£50m for the full year
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Commenting on the results,
David Squires, Group Chief Executive Officer of Senior plc, said:
"Our performance in the first half of 2021 has, once again, demonstrated the resilience of Senior. While the global pandemic is not over, we are encouraged to see the clear signs of recovery in our end markets, which gives renewed confidence in our ability to create enhanced value for our investors over the medium term. As we said in our
9 July 2021 Post-Close Trading Update, for 2021, despite the well-publicised headwinds associated with freight and commodity costs; semiconductor supply chain challenges for our land vehicle customers; as well as the divestment of our Senior Aerospace Connecticut business, we expect overall Group performance for 2021 to be slightly ahead of our previous expectations. In relative terms, H1 2021 is likely to be slightly stronger than H2 2021 due to reduced defence sales in H2 2021, which, based on delivery profiles, we expect to pick up again in 2022. Over the medium term we remain confident of delivering a strong recovery across our Divisions, driving the Group ROCE to a minimum of 13.5% in line with our previously stated ambition.