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Strong pound weighs on engineering firm Amec's profit

Reuters - UK Focus

Aug 7 (Reuters) - British engineering and project management firm Amec Plc (Other OTC: AMCBF - news) reported a 30 percent fall in first-half pretax profit, as a strong pound overshadowed an increase in orders.

The company announced an interim dividend of 14.8 pence per share, up 10 percent from a year earlier.

Pretax profit fell to 83 million pounds ($140 million) for the six months ended June 30 from 118 million pounds a year earlier. ($1 = 0.5938 British Pounds) (Reporting by Abhiram Nandakumar in Bangalore; Editing by Robin Paxton)