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3 Oct 2007 07:00

Redhall Group PLC03 October 2007 For Immediate Release 3 October 2007 Redhall Group plc ("Redhall" or the "Group") Pre-Close Trading Update Redhall Group plc, the specialist engineering support services group, is todayproviding a trading update prior to entering its close period. The Group has seen another year of strong growth and the Board is pleased toconfirm that the preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2007 areanticipated to be slightly ahead of market expectations. Each of the Group'sthree operating divisions has seen material improvement in trading year on year. Steels Engineering Services ("Steels") and Jex Engineering Company, both ofwhich were acquired during the year, have been successfully integrated into theGroup and are performing in line with management expectations. Steels hasrecently been awarded a three year term contract with an estimated value of £9million for the supply of direct labour, management services and third partyprocurement to the Atomic Weapons Establishment ("AWE"). This term contractforms part of AWE's delivery strategy for its identified programme of investmentat Aldermaston and Burghfield. Redhall is expected to announce its preliminary results on 6 December 2007. For more information please contact: Redhall Group plc Tel: +44 (0)1924 385 386David Jackson, Chairman and ChiefExecutiveSimon Foster, Deputy Chief Executive Buchanan Communications Tel: +44 (0)20 7466 5000Tim Anderson / Isabel Podda / JamesStrong This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange