Investor and Analyst Event

RNS Number : 4293I

Unite Group PLC

09 December 2015

 

Press release 9 December 2015

THE UNITE GROUP PLC

("Unite Students", "Unite", the "Group", or the "Company")

Investor and Analyst Event

Unite Students, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation, will be holding an investor and analyst event this afternoon in Wembley, London. The event will include a site visit of Unite's development in the area and a presentation by management.

A copy of the presentation will be made available on the website following the event. No material new information will be provided. 

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For further information, please contact:

Unite Students Joe Lister James Puxty Caroline Hall	Tel: [phone]
Bell Pottinger Victoria Geoghegan Nick Lambert Elizabeth Snow	Tel: [phone]

About Unite Students

Unite Students is the UK's leading manager and developer of student accommodation. Unite provides a home for over 46,000 students in 138 purpose built properties across 28 of the UK's strongest university towns and cities.  The Group works in partnership with more than 60 higher education institutions as well as letting rooms directly to students.

Our culturally-diverse customers are at the heart of Unite's business and we aim to provide a home for students which supports their academic and personal success. Unite's properties provide students with high quality, well-located, safe accommodation that is close to university campuses, transport and local amenities. The rent includes a study bedroom, all bills, insurance, 24-hour security, fortnightly kitchen cleans and high speed Wi-Fi throughout our properties.

Founded in 1991 in Bristol, The Unite Group plc is a FTSE250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange, employing over 1,250 people. We are pursuing a sustainable growth strategy designed to make the most of the resilient nature of the student accommodation sector. Our aim is to maintain the strongest brand in the sector and operate the highest quality portfolio through consistent investment in and improvement to the operating platform, highly selective development activity, asset management initiatives and portfolio recycling.

In addition to Unite's wholly owned properties, we are also invested in and operate a small number of specialist funds and joint ventures with institutional investment partners, the largest of which is the £2 billion Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund (USAF).

The Group's charitable trust, the Unite Foundation, provides free student accommodation and a generous annual scholarship to around 125 young people in the UK who aspire to a degree but face the most challenging circumstances.

For more information you can visit Unite's corporate website www.unite-group.co.uk the student site www.unite-students.com or the Unite Foundation site www.unitefoundation.co.uk.

 

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