Intellectual property support services group RWS Holdings expects first-half revenue to be just slightly ahead of the same period the year before, held back by a continued weak performance in Berlin.
Revenue in the six months to March 31st 2012 is expected to be £33.5m, compared with £32.4m the year before, driven by the performance in RWS's core patent translations business and the initial benefit of strong subscriptions for the high-margin PatBase service.
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