The highlights include:

* Profit Before Tax up 24.2% to £8.2m (2006: £6.6m)
* Group Turnover up 4% to £193.8m (2006: £186.3m)
* Basic EPS up 26.8% to 14.33p (2006: 11.30p)
* Final Dividend up 10.2% to 8.10p (2006: 7.35p)
* Total Dividend for the year up 8.8% to 12p (2006: 11.025p)

Pat Stanborough, chief executive commented: " The Group is in good shape. We have a broad spread of businesses across the UK which are trading well. Despite the wider turbulence in the financial markets, we remain encouraged about the strength of the order book and the opportunities for future work.

"We can see many opportunities and as the Olympic Games development programme accelerates, we remain confident that this will lead to further projects. Additionally, as we build the scale of our regional operations, the group is benefiting from having a broader spread of our activities by both sector and location. This is a positive feature as we are not over reliant on any one client or particular sector."