Trading Statement

Prime People PLC
03 May 2007



3 May 2007


                                Prime People Plc
                       ('Prime People' or the 'Company')

                                 Trading Update


In advance of its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March 2007, Prime
People, the specialist recruitment group to the real estate, commercial property
and infrastructure sectors (AIM: PRP.L) today gives an update on trading.

Net fee income ('NFI') for the year ended 31 March 2007 grew by 23% to £10.8
million (2006 pro forma: £8.8 million), with the four overseas offices opened
during the year already contributing 10% of total NFI in the period.

During the year Prime People set up offices in Dubai, Hong Kong, Australia and
the Republic of South Africa. The Dubai and Hong Kong offices, which were
established in the first half of the year, are accessing areas of particularly
high economic growth. The Australian and South African offices, which opened
more recently, address local markets and facilitate the global movement of the
professionals that the Company places.

In opening the Australian operation the Company took advantage of an
opportunity, which was not originally planned for, and this has given rise to
start-up costs of approximately £0.09 million. In addition, a slower start to
trading in Hong Kong than had been previously anticipated, resulted in start-up
losses of £0.08 million in the period.

The Company expects NFI derived from overseas offices to continue to increase as
a proportion of total NFI in 2007/8.

The Board expects pre tax profits for the year ended 31 March 2007 to be around
£2.0 million net of the above investment costs, an increase of 14% on the
previous year (2006 pro forma: £1.76 million).

Further detail will be given when the Company announces its preliminary results
on 7 June 2007.



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Enquiries

Prime People 020 7318 1785
Robert Macdonald, Executive Chairman
Chris Heayberd, Finance Director

Arbuthnot Securities 020 7012 2000
Andrew Fullerton / Ian Williams

Hogarth 020 7735 9477
James Longfield / Georgina Briscoe / Charlie Field



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