Kier Group plc (KIE) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:05.201 Right. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for our half year results presentation. 00:00:05.201 -- 00:00:07.526 For those of you here 00:00:07.526 -- 00:00:12.556 in person, I'd like also to extend a warm welcome to those joining us 00:00:12.556 -- 00:00:15.823 by the webcast and audio as well. So I'm Andrew Davies. 00:00:15.823 -- 00:00:20.412 I'm chief executive of Keir Group and I'm joined today by Simon Kesterton, our chief 00:00:20.412 -- 00:00:25.379 financial officer. So this morning I will talk you through the highlights of the last 00:00:25.379 -- 00:00:30.445 six months to 31st of December 2023, and then I'll hand you over 00:00:30.445 -- 00:00:32.969 to Simon to talk through the group's financial performance. 00:00:32.969 -- 00:00:38.095 And this will be followed by an operational review, an update on ESG, 00:00:38.095 -- 00:00:42.741 and we'll finish off with our outlook. Then there'll be an opportunity for questions 00:00:42.741 -- 00:00:46.425 and answers at the end, and we'll start, if that's okay, with questions in the room, 00:00:46.425 -- 00:00:51.095 and then we'll go to see if there's any questions online as well. 00:00:51.095 -- 00:00:56.247 So if we move through the disclaimer and the results summary highlight and we talk to 00:00:56.247 -- 00:01:01.520 on slide four now the half year 24 highlights. 00:01:01.520 -- 00:01:05.610 So the first half of the year seen the group delivering a strong set of results with 00:01:05.610 -- 00:01:11.171 increased orders, revenue and profit. We delivered revenue growth at 23% 00:01:11.171 -- 00:01:13.114 with strong performance across the business. 00:01:13.114 -- 00:01:18.684 We achieved an adjusted operating profit of £65 million, an increase of 13%. 00:01:18....