Engineering services firm Renew has seen revenue jump by 48%, and profit rise by 58% in the first half of 2014
The firm said revenue for the six months ending 31 March 2014 stood at 拢225.8m, up 48% on 拢152.4m for the same period in 2013.
Pre-tax profit rose 58% to 拢6.8m (2013 H1: 拢4.3m), after 拢750k in finance costs related to the acquisition of Amalgamated Construction Ltd and Lewis Civil Engineering Ltd.
Before the finance costs, the firm posted operating profit of 拢7.8m for the period, up 66% on the previous year (2013 H1: 拢4.7m).
The Group鈥檚 order book stood at 拢427m, up 18% from 拢361m over the same period in 2013.
Renew鈥檚 Engineering Services division order book stood at 拢306m, an increase of 17% over the same period the previous year,
The Group also acquired Clarke Telecom for 拢17m as part of a strategy to enter the wireless telecoms market.
Renew chairman R J Harrison said: 鈥淚 am pleased to announce another record set of interim results for the Group. The Group has achieved excellent underlying organic growth together with good cash generation.
鈥淭he strong order book justifies the Board鈥檚 confidence that the group will meet market expectations for the full financial year.鈥�
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