Buoyant Atkins listening to 'gissa job' requests again

Design and engineering consultancy group WS Atkins topped expectations with its interim profits, and signalled optimism for the future by announcing that it has resumed recruiting.

Design and engineering consultancy group WS Atkins topped expectations with its interim profits, and signalled optimism for the future by announcing that it has resumed recruiting.

Underlying profit before tax in the six months to the end of September declined 5.4% to £43.9m from £46.4m the year before. Broker Peel Hunt had forecast profit before tax of £42.4m.

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