The growth, development and consolidation of our Group has continued during the year and there are further exciting developments in the pipeline.

I am pleased to welcome to the Group all at Minsol and Foundry Minerals, the latest companies to join us. They considerably strengthen our activities in minerals supply and take us into areas of business new to the Group with the further opportunities that they offer.

CRW continues it's dynamic development and the investment in the application of new technology to the business is now starting to show real benefits and helps us to maintain an edge in a highly competitive industry. Over the last 3 years CRW has grown from operating 42 vehicles and we now have 208 in operation whilst driver numbers have grown from 45 to 220. As many of you will be aware, I have been particularly involved in the new vehicle livery and am pleased with new look that it adds to the fleet but on top of that it represents one of the few opportunities where we display a visible face to the world. I am sure that it will progressively add to a positive perception of our activities. To enable this to be implemented we will need everyone’s cooperation to ensure we all pull in the right direction.

Once again I would like to thank everyone in the Group for your individual contributions and hope that you all take as much pride in your achievements as I do.