DRV.L Regulatory News (DRV)

1 Mar 2007 07:03

Driver Group plc01 March 2007 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, "Over the course of the last financial year, we made significant investment insenior level staff and in the Group's infrastructure. This has considerablystrengthened our consultancy capability and expanded our geographical reach inthe UK and internationally. I am pleased to report that current trading is in line with budget. Inparticular, the level of activity in London, Scotland and the United ArabEmirates has increased markedly. We remain on target to achieve the budgets wehave set for the half year. As I stated in the Group's Annual Report, with the anticipated increases inconstruction activity in the UK and the UAE and the skills, capacity andpotential for growth within the Group, we view the outlook for 2007 withconfidence." Enquiries: Driver Group plc Steve Driver, Chief Executive Officer T: 01706 244 172 WH Ireland David Youngman T: 0161 832 2174 Biddicks Katie Tzouliadis T: 020 7448 1000 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange