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450,000 British Companies Financially Distressed

Begbies Traynor BEG  announces doom and gloom for many British companies with 450,000 of them suffering from signs of financial distress, even before the effects are felt of any interest rate rise on Thursday. The number has risen by 27% from a year ago and 250,000 have become “zombie” companies with no net worth and […]

WPP Uppish And Downish And Flat

WPP plc WPP has seen a steady decline since the beginning of the year and the third quarter saw results which managed to be up and down at the same depending on which currency they are in. The year started with first quarter rises in sales and revenue of 4.8% and 3.6% respectively and ending […]

British Minnows Swimming Strongly

Today brings more evidence of the strength of small, even tiny, British companies which are prospering and growing strongly. No complaints from them about Brexit, challenging market conditions, the weakness of the pound and all the other moans which issue forth on a daily basis from so many of our major companies who have become […]

Quoted Micro 30 October 2017

NEX EXCHANGE The government proposal to drop plans to cap housing benefit in the supported living sector to Local Housing Allowance rates is good news for Ashley House (ASH) because the rates would not have been viable. Ashley House has development schemes that could go-ahead following the change of government plans. There could still be […]

RBS Not Yet Strong, Simple or Fair But It Has Plans

Royal Bank Scotland Grp RBS is on target to meet all of its financial targets for 2017. Third quarter adjusted income rose by 5.6% and for the nine months to date by 7.5%. Basic earnings per share rose from a loss of 3.9p last year to a positive 5.7% this year whilst over 9 months […]

Barclays Third Quarter Nightmare

Barclays plc BARC suffered a nightmarish third quarter but claims it was part of an industry wide trend. It has had to admit that it is not delivering the economic performance of which it is capable but claims it has the confidence to assert that it will start to do so in 1919 -20. As […]

Lloyds – The UK Economy Is Resilient

Lloyds Banking Group LLOY produced a strong financial performance in the nine months to the 30th September with profits improved on both an underlying and on a statutory basis. Underlying profit rose by 8% and total income by 6%. The improvement continued into the third quarter which saw income rising by 8%. Statutory profit before […]

Pipelines Are In Growth Channels & Lapped Prior Year Pipeline Fill

Whitbread plc WBT places such emphasis on its various pipelines new and old that one has to wonder which business it is in, hotels or oil and gas. Verbiage in its interim report has not however stopped it from having a good first half. On a statutory basis, profit before tax for the six months […]