Key performance indicators

Each year we publish our performance objectives and metrics, and what we are doing to achieve progress. From creating shareholder return to managing our balance sheet. For environmental KPIs please see our CR Report.

Objective Metric Progress

To create sustainable long-term returns for shareholders

  • Sustained real growth in adjusted earnings per share to be at least 3% per annum over rolling three-year periods
  • Annual revenue profit to exceed budget target
  • Normalised adjusted earnings per share growth over three years to 31 March 2008 exceeded RPI by 7.7% per annum
  • Achieved for this financial year

To maximise the returns from the investment portfolio

  • IPD outperformance in each core sector and on an overall portfolio basis
  • Outperformed IPD on an overall portfolio basis by 6.5%
  • Outperformed IPD sector benchmarks by 4.7% for our London Portfolio and by 4.8% for our Retail Portfolio

To manage our balance sheet effectively

  • Sell £1.5bn of investment properties
  • Establish PPP fund to raise £0.80bn of capital
  • Sold £1.5bn of investment properties
  • PPP fund successfully launched, raising £0.81bn of capital

To complete and let our development programme

  • £47.3m of development lettings to be completed
  • Developments to be completed on budget and on time
  • £58.5m of development lettings achieved
  • Development schemes completed on budget and on time, subject to one project being three weeks delayed. Projects at Princesshay, Exeter; Willow Place, Corby; Christ's Lane, Cambridge; One Wood Street, EC2; Bankside 2&3, SE1; and New Street Square, EC4 completed.

To grow our Trillium business by winning new contracts

  • Secure £150m of PPP contracts through secondary market acquisitions
  • Secured more than £300m of PPP contracts through secondary market acquisitions

Ensure high levels of customer satisfaction

  • Overall customer satisfaction in Retail and London businesses to exceed targets
  • 90% satisfaction ratings from our largest outsourcing client
  • Targets exceeded for both shopping centres and London offices
  • Achieved 94% satisfaction rating from our largest outsourcing client

Attract, develop, retain and motivate high-performance teams and individuals

  • Employee engagement to exceed ETS industry benchmark
  • Exceeded with grand mean score of 3.03 (classified as excellent by our external survey provider) compared to benchmark figure of 2.99