Hays posts rise in full-year profits
The company said pre-tax profit rose to £132.3m from £118.5m a year earlier, in line with analyst expectations, after it saw a significant pick-up in net fee growth in Britain, Asia, Europe and North America.
Hays, which places workers in areas such as finance, construction and IT, also raised its dividend by five per cent to 2.63 pence - for the first time since 2008.
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Hide Ad“This is a strong financial performance, and we are ahead of schedule in terms of our aspirations to broadly double the group’s operating profits by 2018,” said chief executive Alistair Cox.