20th Sep 2007 07:01
NCC Group PLC20 September 2007 20 September 2007 NCC Group plc AGM Statement NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC or "the Group"), the international, independent providerof Escrow Solutions, Assurance Testing and Consultancy, is holding its AnnualGeneral Meeting at 12 Noon today 20 September 2007. At the meeting the Non-Executive Chairman, Paul Mitchell, will state: "The Group has made a strong start to the financial year, in what is our slowesttrading period. I am particularly pleased to report that the two businesses acquired during2007, Site Confidence in January and SecureTest in August, are now fullyintegrated into our Assurance Testing Division. They are already makingimportant contributions to both the Group's profits and its overall positioningin the IT assurance market. The Assurance Testing Division, consisting of Ethical Security Testing andPerformance and Load Testing, is now firmly established as one of the leadingindependent operators in this market in the UK. We believe now we have thelargest Ethical Security Testing capability in the UK as we have over fortyethical security testers including twenty six who are accredited to theGovernment's stringent CHECK security testing standard. The Group is also progressing with its investment programme to build an EscrowSolutions account management team in the South, based in our Site Confidencebusiness in Dorking. We have increased our office capacity and havesuccessfully started the recruitment of Escrow Solutions account managementstaff. We are optimistic that we will achieve our target of eight new startersby the half year. Now that we are fully listed, the Group expects to report its first InterimManagement Statement as required by the UK Listing Authority's Disclosure andTransparency Rules, on Tuesday 16 October 2007. Our interim figures for the sixmonths to 30 November 2007 are expected to be published during the weekcommencing 21 January 2008." Enquiries: NCC Group (www.nccgroup.com) 0161 209 5200 Rob Cotton, Chief Executive Paul Edwards, Group Finance Director College Hill Adrian Duffield 020 7457 2020 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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