培生將裁員3000人並減少中期分紅
UK education group and publisher Pearson will cut 3000 jobs and has slashed its interim dividend as the group ploughs ahead with a 300m cost-saving efforts.
英國教育出版集團培生(Pearson)將削減3000個工作崗位，並減少了中期分紅。這家集團正推進一項節約3億英鎊成本的計劃。The group, which reported its biggest ever loss last year, said it will reduce its full-time employee headcount “with a particular focus on managerial positions, centralisation of procurement and the reduction of office locations”.
去年，培生錄得公司歷史上的最大虧損。培生表示，到2020年其將減少全職員工數量，“尤其把重點放在管理崗位、集中採購和減少辦公地點”。The FTSE 100 company will also slash its interim dividend from 18p to 5p – in line with analyst forecasts. The former owner of the Financial Times reported a 1 per cent rise in sales in the six months ending in June to 2.047bn compared to the same period last year.
這家富時100指數(FTSE 100)成分股公司也將把中期分紅從18便士削減至5便士，符合分析師預期。在截止6月份的6個月裏，英國《金融時報》前東家的銷售額較去年同期增長了1%，增至20.47億英鎊。
Last month, Pearson announced it was selling down its remaining stake in publisher Penguin Random House to Germany’s Bertelsmann, raising over $1bn as it seeks to move towards becoming a more focussed education group.
上月，培生宣佈將把所持出版商企鵝蘭登書屋(Penguin Random House)的剩餘股權的一部分出售給德國的貝塔斯曼(Bertelsmann)，籌集逾10億美元。培生正尋求轉型爲一家更專注教育的集團，希望在2019年底前節省成本3億英鎊。
First half operating profits also jumped from 15 to 107, with revenues climbing 10 per cent to 2.04bn. Pearson’s full-year guidance was unchanged.
上半年，培生運營利潤從上年同期的1500萬英鎊飆升至1.07億英鎊；稅前虧損由3.06億英鎊降低至1000萬英鎊。公司的全年利潤指標保持不變。Chief executive John Fallon said:
培生CEO範嶽涵(John Fallon)表示：Pearson has had a solid first half. We are making good progress on our strategic priorities and our guidance for 2017 remains unchanged. We are focused on maximising performance through the critical second half.
上半年培生取得了很棒的業績。我們在幾大戰略重點上取得不錯的進展，集團2017年利潤指標保持不變。我們致力於在關鍵的下半年取得儘可能好的業績。Strong cash generation, prudent management of our balance sheet and implementation of our transformation plans are positioning us to be the winner in digital education, and create long-term sustainable value for our shareholders.
我們的現金創造很強勁，對資產負債表的管理很審慎，加上正在執行的轉型計劃，讓我們有能力成爲數字教育時代的贏家，併爲股東創造長期的、持續的價值。
