Driver Group, PLC provided earnings guidance for the fiscal year 2017. For the financial year 2017 the board expects that the group will record a modest operating loss before exceptional items for the year as a whole. Net debt at the financial year end is expected to be in the region of £9.0 million in line with market forecasts and comfortably within the Group's available facilities. Further steps are still required to bolster and improve the sustainable profitability of the group.