In a trading statement ahead of it interim results, the group said it was winning increased levels of planning and enabling work associated with the widely reported increase in activity in the construction and house building.
In the UK, WYG secured additional business across its core sectors of defence and urban development including several projects related to the MoD’s Base Optimisation programme.
Paul Hamer, chief executive officer of WYG, said: “We have had a good, strong start to the year, with encouraging progress in both our UK and overseas markets.
“Looking ahead, we are beginning to see signs that the UK government’s investment in major infrastructure projects and its encouragement of the house building sector are having a positive effect on our core, front-end disciplines of planning and development.
“Overseas, we continue to build on our strong market position and maintain our focus on partnering to access new and emerging markets.”
The consultant which suffered for several years during the downturn said that its expectation in June to exceed profit forecasts should be revised up again.