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John’s Overview

Welcome to the Summer edition of Newsbites.

Well here we are
in the second half
of 2021. Like me
you’ve probably
been wondering
where on earth the
last 6 months have
gone, or indeed
how is it possible
that we have been
dealing with these strange working conditions for nearly
16 months now but let’s focus on a couple of pieces of
good news. Firstly, there genuinely does seem to be
some light at the end of the tunnel, with all restrictions
having been lifted in England, with the hope of a return
to more normal working practices as part of our Agile
Working approach later in the summer. Secondly, thanks
to the efforts of every single one of you, as well as
those who support us within Belfast and across the
Group, we’ve continued to deliver some excellent
commercial results, with H1 2021 revenue and profit
numbers significantly ahead of budget and broadly in
line with those of 2020, despite the absence this time
around of the huge increases we saw in March last
year when the pandemic began. We’ve also continued
to reduce working capital levels within our business,

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