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Staffline - Hogarth not overly concerned by Brexit

August 2016

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  • STAF
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  • 937p
Another excellent H1 from Staffline. Overall, sales went up 40% to £414.7m (14% organic), pretax profit was up 51% to £15.2m and eps were up 49% to 48.1p.  Net debt fell by £20m to £43.7m.The Staffing side saw record organic growth in its Onsite business with 36 new locations, taking the total to 341 across food manufacture, food distribution, agriculture, HGV and its first ever white collar ones (call centres, data centres). That gave rise to divisional sales up 44% to £336.7m and operating profit up from £5.3m to £6.8m. Brexit has cast a tall shadow over the division because 75% of its 45,000 contractors are East European migrants. But speaking to chief executive Andy Hogarth, he isn ...

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