{"id":1814,"date":"2009-05-08T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T07:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.easyoffices.com\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2009-05-08T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T07:30:28","slug":"mwb-group-reveals-year-end-results-for-2008-and-extends-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyoffices.com\/blog\/business-advice-and-news\/mwb-group-reveals-year-end-results-for-2008-and-extends-loan","title":{"rendered":"MWB Group Reveals Year End Results for 2008 and Extends Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">After revealing its full-year financial results last week, MWB Group Holdings Plc has announced that it has extended its loan with Bank of Scotland and RBS by two years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The company has agreed that &#126;348m of its banking facilities are to be extended to December 2011, a loan which covers all areas of the MWB Group compiling Malmaison and Hotel du Vin, MWB Business Exchange and MWB itself. Commenting on the extensions, Richard Balfour-Lynn, MWB&#8217;s Chief Executive, said: &#8216;It is in the Group&#8217;s long term interests to extend these facilities, given the current level of illiquidity in the financial markets, and I strongly believe that this confirms the robustness of our business model and the excellent relationship we have with our financing partners.&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">The serviced office section of the company, currently the\u00a0UK&#8217;s second largest serviced office\u00a0operator,\u00a0reported that revenue for the year had grown by 18% to &#126;119m over the previous 12 months and work station occupancy at 31st December 2008 stood at 90%.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0 <\/span>Mr Balfour-Lynn commented: &#8220;We have a strong cash-generative business with a sound balance sheet and the Board remainspositive about the medium term future for the Company, both in terms of profit and shareholder value.&#8220; <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Verdana;\">Overall the\u00a0group revealed a pretax loss of &#126;9.9m for 2008 and a fall in property values from &#126;606m in 2007 to &#126;566m for the year-end. 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