with construction activity in our keydomestic and overseas markets remaining strong and our increased consultingresource, we continue to regard prospects for the Group positively both in theimmediate term and looking further ahead." Enquiries: Driver Group plc Steve Driver, Chief Executive T: 01706 244 172 Colin White, Finance Director Zeus Capital (NOMAD) Alex Clarkson T: 0161 831 1512 Nick Cowles Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited Mark Lander T: 020 7459 3600 Aubrey Powell Biddicks Katie Tzouliadis T: 020 7448 1000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange