Harvey Nash Group Regulatory News (HVN)

8 Aug 2006 07:01

Harvey Nash Group PLC08 August 2006 HARVEY NASH GROUP PLC Pre-close Trading Update Harvey Nash is today issuing an update on trading ahead of its interim resultsfor the six months ended 31 July 2006, which will be announced on Tuesday 10thOctober 2006. Demand for the Group's services remains robust across all geographic regions.Accordingly we expect the growth in profit before tax for the first half,excluding the profit on disposal of our minority stake in St Georges Harvey NashLtd, to be in excess of 20%. On the assumption current trading conditions continue through the second halfthe Board is confident that the financial results for the full year will beslightly ahead of the Board's previous expectations. A presentation for analysts will take place at 09.30 on the morning of theresults at the offices of College Hill, 5th Floor, 78 Cannon Street, London EC4N6HH. 8 August 2006 ENQUIRIES: Harvey Nash Tel: 020 7333 0033Albert Ellis, Chief ExecutiveRichard Ashcroft, Finance Director College Hill Tel: 020 7457 2020Mark GarrawayMatthew Gregorowski Notes to Editors: Harvey Nash, a global professional recruitment consultancy and IT outsourcingservice provider, is committed to delivering the very best talent and ITsolutions to a broad base of clients. Its 3,000 staff and associates, operating from 28 offices covering the USA,Europe and Asia, work to the highest levels of integrity, professionalism andquality in providing its unique portfolio of services: executive search, interimmanagement, IT and finance recruitment and IT outsourcing. For more information please visit www.harveynash.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange