Interim Results

 

TIDMNSV 
 
RNS Number : 0681S 
NetServices PLC 
12 May 2009 
 

12 May 2009 
 
 
NetServices plc 
 
 
('NetServices', the 'Company' or the 'Group') 
 
 
Interim Results Announcement 
 
 
For the six months ended 28 February 2009 
 
 
NetServices plc (AIM:NSV), the specialist provider of converged business 
communication, announces its results for the six months ended 28 February 2009. 
 
 
Key Highlights 
 
 
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| - | Revenue of GBP3.19m (2008: GBP3.68m)                                | 
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| - | Gross profit of GBP1.37m (2008: GBP1.60m)                           | 
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| - | Gross profit margin of 43% (2008: 44%)                              | 
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| - | EBITDA* before non-recurring items of GBP0.14m (2008: GBP0.22m)     | 
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| - | Loss before tax of GBP0.42m (2008: GBP0.003m profit)                | 
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| - | Cash in hand at end of period of GBP0.81m (2008: GBP1.28m)          | 
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| - | Achieved accreditation as a CISCO Managed Services Channel Partner  | 
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* EBITDA = profit from operations before interest, tax, depreciation, 
amortisation and share-based payment costs. 
 
 
Commenting on these results, Mark Vickers, Chief Executive said: 
 
 
'Against the backdrop of the most challenging economic period in living memory, 
we have continued to focus on tight cost control enabling us to generate an 
operating profit before non-recurring items, in line with our expectations. 
During the past six months, we pursued our strategy of building our managed 
services capability and have successfully achieved the Cisco MSCP accreditation 
that we set as our goal at the start of the period. We intend to maximize the 
value of this certification during the remainder of the financial year to 
generate robust managed service revenues and deliver value for shareholders.' 
 
 
For further information, please contact: 
 
 
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| NetServices                          | Tel No: 0870 753 0900                | 
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| Mark Vickers, Chief Executive        |                                      | 
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| Ian Winn, Finance Director           |                                      | 
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| MC2 (Manchester) Ltd                 | Tel No: 0161 236 1352                | 
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| Samantha Lafferty                    |                                      | 
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| Arbuthnot Securities                 | Tel No: 020 7012 2000                | 
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| Tom Griffiths                        |                                      | 
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chairman's statement 
 
 
OVERVIEW 
I am pleased to announce the results for the six months ended 28 February 2009, 
one of the most challenging economic periods in living memory, and to provide an 
update on recent developments within the business. 
 
 
Revenue for the first half of the year was GBP3.19m (2008: GBP3.68m), producing 
a gross profit of GBP1.37m (2008: GBP1.60m). A continued focus on tight cost 
control enabled the Group to generate earnings before interest, tax, 
depreciation and amortisation ("EBITDA") and before non-recurring items of 
GBP0.14m (2008: GBP0.22m). The Group incurred non-recurring items relating to a 
staff re?organisation, the write off of legacy networking equipment and 
professional fees relating to a strategic review. The impact of these items 
resulted in a loss before tax of GBP0.42m (2008: GBP0.003m profit). 
 
 
I am pleased that our EBITDA before non-recurring items continues to demonstrate 
the underlying viability of our business model, whilst acknowledging 
disappointment that we have posted a loss for the period, which was primarily 
due to a number of identifiable one-off non-recurring items. However, our 
success in achieving accreditation as a CISCO Managed Services Channel Partner 
("MSCP") in managed connectivity and security, combined with recent contract 
wins worth over GBP0.30m secured through our partnership with Datapoint, 
provides encouragement for the remainder of this calendar year. 
 
 
HALF YEAR RESULTS 
Revenue for the six months ended 28 February 2009 was GBP3.19m (2008: GBP3.68m). 
The lower revenues resulted from a contract loss and attrition in our non-core, 
non-converged revenues. The contract loss was not a reflection on the level of 
service by the Group, simply a result of a client decision to take the service 
back in house. In common with all businesses, the uncertain economic backdrop of 
the last six months has resulted in a reticence on the part of some of our 
larger opportunities to commit to contracts, which has had an effect on sales in 
the first half of the year and will impact on the second half of the year. 
 
 
We have however been reassured by the credit quality of our existing customer 
base during the period, and the importance of our services to them, which meant 
at the half year end there were no significant overdue balances and no 
requirement for a bad debt charge during the first half. 
 
 
Gross profit was GBP1.37m (2008: GBP1.60m) which equated to a gross margin of 
43%. We produced EBITDA before non-recurring items of GBP0.14m for the period 
(2008: GBP0.22m). We took positive action during the second quarter of the 
financial year to ensure that our cost base was aligned with our revenue base, 
whilst ensuring that we maintained capability in all areas. This resulted in a 
small number of staff redundancies, which were completed during January 2009. 
 
 
Operating profit for the first half, before non-recurring items, of GBP0.013m 
(2008: loss GBP0.005m) is in line with management's expectations for the period, 
and the comparative period last year. 
 
 
The Group incurred GBP0.41m of non-recurring items in the period relating to (in 
descending order of size): the write off of certain legacy network assets which 
have now been made obsolete by the completion of our network update; redundancy 
costs associated with a staff re-organisation in January 2009; and professional 
fees relating to a strategic review. 
 
 
Cash balances at 28 February 2009 were GBP0.81m (2008: GBP1.28m). 
 
 
We continue to review ways that we can mitigate the supply contract, against 
which we currently hold a provision of GBP1.38m. We commenced negotiations 
during the period which may or may not lead to a reduction in the contractual 
obligation and remaining length of this contract. 
 
 
OPERATIONS 
The focus in the first half of the year has been in two key areas; capability 
and improvements in our routes to market. 
 
 
CAPABILITY 
In our review of last year we were clear about the need for us to achieve a 
recognised, external "kite mark" which would provide third party validation of 
the efficacy of the managed services offered by the Group. We highlighted that 
we would seek to become accredited under the Cisco MSCP programme. I am pleased 
to report that, due to the extensive efforts of all staff involved in this 
process, we were successful in achieving this accreditation at the end of March 
2009, gaining Cisco Powered Network status for managed connectivity and managed 
security. The independent auditors tasked with making the assessment of our 
policies, processes and services were particularly complimentary about the 
business. The accreditation and the Group's focus on Cisco's SMB (small and 
medium sized businesses) market of resellers mean that the Group now has a 
unique position in this chosen market. 
 
 
The Cisco MSCP accreditation, whilst in itself having value given that it allows 
access to the highest level of global Cisco discounts, now needs to be 
commercially exploited. We announced on 30 March 2009 that Paul Foley had 
resigned as sales director. This was in part due to our changing focus on the 
Cisco reseller channel, which demanded a different set of skills and experience. 
We are currently working with Cisco's largest UK distributor and utilising the 
skills and knowledge of experienced Cisco consultants to refine our product 
offering to maximise our chances of success in this sector in the coming months. 
 
 
We acknowledged in November 2008 the importance of managed services, and the 
fact that provision of the network (our core capability) was the "glue" that 
held this together. During the first half of this year we have continued to 
assess and add to the number of services we can source from third party 
partners. These have included Unified Communications, WAN optimisation, SaaS 
providers and "Cloud" based services. In doing this we believe we are 
significantly enhancing our service offering. 
 
 
ROUTES TO MARKET 
Against the uncertain economic backdrop of the last six months we have continued 
to seek out and identify potential partners who share our vision in terms of 
managed service delivery. In so doing we are looking to partners and 
opportunities who we can work with to "sell with" rather than "sell through". It 
has taken longer to develop these relationships than we expected. However our 
first contract, secured through Datapoint during March 2009 for a contract value 
in excess of GBP0.30m, provides evidence that our strategy has value and has the 
capability to scale. We will continue to concentrate on developing this area 
further over the coming months. 
 
 
OUTLOOK 
Our primary focus for the remainder of this year will be "monetising" and 
maximising the value associated with MSCP accreditation. The Group recognises it 
has acquired an industry recognised capability and accreditation which has 
intrinsic value. 
 
 
We acknowledge the short term challenges to revenue and profitability growth 
that result from continuing with our strategy, as it will undoubtedly take time 
to develop partnerships amid a backdrop of unprecedented economic uncertainty. 
However we believe that this strategy will generate robust managed service 
revenues and therefore is in the interest of shareholders. 
 
 
While we anticipate the difficult economic conditions enduring for the remainder 
of the current financial year, we have demonstrated our capability to manage 
costs to mitigate potential impacts upon the business. 
 
 
As ever we rely upon the continued skill, diligence and efforts of our staff 
and, given the achievements of the last six months, I am particularly grateful 
for their continuing support and effort. 
 
 
BOARD CHANGE 
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to announce that due to my 
increasing commitments as commercial director of the London Organising Committee 
of the 2012 Olympic Games it is becoming more difficult for me to commit the 
appropriate amount of time to the Group. After almost four years I have 
therefore, reluctantly, decided to step down as non-executive chairman with 
effect from today. Graham Norfolk, an existing non-executive director, has 
agreed to take over from me as non-executive chairman. I therefore would like to 
wish Graham and the team all the best in the future. 
 
 
CHRIS TOWNSEND 
NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN 
11 MAY 2009 
 
 
consolidated income statement 
for the six months ended 28 february 2009 
 
 
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|                                                             Six |       Six |     Year | 
|                                                          months |    months |          | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                           ended |     ended |    ended | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                              28 |        29 |       31 | 
|                                                        February |  February |   August | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                            2009 |      2008 |     2008 | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                       Unaudited | Unaudited |  Audited | 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                              | Notes | GBP000's |  GBP000's | GBP000's | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Revenue                                      |       |    3,193 |     3,678 |    7,145 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Cost of sales                                |       |  (1,828) |   (2,074) |  (3,836) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Gross profit                                 |       |    1,365 |     1,604 |    3,309 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Other operating expenses                     |       |  (1,230) |   (1,384) |  (2,810) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Profit from operations before depreciation, amortisation,                              | 
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| share-based payments and non-recurring items |       |      135 |       220 |      499 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Depreciation                                 |       |     (84) |     (202) |    (369) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Amortisation of intangibles                  |       |     (32) |      (23) |     (64) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Share-based payment costs                    |       |      (6) |         - |        - | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Operating Profit/(loss) before non-recurring |       |       13 |       (5) |       66 | 
| items                                        |       |          |           |          | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Non-recurring items                          |     2 |    (412) |         - |        - | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Operating (loss)/profit                      |       |    (399) |       (5) |       66 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Finance income                               |       |        5 |        22 |       36 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Finance costs                                |       |     (25) |      (14) |     (53) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| (Loss)/profit before tax                     |       |    (419) |         3 |       49 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| Income tax expense                           |     3 |        - |         - |        - | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
| (Loss)/profit for the period/year            |       |    (419) |         3 |       49 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+----------+-----------+----------+ 
 
 
+----------------------------------------------+------+--------+------+------+ 
| (Loss)/Earnings per share                                                  | 
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| - basic (p)                                  |    4 | (1.42) | 0.01 | 0.17 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------+--------+------+------+ 
| - diluted (p)                                |    4 | (1.42) | 0.01 | 0.16 | 
+----------------------------------------------+------+--------+------+------+ 
 
 
There was no recognised income or expenditure other than the (loss)/profit for 
the period/year. Accordingly, no statement of recognised income and expenditure 
has been prepared. 
 
 
 
 
consolidated balance sheet 
as at 28 february 2009 
 
 
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|                                                       As at  |        As |       As | 
|                                                              |        at |       at | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                 28 February  |        29 |       31 | 
|                                                              |  February |   August | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                        2009  |      2008 |     2008 | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                   Unaudited  | Unaudited |  Audited | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                     GBP000's |  GBP000's | GBP000's | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
| ASSETS                                                                              | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Non-current assets                                                                  | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Property, plant and equipment                      |   1,211 |     1,754 |    1,548 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Goodwill                                           |     334 |       334 |      334 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Intangible assets                                  |     153 |       155 |      183 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Investments                                        |      59 |        59 |       59 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                        1,757 |     2,302 |    2,124 | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
| Current assets                                     |         |           |          | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Trade and other receivables                        |     894 |       897 |      844 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents                          |     810 |     1,280 |    1,254 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                        1,704 |     2,177 |    2,098 | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
| Total Assets                                       |   3,461 |     4,479 |    4,222 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                                                              | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent                                 | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Share capital                                      |      74 |        74 |       74 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Share premium                                      |   4,293 |     4,293 |    4,293 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Share-based payment reserve                        |      14 |         8 |        8 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Revaluation reserve                                |     152 |       152 |      152 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Retained losses                                    | (4,073) |   (3,701) |  (3,654) | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Equity shareholders' funds                         |     460 |       826 |      873 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Non-current liabilities                                                             | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Trade and other payables                           |       - |         1 |        1 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Financial liabilities                              |     449 |       454 |      508 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Provisions                                         |   1,382 |     1,600 |    1,520 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Deferred tax                                       |      67 |        67 |       67 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                        1,898 |     2,122 |    2,096 | 
+--------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+----------+ 
| Current liabilities                                                                 | 
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 
| Financial liabilities                              |     108 |       189 |      150 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Trade and other payables                           |    995  |     1,342 |    1,103 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
|                                                    |   1,103 |     1,531 |    1,253 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Total Liabilities                                  |   3,001 |     3,653 |    3,349 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
| Total Equity and Liabilities                       |   3,461 |     4,479 |    4,222 | 
+----------------------------------------------------+---------+-----------+----------+ 
 
 
 
 
consolidated statement of changes in equity 
as at 28 february 2009 
 
 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
|                                 |          |          | Share-based |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
|                                 |    Share |    Share |     payment | Revaluation | Retained |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
|                                 |  capital |  premium |     reserve |     reserve |   losses |    Total | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
|                                 | GBP000's | GBP000's |    GBP000's |    GBP000's | GBP000's | GBP000's | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 1 September 2008     |       74 |    4,293 |           8 |         152 |  (3,654) |      873 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Total recognised income and     |        - |        - |           - |           - |    (419) |    (419) | 
| expense for                     |          |          |             |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| the period                      |          |          |             |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Share-based compensation        |        - |        - |           6 |           - |        - |        6 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 28 February 2009     |       74 |    4,293 |          14 |         152 |  (4,073) |      460 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 1 September 2007     |       74 |    4,293 |           8 |         152 |  (3,703) |      824 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Total recognised income and     |        - |        - |           - |           - |        2 |        2 | 
| expense for                     |          |          |             |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| the period                      |          |          |             |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 29 February 2008     |       74 |    4,293 |           8 |         152 |  (3,701) |      826 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 1 September 2007     |       74 |    4,293 |           8 |         152 |  (3,703) |      824 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Total recognised income and     |        - |        - |           - |           - |       49 |       49 | 
| expense for                     |          |          |             |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| the period                      |          |          |             |             |          |          | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
| Balance at 31 August 2008       |       74 |    4,293 |           8 |         152 |  (3,654) |      873 | 
+---------------------------------+----------+----------+-------------+-------------+----------+----------+ 
 
 
 
 
consolidated cash flow statement 
for the six months ended 28 february 2009 
 
 
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|                                              |       |       Six |       Six |      Year | 
|                                              |       |    months |    months |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                              |       |     ended |     ended |     ended | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                              |       |        28 |        29 | 31 August | 
|                                              |       |  February |  February |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                              |       |      2009 |      2008 |      2008 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                              |       | Unaudited | Unaudited |   Audited | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                              | Notes |  GBP000's |  GBP000's |  GBP000's | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Cash flows from operating activities         |       |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Cash used in operations                      |     5 |     (280) |     (367) |     (317) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Finance costs                                |       |      (25) |      (14) |      (53) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Net cash used in operating activities        |       |     (305) |     (381) |     (370) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Cash flows from investing activities         |       |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment    |       |         - |      (76) |      (79) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Purchases of intangible assets               |       |      (43) |     (117) |     (117) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Proceeds from sale of equipment              |       |         - |        12 |        47 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Finance income                               |       |         5 |        22 |        36 | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Net cash used in investing activities        |       |      (38) |     (159) |     (113) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Cash flows from financing activities         |       |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Repayment of long term borrowings            |       |      (46) |      (22) |      (46) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Payment of finance lease liabilities         |       |      (55) |      (41) |     (100) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Net cash used in financing activities        |       |     (101) |      (63) |     (146) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents    |       |     (444) |     (603) |     (629) | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of    |       |     1,254 |     1,883 |     1,883 | 
| the period                                   |       |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the  |       |       810 |     1,280 |     1,254 | 
| period                                       |       |           |           |           | 
+----------------------------------------------+-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
 
 
 
 
1. Basis of preparation 
The Group's interim results consolidate the results of the company and its 
subsidiary undertakings made up to 28 February 2009. The company is a limited 
liability company incorporated and domiciled in England & Wales and whose shares 
are listed on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange. 
 
 
The financial information contained in this interim report does not constitute 
statutory accounts as defined in section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. It does 
not, therefore, include all the information and disclosures required in the 
annual financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Group's 
annual financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2008. 
 
 
The financial information for the six months ended 28 February 2009 is also 
unaudited but has been reviewed by the auditors in accordance with the 
International Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410, "Review of 
Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the 
Entity" issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the UK. The Group has 
not applied IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting", which is not mandatory for UK 
Groups, in the preparation of these interim financial statements. 
 
 
The Group's statutory accounts for the year ended 31 August 2008 have been 
delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The independent auditors' report on 
these accounts was unqualified and did not contain a statement under section 
237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985. 
 
 
Significant accounting policies 
The accounting policies used in the preparation of the financial information for 
the six months ended 28 February 2009 are in accordance with the recognition and 
measurement criteria of International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as 
adopted by the European Union and are consistent with those which were adopted 
in the annual statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2008 
and those which will be adopted in the financial statements for the year ending 
31 August 2009. 
 
 
The board of directors approved the interim report on 11 May 2009. 
 
 
2. (Loss)/Profit for period/year 
(Loss)/profit for the period/year is stated after charging the following: 
 
 
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|                                         |       Six | Six months |       Year | 
|                                         |    months |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
|                                         |     ended |      ended |      ended | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
|                                         |        28 |         29 |  31 August | 
|                                         |  February |   February |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
|                                         |      2009 |       2008 |       2008 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
|                                         | Unaudited |  Unaudited |    Audited | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
|                                         |  GBP000's |   GBP000's |   GBP000's | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| Non-recurring items                     |           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| Impairment of property, plant and       |       253 |          - |          - | 
| equipment                               |           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| Impairment of intangible fixed assets   |        41 |          - |          - | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| Redundancy expenditure                  |        73 |          - |          - | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| Strategic business review               |        45 |          - |          - | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
|                                         |       412 |          - |          - | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| Movement in onerous contract provision  |     (138) |          - |       (80) | 
| as a result of                          |           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
| normal operating activities             |           |            |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
3. Taxation 
There is no tax charge for the period and no deferred tax asset has been 
provided for. The Group has tax losses carried forward of approximately 
GBP21.91m for which no deferred tax asset provision has been made. 
 
 
4. (Loss)/Earnings per share 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
|                                           |       Six |       Six |       Year | 
|                                           |    months |    months |            | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
|                                           |     ended |     ended |      ended | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
|                                           |        28 |        29 |  31 August | 
|                                           |  February |  February |            | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
|                                           |      2009 |      2008 |       2008 | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
|                                           | Unaudited | Unaudited |    Audited | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
| (Loss)/earnings per share                 |           |           |            | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
| - basic (p)                               |    (1.42) |      0.01 |       0.17 | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
| - diluted (p)                             |    (1.42) |      0.01 |       0.16 | 
+-------------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ 
 
 
The calculation of diluted loss per ordinary share is identical to that used for 
the basic loss per ordinary share for the six months ended 28 February 2009. 
This is because the exercise of the options would have the effect of reducing 
the loss per ordinary share and is, therefore, not dilutive under the terms of 
IAS 33. 
 
 
Earnings and the number of shares used in the calculations of (loss)/earnings 
per share are set out below: 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                         |       Six |       Six |      Year | 
|                                         |    months |    months |           | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                         |     ended |     ended |     ended | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                         |        28 |        29 | 31 August | 
|                                         |  February |  February |           | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                         |      2009 |      2008 |      2008 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                         | Unaudited | Unaudited |   Audited | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
|                                         |  GBP000's |  GBP000's |  GBP000's | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
| (Loss)/earnings for the period/year     |     (419) |         3 |        49 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares used in the calculations of (loss)/earnings 
per share are set out below: 
 
 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                    | Six months  | Six months |       Year | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                    |       ended |      ended |      ended | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                    | 28 February |         29 |  31 August | 
|                                    |             |   February |            | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                    |        2009 |       2008 |       2008 | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                    |   Unaudited |  Unaudited |    Audited | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
|                                    |      Number |     Number |     Number | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
| For basic (loss)/earnings per      |  29,600,434 | 29,594,788 | 29,595,703 | 
| share                              |             |            |            | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
| For diluted (loss)/earnings per    |  29,600,434 | 30,085,534 | 30,055,123 | 
| share                              |             |            |            | 
+------------------------------------+-------------+------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
5. Reconciliation of (loss)/profit to net cash outflow from operating activities 
 
 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
|                                         |       Six |   Six months |       Year | 
|                                         |    months |              |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
|                                         |     ended |        ended |      ended | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
|                                         |        28 |  29 February |  31 August | 
|                                         |  February |              |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
|                                         |      2009 |         2008 |       2008 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
|                                         | Unaudited |    Unaudited |    Audited | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
|                                         |  GBP000's |     GBP000's |   GBP000's | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| (Loss)/profit before tax                |     (419) |            3 |         49 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Adjustments for:                        |           |              |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Depreciation and amortisation           |       116 |          225 |        433 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Share-based payment costs               |         6 |            - |          - | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Loss on disposal of equipment           |         - |            - |         36 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Finance income                          |       (5) |         (22) |       (36) | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Finance costs                           |        25 |           14 |         53 | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Impairment of property, plant and       |       294 |            - |          - | 
| equipment and intangible fixed assets   |           |              |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Operating profit before changes in      |        17 |          220 |        535 | 
| working capital and                     |           |              |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| provisions                              |           |              |            | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Increase in trade and other receivables |      (50) |         (54) |        (1) | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Decrease in provisions                  |     (138) |            - |       (80) | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Decrease in trade and other liabilities |     (109) |        (533) |      (771) | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
| Cash flows from operating activities    |     (280) |        (367) |      (317) | 
+-----------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------------+ 
 
 
 
 
independent review report 
to netservices plc 
 
 
Introduction 
We have been engaged by the Company to review the condensed set of financial 
statements in the interim financial report for the six months ended 28 February 
2009 which comprises the Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Income 
Statement, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, Consolidated Statement of Changes 
in Equity and the related explanatory notes. We have read the other information 
contained in the interim financial report and considered whether it contains any 
apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in the 
condensed set of financial statements. 
 
 
This report, including the conclusion, has been prepared for and only for the 
Company for the purpose of meeting the requirements of the AIM Rules for 
Companies and for no other purpose. We do not, therefore, in producing this 
report, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other 
person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where 
expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing. 
 
 
Directors' Responsibilities 
The interim financial report, is the responsibility of, and has been approved by 
the directors. The directors are responsible for preparing and presenting the 
interim financial report in accordance with the AIM Rules for Companies. 
 
 
As disclosed in note 1, the annual financial statements of the Group are 
prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") 
and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC") 
pronouncements as adopted by the European Union. The condensed set of financial 
statements included in this interim financial report has been prepared in 
accordance with the measurement and recognition criteria of IFRS and IFRIC 
pronouncements, as adopted by the European Union. 
 
 
Our Responsibility 
Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on the condensed 
set of financial statements in the interim financial report based on our review. 
 
 
Scope of Review 
We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review 
Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410, "Review of Interim Financial Information 
Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Auditing 
Practices Board for use in the UK. A review of interim financial information 
consists of making enquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and 
accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A 
review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with 
International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and consequently does not 
enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant 
matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an 
audit opinion. 
 
 
Conclusion 
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe 
that the condensed set of financial statements in the interim financial report 
for the six months ended 28 February 2009 is not prepared, in all material 
respects, in accordance with the measurement and recognition criteria of IFRS 
and IFRIC pronouncements as adopted by the European Union, and the AIM Rules for 
Companies. 
 
 
Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP 
Chartered Accountants 
3 Hardman Street 
Manchester 
M3 3HF 
11 May 2009 
 
 
 
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