UK acquisitions helped contribute to sharp rise in interim profit and 33% growth in turnover to 拢63.6m

Environmental consultancy Waterman Group has posted a 43% rise in pre-tax profit to 拢3.3m for the six months to 31 December 2007.

Turnover jumped from 拢47.7m to 拢63.6m over the same period.

Chief executive Nick Taylor put the strong performance down to the company鈥檚 UK acquisitions and efficiencies from the existing business.

He said: 鈥淒espite the continuing uncertainty regarding the world economy, all the sectors in which we operate are currently performing well.鈥�

He added it was bidding on BSF deals with a construction value of more than 拢500m.

It upped the interim dividend to 2.5p per share from 2.2p.

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