PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR
THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2022
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AGENDA
1. | OPERATING REVIEW | Alistair Cox, Chief Executive | ||
2. | FINANCIAL REVIEW | Paul Venables, Group Finance Director | ||
3. | CURRENT TRADING | James Hilton, Group Finance Director (Designate) | ||
4. | STRATEGY | Alistair Cox, Chief Executive | ||
5. APPENDICES
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1.
OPERATING REVIEW
Alistair Cox
Chief Executive
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OUR STRATEGY DELIVERED FOR ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS IN FY22
Our markets | Our investments |
• Strong FY22 client | • 26% YoY growth in |
and candidate | consultants |
confidence | • Strategic Growth |
• Significant global | Initiatives (SGI) |
skill shortages | performing strongly |
• Increased global job | • Record fees in |
churn and reduced | structural growth |
time to hire | sectors such as |
• Clear evidence of | Technology and |
Enterprise clients | |
wage inflation | |
• Record consultant | |
• Good market | |
productivity, despite | |
conditions | |
our investments | |
Our trading | Our purpose | Our society |
• Record fees drove | • Over 350,000 | • Our science-based |
128% operating | talented people | targets in support of |
profit growth to | placed in new jobs | Net Zero were |
£210.1m | in FY22 | approved in March |
• Performance in all | • Extensive | • Free content and |
regions was excellent | engagement with | training promotes |
across Perm and | Hays online learning | career development |
Temp | and development | and social mobility |
• Group conversion rate | platforms - nearly | • Over 10,000 hours |
1 million training | ||
up 730bps, including | volunteered by | |
courses delivered | ||
significant investment | colleagues through | |
the 'Helping for your | ||
tomorrow' initiative |
Our shareholders
- Excellent profit growth and strong cash generation
- FY22 core dividend of 2.85p and special dividend of 7.34p
- Share buyback scheme launched; £18.2m of shares bought and cancelled
- Buyback scheme topped up so that we start FY23 with £75 million available
Our purpose-led strategy will deliver for all our stakeholders over the long run
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