CURRENT TRADING OF THE HALCROW GROUP Sample Clauses

CURRENT TRADING OF THE HALCROW GROUP. The year 2011 to date has been a challenging one for the Company. The Halcrow Board has seen a tightening in the trading environment across all of its trading regions and, in particular, in certain parts of the UK public sector portfolio, the Middle East and North America. The decline in economic activity across a number of our business segments and markets has adversely impacted on Halcrow’s financial performance. The Halcrow Group has had particular difficulties in its Middle East business in the aftermath of the 2008 credit crunch and the political turmoil following the “Arab Spring”. In the autumn of 2010, the Halcrow Board announced a significant reorganisation programme (the “Delta Programme”) to enable the group to be more client and market focused and efficient in line with its long term strategy. While much of the planning was undertaken in 2010, short term reorganisational change costs have impacted 2011 results. The benefits of this programme are starting to accrue though it is anticipated that the full benefit will not be felt until 2012 and beyond. Based on unaudited management accounts, turnover and loss before tax for the 6-month period to 30 June 2011 were £209.1 million and £4.0 million respectively. One-off costs of £2.3 million incurred in the period included exceptional items associated with the Delta Programme and other re-organisation programmes and include costs relating to matters such as time spent by staff and the cost of change consultants together with costs of severance packages. EBITDA for the 6-month period is £8.0 million after adding pension deficit payments of £3.8 million and exceptional one-off costs of £2.3 million. Trading in the period since 30 June 2011 has been below management’s expectations due to delays in projects in a number of sectors and economic conditions in our end markets which have been tighter than expected. On the basis of the results for the year to date, the Halcrow Board expects the Halcrow Group operating profit in 2011 to be below that achieved in 2010. Halcrow’s net bank borrowings as at 31 August 2011 were £41.8 million against total available facilities of £54.7 million.
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