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Kainos - Helping government deal with COVID-19 fallout

May 2020

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Ahead of full year results due on 26 May, Kainos has said these will be reassuringly in line (Investec’s forecast is £25.5m pretax profit and eps of 17p). The company continued to generate cash from operations and has a robust balance sheet with cash balances of £40m. Over 1,700 staff have moved to home working in a seamless fashion. Several customers in government and healthcare are at the forefront of responding to the coronavirus, and digital access to essential services has become extremely important with Kainos being asked to help the government deal with the COVID-19 fall-out, ranging from amendments to the NHS app to dealing with emergency passport applications, with some senior staff working pro bono ...

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