Libya 証明するs to be a pest for Rentokil

By Karl West and Simon Duke for MailOnline
Updated: 23:01 BST, 19 February 2010

王室の ratcatcher Rentokil has 明らかにする／漏らすd that the Libyan 政府 continues to drag its heels over its pest 支配（する）／統制する 法案.

The British モミ m has been helping Libya to （疑いを）晴らす up a dangerous rodent infestation in 資本／首都 city Tripoli, and has also helped keep a lid on a worrying 突発／発生 of bubonic 疫病／悩ます in Tobruk.

Although Rentokil 持続するd that its 契約 with the North African country is 証明するing to be 'very successful', it 認める that 支払い（額）s continue to be '延期するd'.

Smelling a ネズミ: The 会社／堅い has seen 支払い（額）s continue to be 延期するd

'It's a difficult 状況／情勢,' said 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Alan Brown. 'ーに関して／ーの点でs of 商売／仕事 culture they are different to what we are used to.'

He 追加するd: 'It is a very disputatious culture, but we are working our way through it.'

The 発覚 （機の）カム as Brown 先触れ（する）d the return to 歳入 growth in 2010, 製図／抽選 a line under two 深く，強烈に forgettable years for Rentokil.

草案d in in 早期に 2008 to 生き返らせる Rentokil's fortunes, Brown introduced a raft of 緊縮 対策 that helped pre-税金 利益（をあげる） leap 54pc to £166.5m last year.

The 人物／姿／数字s sent 株 in Rentokil 急に上がるing 11.7p or 9.4pc to 129.7p.

The 収入s 上げる was driven by £82m of cost 削減（する）s, some £54m of which （機の）カム at its underperforming City Link 小包 配達／演説／出産 部隊. Under Brown's 指導／手引, City Link has 削除するd the number of 配達／演説／出産 先頭s by 1,000, 削減（する） 14 配当 倉庫・駅s and 減ずるd headcount in the 分割 from 6,500 to 5,600.

予報するing that the worst was now over in the problem 部隊, the 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある said: 'City Lin k will certainly be profitable in the year (2010) as a whole.'

With a その上の £75m 推定する／予想するd to be stripped out of 総計費s and turnover 推定する／予想するd to grow again, Brown sounded a 確信して 公式文書，認める for the coming year.

'Now we've sorted out the 商売／仕事, by and large, we are going to 焦点（を合わせる） on growth,' he said.

This could see Rentokil return to the 取得／買収s 追跡する, although it all depended on what '適切な時期s are 利用できる', によれば the 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある.

The most 約束ing prospects are 現在／一般に in Europe and the UK, 特に in the 織物s and washroom services 円形競技場s, he said.

Rentokil's 逮捕する 負債 fell from £1.36bn to £1.1bn over the course of 2009.