Stobart Group Limited Stobart Contract Agreement With Environment Agency

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Stobart Group Limited

12 October 2016

Stobart Group Limited

12 October 2016

STOBART GROUP LIMITED

('Stobart Group' or 'the Group')

Contract Agreement

Stobart Group, the infrastructure and support services group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an initial one-year "Major Incident Response" contract with the Environment Agency. The contract will be managed by Stobart Rail using logistics expertise across the Group.

Under the contract, the Group will be working together with the Environment Agency delivering resilience to defend communities threatened by flooding. Stobart Group will assist with logistics, storage and transport requirements with a flexible 24/7 response for an initial twelve months commencing on 30 September 2016.

Andrew Tinkler, Stobart Group Chief Executive Officer commented:

"Last year's floods were devastating for many communities across the UK. I am delighted to announce that Stobart Group will be providing support to the Environment Agency over the next twelve months and utilising our assets to deploy equipment as and when required."

Enquiries:

 
Redleaf Communications   [phone] 
 Emma Kane 
 Charlie Geller 
 
 
 influence Associates     [phone] 
 Stuart Dyble 
  James Andrew 
 

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