27th Sep 2006 07:00
Homeserve Plc27 September 2006 Trading Update Homeserve plc, the Home Emergency Service Company, announces its trading updatefor the half year to 30 September 2006. Homeserve has made a good start to the year. Within Policy Membership, HomeserveGB has achieved strong growth in profits together with new policy salesapproaching 600,000 and the Retail Warranty business is now breaking even. The International businesses are performing in line with our expectations,international investment has been increased in the US where marketing hascommenced with FirstEnergy Corp and the test marketing in Spain is due tocommence in October. The Emergency Repair businesses have performed well, with particularly highactivity levels within building repairs. The outlook for the year remains unchanged. As in prior years, trading willcontinue to be weighted to the second half of the year, the busiest formarketing activity and emergency repairs. Homeserve expects to announce its interim statements on Monday 27th November2006. Enquiries Homeserve plcBrian Whitty, Chairman Tel: 44 (0) 1922 427900Andrew Belk, Group Finance Director Tel. 44 (0) 1922 427903 TulchanAndrew Honnor/Stephen Malthouse Tel. 44 (0) 20 7353 4200 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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