Xpertise Group PLC News
Period End Trading Update
13 December 2007
FOR RELEASE 7.00AM 13 DECEMBER 2007
XPERTISE GROUP PLC
(”the group” or “the company”)
Xpertise is one of the UK’s leading training companies
Period end trading update
for the year ending 31 December 2007
Xpertise Group PLC is pleased to report a continuation of the strong trading reported in the first half of 2007. Results for the year ending 31 December 2007 are expected to show continued growth in turnover and profits and are expected to be in line with market expectations. The group is also expected to have net cash at the year end in excess of £2 million.
The group has continued to expand its presence in managed training services and has secured additional contract gains in the final quarter of the year. The significant contracts secured at the start of 2007 are also expected to contribute strongly to turnover and profits for the full year.
The full year results are expected to be reported in the week commencing 25 February 2008.
For further information:
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Xpertise Group PLC |
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Richard Last (Chairman) Ian Johnson (Managing Director) |
01865 310150 0113 382 6150 |
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Daniel Stewart & Company PLC |
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Lindsay Mair |
020 7776 6550 |
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Cubitt Consulting |
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Brian Coleman-Smith James Verstringhe |
020 7367 5100 |
Background
Xpertise is one of the UK’s leading providers of authorised IT, professional and soft skills training and has a network of training centres located in London, Thames Valley, Leeds, Manchester, East Midlands and Tyne & Wear. It has 45 fully equipped training rooms offering a capacity of approximately 500 delegate places. Training is also carried out at customer locations. There are 34 full time instructors and over 100 associate instructors available to deliver training throughout the UK.
Xpertise provides the UK’s widest range of authorised IT training – covering every major IT subject and certification. Xpertise offers over 400 courses through its extensive public schedule including: A+ and Network+, CheckPoint, Cisco, Citrix, Help Desk, IBM, ITIL – service management, Java, Linux/Unix, Microsoft, OO, Oracle, project management and Red Hat.
Learning Services, a division of Xpertise, offers clients a fully managed, tailored and bespoke service for large re-skilling programmes, project management programmes and new technology roll-outs. A training service can include elements of blended learning, e-learning, mentoring, seminars, skills consulting, workshops and training needs analysis. Xpertise also specialises in the delivery of bespoke training associated with large desk top roll out projects.
Xpertise also provides a range of ‘soft-skills’ courses. These include personal, management and team development courses and customer service training.