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Ian Pollard – Polypipe #POLY Breaks More Records

Polypipe Group plc PLP  delighted to report another record performance and claims significant strategic progress for 2018 together with a continued focus on organic growth ahead of the market. Revenue rose by 5.2%, profit before tax by 4.7% and underlying basic earnings per share by 4.4% The dividend is to be increased by 4.5% and […]

LocoSoco Group #LOCO podcast – Director Alex Marks talks to Alan Green

Alex Marks is Director at LocoSoco group Plc, epic code #LOCO, a UK company that listed on the Austrian stock exchange (Wiener Borse) last month. LocoSoco is focused on enabling local businesses and their communities to realise their economic potential through sharing in and reinvesting some of the value generated from their everyday transactions. In […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 18 March 2019

NEX EXCHANGE Peel Hunt forecasts a dip in Shepherd Neame (SHEP) pre-tax profit from £11.8m to £11.2m in the year to June 2019. The broker still expects the total dividend to be increased from 29.2p a share to 30p a share. Etaireia Investments (ETIP) has suspended Ian Fellman as a non-executive director pending investigation into […]

Ian Pollard – Morrisons #MRW, Divi Up Lads!

Morrisons W.Sprmkts MRW They don’t beat about t’ bush in Bradford and with a total annual dividend rise of over 150% in three years, they’ve no need to.  The 12 months to the 3rd February produced a third consecutive year of strong sales and profit growth and a  24.9% rise in total dividends during that […]

Ian Pollard – A Thousand Years Of History, plus #QLT, #DOM, #CCC and #SUN

Today may see the last dying days of a nation whose history was peppered with stirring speeches which matched the mood of the people just at the times when they were most needed, from Agincourt to Shakespeare, the singeing of some minor king of Spains beard, to Waterloo and to Churchill. All men with fire in […]

Ian Pollard – Clarkson #CKN Challenged By Headwinds

Clarkson plc CKN   Despite a challenging start to the year Clarkson produced a robust performance for the year to the end of December.Underlying profit before tax fell by 10% and earnings per share declined from 116p to 105p.The CEO is happy with this as it enables the dividend to be increased by 3% making it  […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 11 March 2019

NEX EXCHANGE Brewer Shepherd Neame (SHEP) reported a 1% increase in underlying 2018 pre-tax profit of £5.9m. Pubs provided higher revenues and profit, while the brewery reported a reduction in profit contribution due to the ending of third party contracts and a small decline in volumes of its own beers and ciders. The brewing volumes […]