Hays plc provided earnings guidance for the full year 2015. For the year, the company continues to expect the percentage rate of growth in operating profit to be between 2x and 3x the percentage rate of growth in net fees, on a like-for-like basis. Specifically for the first half of the financial year the company expects the ratio to be approximately 3x.

The company expects net debt to reduce in the second half of the financial year.