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Ian Pollard – #ITV Fall In Advertising Expected To Continue

ITV plc ITV  made good progress in delivering its stategy in the quarter to the 31st March. Online viewing rose by 16% and Family Share of viewing by 4%. Total external revenue was down 4%. ITV Broadcast & Online revenue fared even worse with a fall of 7% at £489m compared to £526m in 2018 […]

Ian Pollard: Purplebricks Founder Leaves With Immediate Effect

Purplebricks Group plc PURP  is pulling out of the Australian market and the Group’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer is falling on his sword and stepping down from the business with immediate effect. The Board admits that the company’s performance has been disappointing over the last 12 months and offers its sincere apologies to shareholders […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 6 May 2019

NEX EXCHANGE In 2018, Newbury Racecourse (NYR) increased revenues by 8% to £19.3m. This was despite lower race course attendances because of two abandoned days of racing. Underlying pre-tax profit jumped from £188,000 to £568,000. The NAV was £50.7m at the end of 2018. There was a further £3.25m payment from David Wilson Homes, which […]

Ian Pollard – HSBC Profits Up 31%

HSBC Holdings plc  HSBA saw first quarter profits rise by 31% from $4.8bn in the first quarter of 2018 to $6.2bn this year following strong growth in Asia and a 7% rise in revenue compared to the previous year. Cuts in costs  also helped with operating expenses down by 12% during the first quarter, whilst […]

Ian Pollard – Reckitt Benckiser #RB Impacted By Weak Cold & Flu Season

Reckitt Benckiser Gp RB. The first quarter got off to a slow start but improving growth is seen for  the remainder of the year, particularly in the second half. Like for like full year net revenue target is expected to show growth of 3-4% compared to 1% in the first quarter. The  health business was […]

Grand Vision Media #GVMH – Final Results for year to 31 Dec 2018

In the year to 31 December 2018, The Company made a total comprehensive loss in the period of HK$ 32,291K which was mainly due to the costs relating to the acquisition of GVC Holdings Limited and admission to trading on the main market. Cash in hand at the period end was HK$ 2,552K. Background The […]

Ian Pollard – Persimmon – Strong Growth As Sales Decline

NEXT plc NXT first quarter trading to the 27th April was saved only  by online sales which rose by 11% and are forecast to continue to grow at the same rate for the remainder of the year. Full price retail sales for the quarter fell by 3.6%. The picture for the remainder of the year […]