NORMAN BROADBENT PLC (NBB) — Final Results

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And welcome to the NORMAN BROADBENT PLC Final Results Investor Presentation. Throughout this recorded meeting, investors will be in listen only mode. Questions are encouraged and they can be submitted at any time using the Q and A tab situated on the right hand corner of your screen. Simply type in your questions and press send. The company may not be in a position to answer every question received during the meeting itself. However, the company can review all questions submitted today and publish your sponsors what is appropriate to do so. Before we begin, I would like to submit the following poll. And I would now like to hand you over to CEO, Kevin Davidson. Good afternoon to you. Thank you very much, and welcome, everyone, to the presentation of our results for financial year 2024. I am Kevin Davidson, the Chief Executive Officer and I'm joined by Meherr Malik, our Chief Financial Officer. Before diving into the results for last year, I think it's worth briefly reflecting on the journey we've been on since I joined the business at the end of twenty twenty one. There was a lot of work to be done, we've reset the culture, we've refocused the business, we've refreshed the brand and we've modernized all systems and processes whilst driving organic growth as hard as possible. Despite an incredibly challenging market in 2023 and 2024, this turnaround delivered the company's best and second best years in over a decade. We were also delighted to report earlier today our incredibly strong start to 2025. Quarter one is up over 35% on the same quarter last year and is our best quarter on record. On top of this, we've maintained momentum entering quarter two with a stronger book of business than we started Q1 with. So for those of you who are less aware of the brand, NORMAN B...