AGM TRADING STATEMENT

RNS Number : 5275D

Staffline Group PLC

17 May 2012

 



For Immediate Release

17 May 2012

STAFFLINE GROUP PLC

("Staffline" or "the Group")

AGM TRADING STATEMENT

Staffline, the national outsourcing organisation providing people and operational expertise to industry, issues the following statement on trading which will be given at the Group's Annual General Meeting held at 10.00am this morning.

At the meeting Andy Hogarth, Chief Executive of the Group, will make the following statement on current trading:

"We are pleased to report that Staffline has started the current financial year well.  Whilst it remains too early to draw firm conclusions about the financial year as a whole, the board remains confident that the Group will meet market expectations.

This performance, against a weakening UK economy, continues to be underpinned by consistent levels of new business queries from both new and existing customers. We continue to see good levels of demand for our OnSite offering driven by both regulatory change and a need for temporary workers across our client base. Our Eos business, which manages Works Programme contracts in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country, is now well placed to maximise its strong regional presence and remains a key growth driver for the Group in the medium term.

We continue to evaluate selective bolt-on acquisitions, which could potentially broaden our client focus and further enhance shareholder value."

For further information, please contact:

Staffline Group plc	0115 950 0885
Andy Hogarth Chief Executive	07931 175775
Tim Jackson, Finance Director	07720 458626
www.staffline.co.uk
Liberum Capital Limited
Chris Bowman/Richard Bootle	020 3100 2222
Buchanan
Jeremy Garcia/Gabriella Clinkard	020 7466 5000

About Staffline

Staffline Group plc is a recruitment organisation specializing in food processing, manufacturing, e-retail and logistics. Staffline provides and manages industrial workforces and uses training and business improvement techniques to ensure increased levels of efficiency to give their clients a significant commercial advantage. Operating from over 180 locations in the UK, Staffline supply up to 25,000 blue collar workers each day. Brands include Staffline Express; the High Street branch operation; OnSite based on clients' premises; Elpis Training a national training and consultancy organisation; OSP a specialist volume recruitment call centre; and Eos a provider of Welfare to Work services.

 

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