6 February 2018
Christie Group plc
("Christie Group" or the "Company")
Trading update
Christie Group plc (CTG.L), the leading provider of Professional Business Services and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services to the leisure, retail and care markets, is pleased to announce that trading for the second half of 2017 was consistent with the Board's expectations as communicated in the AGM statement issued on 14 June 2017, and its sentiments when releasing the Interim Results on 18 September 2017.
Second half trading has been stronger than the first-half, and the 2017 full year results are expected to represent a significant improvement on the previous year.
Preliminary full year results for the year ended 31 December 2017 are due to be released on Tuesday 17 April 2018.
Enquiries:
Christie Group plc
David Rugg 020 7227 0707
Chairman and Chief Executive
Dan Prickett 020 7227 0700
Chief Operating Officer
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited:
Dominic Morley / Charles Leigh-Pemberton 020 7886 2906
Nominated Adviser & Broker
Notes to Editors:
Christie Group plc, quoted on AIM, is a leading professional business services group with 42 offices across the UK, Europe and Canada, catering to its specialist markets in the leisure, retail and care sectors.
Christie Group operates in two complementary business divisions: Professional Business Services (PBS) and Stock & Inventory Systems & Services (SISS). These divisions trade under the brand names: PBS - Christie + Co, Pinders, Christie Finance and Christie Insurance: SISS - Orridge, Venners and Vennersys.
Tracing its origins back to 1846, the Group has a long established reputation for offering essential services to client companies in agency, valuation services, investment, consultancy, project management, multi-functional trading systems and online ticketing services, stock audit and inventory management. The diversity of these services provides a natural balance to the Group's core agency business.
The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014.
For more information, please go to www.christiegroup.com.