Cohort's subsidiary wins MoD deal

Holding group Cohort said its SCS subsidiary has won a two-year contract to provide training and exercise support to the UK Ministry of Defence's Joint Forces Command.

The contract, worth £9.7m, will begin in April next year and can be extended for a further two years, the London-listed company said on Wednesday, adding SCS will provide support services for the design, development and delivery of joint force exercises.

"The award of this contract underlines SCS' leadership in operational level exercise support services, and further strengthens our order book," said group chief executive Andy Thomis.

"We are very proud to have supported the MoD's collective training of deployable military headquarters for more than 15 years, both in the UK and overseas."