Next Group Plc Unsp/Adr

Good morning to everybody and welcome to the half year results. Thank you for being here and a special welcome to anybody who's here for the first time. It's certainly a pleasure for me to kick off the proceedings given that the next results continue to be very positive. The first half has been a strong period for the company with continued sales and profit growth. especially in the international area. Now, this performance doesn't come by accident and it certainly reflects the hard work and courageous decision making of all our employees worldwide. And I want to thank them. And I'm going to leave all the details of what has happened in the first half to our chief executive. So over to Simon.

All right.

Thank you, Jim.