Irish projects help White Young Green grow

WHITE Young Green (WYG), the British headquartered civil engineering consultancy group, has said that its Irish operations contributed strongly to the group’s interim results for the six months to the end of December.

The overall group yesterday reported a 26% rise in annual revenue to €147.4m. Operating profit rose by 31% to €12.5m and the value of its order book increased by 18% on the previous year to €490m.

WYG doesn’t break down individual figures for different geographical markets. The group generated overall annual revenues of more than €297 million last year and employs more than 2,700 in Britain.