LONDON (dpa-AFX) - WS Atkins (ATK.L), a design, engineering and project management consultancy, in its trading update for the year, ahead of its preliminary results announcement on June 15, said its full-year expectations for Group performance remains unchanged. Overall, the Group said, it traded well through the fourth quarter, with continued currency benefits as anticipated.
The performance across its five operating segments remained consistent with that reported in third-quarter trading update in early February, the Group noted
The Group said it continued to perform well in the major markets of the UK and North America and expects to show further good progress in the full year.
Since the third-quarter trading update, the market conditions have remained broadly unchanged in its two other geographic regions of the Middle East and Asia Pacific, while in Energy, it was encouraged by the early signs of stabilisation in the oil and gas market.
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