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White Young Green - 74% of forecast sales in the bag

November 2004

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Shares in consulting engineer, White Young Green, have risen 24% ahead of our main recommendation in July, following record final results. For the 12 months ended 30 June, pretax profit increased 20% to Â£6.9m from a 17% rise in sales to Â£77m (organic growth of 11%). Earnings fell by 5% to 13.6p but this reflected a higher tax charge anda 20% increase in shares in issue to finance acquisitions. WhiteYoung Green's long-term strategy is to replace the one-off contracts associated with a typical consulting engineer with long-term partnering agreements. The acquisition of IMC Consulting, which has contributed Â£48m to the Â£64m rise in the order book to Â£200m, is significantly helping to achieve this. IMC has also i ...

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White Young Green - Order book approaches Â£400m (April 2008)

White Young Green - Acquisition pipeline strong (January 2008)

White Young Green - Order book up 23% (December 2007)

White Young Green - substantial acquisition (October 2007)

White Young Green - Engineering consultancy firm aiming to double in size (May 2007)

White Young Green - New highs for consulting engineer (November 2005)

White Young Green - Makes two more acquisitions (April 2005)

White Young Green - Gain tops 46% in seven months (February 2005)

White Young Green - Min WSP eyeing further deals (July 2004)

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