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Synergy Healthcare - Preferred bidder for second PFI

December 2003

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nstrument sterilisation services and linen management group, Synergy, has hit an all-time high, after highly impressive interim results, plus news that it has been selected as preferred bidder for a second PFI hospital contract. Turnover increased 25% to £15.3m, and pretax profit jumped 81% to £1.7m, while earnings rose 69%to 5.35p.  Prospects are stronger than ever with forward orders having increased from £160m to £230m, while over 90% of forecast salesfor 2005 are already booked! In Synergy's larger sterilisation services side, operating profit rose 59% to £1.4m, driven by both volume increases, but also margin improvements from the former HCS sterilisation sites, through efficiencies from Synergy's ...

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