Hat Pin, the human resources group and owner of market leading brand Kendall Tarrant Worldwide, today announces interim results for the six months to 30 June 2005. Highlights include:
Turnover up 8% to 2.5m (2004: 2.3m)
Pre-tax profits up 30% to 399,000 (2004: 306,000)
Cash balances up by 36% to 1.7m (2004: 1.2m at the year-end)
Strong performance across all offices and geographies
Appointment of new Non-Executive Chairman and Finance Director
Appointment of Arden Partners as nominated adviser and broker
Commenting on the results, Gay Haines, chairman, said:
ìThere has been a strong performance across Kendall Tarrantís international platform with all our offices operating cohesively as a group - a tribute to all those who have worked so hard.
ìWe are confident that our full year performance in 2005 will meet our expectations and that with this positive operating performance, and the board changes we have announced today, the company is ready to move on to the next stage of development.î
Strong progress across all offices positioning the group for growth

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