WYG Regulatory News (WYG)

20 Dec 2005 07:00

White Young Green PLC20 December 2005 For immediate release 20 December 2005 WHITE YOUNG GREEN PLC PRE CLOSE PERIOD TRADING UPDATE White Young Green Plc ("WYG", the "Group"), professional consultant to thebuilt, natural and social environment, today provides a trading update for thefirst six months of the financial year prior to entering its close period. Market conditions in the UK, Ireland and internationally all continue to befavourable and the Group expects profit before taxation and goodwillamortisation for the six months to 31st December, 2005, to be at least in linewith its expectations. All of the acquisitions completed in 2005 are integrating well and havecontributed strongly in the period to both order book growth and profitability.The acquisition pipeline continues to be strong and WYG will continue with itspolicy of pursuing earnings enhancing, added value acquisitions to broaden theskills base of the business, increase access to growth markets and generateorganic growth in higher margin areas of service delivery. The Group thereforeremains confident of delivering both acquisitive and organic growth for theeighth consecutive year. The order book has increased by 30% over the last 12 months to a current totalof £280m. Accordingly, the Group remains confident that the favourable marketconditions experienced in the first half of its financial year will continuethrough to the year end. The Group will announce its Interim Results for the six months to 31st December,2005, on 28th March 2006. For further information please contact: John Purvis, Chief Executive Tel: 0113 278 7111Bob Hartley, Finance DirectorWHITE YOUNG GREEN PLC Tim Anderson / Lisa Baderoon / Rebecca Skye Dietrich Tel: 0207 466 5000BUCHANAN COMMUNICATIONS This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange