Factsheet

VT Group is a leading support services company, providing engineering and other support services to governments and large organisations around the world. Primarily based in the UK and US, we employ nearly 12,000 people. Over the past five years we have doubled in size, and now have a turnover in the order of £1.05 billion.

VT operates in a wide range of markets, including broadcast, defence, education, emergency services, nuclear, training and waste.  We provide services from designing, acquiring and then operating and maintaining facilities and assets, through to providing support and training – to everyone from firefighters to teachers, apprentices and pilots.

Corporate Head Office Southampton, UK
US Head Office Atlanta, GA
Stock exchange London Stock Exchange
RIC code VTG
Turnover 1 £1.095.7 million (2008: £845.4 million)
Underlying profit before taxation 2 £86.6 million (2008: £61.6 million)
Adjusted earnings per share 33.9 (2008: 24.1p)
Order book £4.5 billion
Employees Over 12,000
  1. Includes share of turnover from equity accounted joint ventures and associates.
  2. Underlying profit before taxation (and underlying operating profit) excludes amortisation of intangibles arising from business combinations (£23.0m; 2008: £9.9m), share of joint venture taxation (£2.3m; 2008: £5.0m), fair value movements arising from derivatives (£0.8m; 2008: £1.2m.) and exceptional items (£28.3m; 2008: £nil).

Our Management

Michael Jeffries, Chairman
Paul Lester, Chief Executive
Chris Cundy, Group Commercial Director
David Daquino, Chief Executive Officer, VT Group Inc 
John Davies, Group Managing Director
Philip Harrison, Group Finance Director
Matthew Jowett, General Counsel
Jo Robbins, Group HR Director
Simon Withey, Group Managing Director 

Our Locations

In the United Kingdom, VT has over one hundred offices, ranging from Cornwall to Northern Scotland. Our Head Office is located in Southampton, Hampshire. We are also based at more than a hundred locations in the United States, with our American operations managed from our Head Office in Atlanta, Georgia.

In addition to the UK and US, we also operate in South America, Europe and Asia, the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans.