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DTZ Posts Loss But Sees Profitability Ahead

LONDON-DTZ posted a loss of nearly £80 million for the fiscal year to end-April due to significant difficulties resulting from the global economic crisis.

By Allan Saunderson | Updated on September 22, 2009

Allan Saunderson is managing editor of Property Finance Europe and a contributor to GlobeSt.com.

LONDON-International property adviser DTZ posted a loss of nearly £80 million for the fiscal year to end-April due to significant difficulties resulting from the global economic crisis, Chairman Tim Melville-Ross told the annual meeting in London recently. Revenue fell 18.4% to £364 million, and DTZ incurred restructuring costs of £17 million, with an impairment charge of £27 million.

However Melville-Ross said the group continues to make the business as competitive as possible to regain profitability. Cost savings should total £50 million in the current financial year, and to date, this has included the sale of DTZ’s 50% interest in DTZ Rockwood in the US. A strategic review has meant reappraisal of many of DTZ’s business and management teams, including the closure of operations in Austria and Portugal.

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