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Looking for the big WIN
WIN (WNN:AIM) – Finals PTP: £1.68m (£2.32m) Divi: 2p (n/a)`
Profits may have dropped at the interactive mobile information and entertainment expert, but the payment of a maiden dividend suggests management remains confident the new strategic path laid down in 2006 will pay off...
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Guns of Brixton start firing
Brixton (BXTN) – Finals PTP: £58.2m (£205.1m) Divi: 8.8p (7.9p)
Although pre-tax profits fell heavily to £58.2 million and net rental income slipped 8% to £72.5 million, adjusted net asset value per share was above analyst expectations, rising 2.1% to...
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Menzies mixes it up
John Menzies (MNZS) – Finals PTP: £31.8m (£35.6m) Divi: 18.4p...
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ISG slips in under the radar
Interior Services Group (ISG:AIM) – Interims PTP: £5.8m (£4.1m) Divi: 4p (3.3p)
Could these results finally be the time when the market realises ISG’s exposure to the weak London commercial property market has been greatly reduced? At the end of 2006, London accounted for 64% of...
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Raven eyes up move to Aim
Raven Russia (RUS:AIM) – Finals PTP: $117.5m ($37m) Divi: 4p (2p)
The group’s full-year results made for brighter reading in a bearish property market, with taxable profits jumping to $117.5 million from $37 million a year earlier, and revenue coming in at $25.9 million against $11...
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Consolidation flatters Hill & Smith
Hill & Smith (HILS) – Finals PTP £32.9m (£18.5m) Divi: 8.7p (7.2p)
Record revenue and profits were flattered by the consolidation of Zinkinvent but earnings are still up an impressive 34% helped by higher margins. Overseas profits will rise sharply as galvanizing company Zinkinvent ...
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AMS looks to the US to capitalise on success
Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS:AIM) – Finals PTP: £1.9m (£0.6m) Divi: n/a (n/a)
The former Play of the Week (Shares 13 Sept ‘07) is looking on top form. Its shares have more than doubled in the past year to 29.5p, while its advanced wound care business and wound closure and sealants ...
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Bulging sales redress Ascribe’s balance
Ascribe (ASP:AIM) – Interims PTP: £0.81m (£1.66m) Divi: n/a (n/a)
Sales slipped 6% and pre-tax profits halved at the healthcare IT solutions group, after last autumn’s technical issues and delays in customer orders. But glitches with a new internet-based platform have now been...
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Petmin reflects strength of Somkhele
Petmin (PTMN:AIM) – Interims PTP: Z109.5m (Z43.3m) Divi: n/a (n/a)
The anthracite and silica producer increased pre-tax profit by 153% to Z109.5 (£6.9) million, showing the benefits of better production and sales rates at its Somkhele project. Earnings were also lifted by improvements...
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Greggs takes the biscuit
Greggs (GRG) – Finals PTP: £49m (£43.7m) Divi: 140p (116p)
The company once again demonstrated that it is one of the most consistent companies with sales, earning and dividend all increased despite much higher ingredient costs. Underlying volumes rose 1% while margins were...
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Recruitment headache for Petrofac
Petrofac (PFC) – Finals PTP: £128.62m (£87.44m) Divi: 5.74p (2.39p)
The numbers were at the top end of expectations and the group’s order book stands at more than $4.4 billion. Although, despite increasing M&A speculation surrounding the sector, the UK-based company says it has...
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Lighthouse illuminates its expanding horizons
Lighthouse Group (LGT:AIM) – Finals PTP: £1.9m (£0.7m) Divi: 0.5p (n/a)
The independent financial adviser’s (IFA) proposed merger with quoted rival Sumus (SUMU:AIM) leaves Lighthouse with the majority shareholding and is set to take the IFA’s assets under advice from £6 billion to ...
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Tullow figures belie success
Tullow Oil (TLW) – Finals PTP: £114.2m (£263.3m) Divi: 5.5p (5p)
In isolation the numbers suggest a pretty lousy year with profits down by more than half, but 2007 also saw the company make a world-class discovery in Ghana and ascend to the FTSE 100.
CEO Aidan Heavey describes it ...
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Strategy pays off for Tikit
Tikit (TIK:AIM) – Finals PTP: £3.39m (£2.79m) Divi: 5p (4p)
Record results for 2007 from the provider of software and IT solutions to the legal profession did not prevent its shares from languishing near their year’s lows at 236p, as investors continued to fret about the impact of...
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Ailing healthcare arm is a blot on Parkwood’s landscape
Parkwood Holdings (PKW) – Finals PTP: £2.5m (£2.5m) Divi: 2.2p (1.9p)
The core leisure and green services business is doing well but results were hampered by a few negative provisions on other divisions. Principally, it failed to sell the loss-making patient transport arm of Parkwood...
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Tenon cuts its sails to suit squally economics
Tenon (TNO:AIM) – Interims PTP: £6.0m (£5.0m) Divi: 1.2p (1p)
The fruits of the accountants’ recent acquisitions are starting to flow through, leaving it well positioned for an expected upturn in business insolvencies. The company acquired Unity in the summer, so now about a fifth of ...
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FDM bucks financial sector blues – for now
FDM (FDMG:AIM) – Finals PTP: £4.25m (£2.78m) Divi: 2.7p (1.9p)
Even though the financial services sector generates roughly 40% of the IT service’s firms revenues, FDM has yet to see any slowdown in demand, and its unique Mounties model continues to generate excellent profits and...
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Every little helps Morrisons
Morrison (Wm) (MRW) – Finals PTP: £563m (£323m) Divi: 4.8p (4p)
Ken’s final figures, Morrisons’ founder earned a rare accolade indeed; a standing ovation from analysts. They confirmed that the botched integration of Safeway is mere history and the group is now well positioned for...
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Interest in FOGL builds
Falkland Oil & Gas (FOGL:AIM) – Finals PTP: -£1.88m (-£1.03m) Divi:n/a...
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Good prognosis for Axis
Axis-Shield (ASD) – Finals PTP: £2m (£2m) Divi n/a (n/a)
Last year was the first full year of sales for Axis of its Affinion testing systems which helped boost sales by around 10% to £66.7 million.
Chief executive Ian Gilham said that 1500 units of the products were shipped last ...
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