Strong trading and operational performance
· Further geographic expansion, with North America Mountie revenue up 56%, APAC 137%, UK and Ireland 14% and EMEA 12%, against the corresponding period
· Mounties assigned to client sites at week 26 were up 20% at 2,947
· Mountie utilisation rate for the six months to 30 June 2017 was 96.7% (2016: 97.5%)
· Strong client acquisition across the Group with, globally, 35 new clients secured in the period
· Continued sector diversification, with 71% of new clients outside the financial services sector
· Online applications to join training programmes increased by 32% on the first half last year
· 741 training completions in the six months to 30 June 2017 (2016: 701)
· Interim dividend per share of 12.0 pence, an increase of 29% (2016: interim dividend of 9.3 pence)
· FDM Group (Holdings) plc entered the FTSE 250 in June 2017
