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Staffline - £1bn sales and £30m pretax target by 2017

October 2013

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  • Epic Code:
  • STAF
  • Price:
  • 577.5p
Reflecting a full six-month contribution from four acquisitions in the prior year, Staffline's interims showed sales 14% higher at £187.2m with pretax profit and eps both up by a third to £4.9m and 17p, respectively. Not a bad result given chief executive Andy Hogarth says the period saw Staffline invest in new divisions and new contracts as part of a five-year strategy to take sales to £1bn and profit to £30m by 2017. This strategy presently excludes any acquisitions but with debt down to just £2.7m we suspect that these are likely to accelerate growth even further.Staffline's core recruitment business, the “Onsite†business, grew sales 12% to £177m but profit shaded a touch to £4.1m. The blue collar Onsite element grew ...

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