Growth strategy delivers results and development platform for Hat Pin

Hat Pin, the human resources group operating through the market leading brands Akamai Financial Markets, Kendall Tarrant Worldwide and Saxton Bampfylde Hever, today announces preliminary results for the twelve months to 31 December 2006.

Financial Highlights:

ï Turnover (2006)14.53m / (2005)5.12m ( 184%)

Operational Highlights:

ï Completed the integration of all recent acquisitions

ï All business units contributed positively to year-end figures

ï Solid organic growth from all three brands

ï Expanded global footprint with further business openings in Asia

Angela Campbell-No, Chief Executive of Hat Pin plc commented: ìThis has been another successful year of development for the group and the pace of change has accelerated. The current year has begun well; we started with strong forward order books and activity levels remain high.

ìWe are expanding our Asian presence further into Singapore and Japan, and we continue to pursue actively potential acquisitions of leading brands, which we believe will complement our existing business portfolio.

ìIt is a measure of the Boardís confidence for the companyís future prospects that it is proposing an increase in the full year dividend of 15% to 1.27 pence per share.

ìWe remain excited about the outlook for the group.î