White Young Green 2005 charts + discussion

Orders are continuing to roll in at specialist consultancy and Citywire BrainsTrust company White Young Green, with a 30% increase over the last year taking the current total to £280 million.

Market conditions continue to be favourable for the Leeds-based professional consultant to the built, natural and social environment, and the trend is expected to continue in the second half.

Profit before tax and goodwill amortization will be at least in line with expectations for the six months to 31 December, it says. The shares added 5.25p to 359.75p in light trading.

White Young Green (WHY) is the second most popular stock in the Citywire BrainsTrust Small Cap index which aggregates the favourite holdings of the UK’s top performing smaller company managers by how overweight they are in a stock measured against its market weightings.

‘All of the acquisitions completed in 2005 are integrating well and have contributed strongly in the period to both order book growth and profitability,’ said the statement.