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WH Smith – Now A Travel Company

WH Smith PLC SMWH has now become a travel company rather than a high street retailer, as for the first time, Travel revenue has overtaken High Street revenue. Travel has now become the largest part of the group producing over 60% of group trading profit. Preliminary results for the year to the 31st August show […]

Countryside Props. Slashes House Prices

Countryside Props CSP did what for a house builder, is the  unthinkable, it slashed its average selling prices with the result that for the year to 30th September, completions rose by 28% overall and the forward year end order book stood at a record level. The rise in completions was 17% in the partnership division […]

Dominos – Swiss Sales Surge Follows Price Reductions

Dominos Pizza Grp DOM Sales during the 13 weeks to the 24th September rose by 11.9% on a like for like and constant currency basis. Demand was strong and the quarter saw a record number of store openings as well as a recovery in like for like sales. Switzerland led the way with like for […]

Centamin Production At Record Levels

Centamin CEY With all sections of its Sukari mine producing, gold production for the quarter ending on the 30th September rose to record levels with a 26% increase over the second quarter and a 5% increase over the third quarter of 2016. Production guidance of 540,000 ounces for 2017 is maintained. YouGov plc YOU has […]

RWS Holdings – Excellent Performance In An Outstanding Year

RWS Holdings RWS expects revenues for the year to the end of September to have risen to £163m, an increase of 33%, after producing an excellent performance in what it claims to have been an outstanding year. Profit before tax is expected to be strong and ahead of market expectations, helped by two acquisitions and […]

easyJet Flying High as Ryanair “Messes Up” Big Time

easyJet EZJ  continues to fly high with statistics for September showing an 11% rise in passenger numbers and load factor up by a further 2.5pp to 93.6%. Mind you easyJet must regard as a blessing, Ryanair’s much publicised confession that it has messed up big time and will continue to do so for months to […]

Walker Greenbank Hikes Interim Dividend by 25.5%

Walker Greenbank WGB benefited from three factors which helped sales to increase by 29% in the half year to the 31st July, enabling the interim dividend to be increased by 25.5%. The first was a strong contribution from Clarke & Clarke, acquired in October 2016 and which produced sales of £10.3m out of a total […]

Greggs – Strong Rise in Like For Like Sales

Greggs GRG Third quarter sales grew by 8.6% over the 13 weeks to the 30th September. On a like for like basis the rise was 3.9%. For the year to date, like for like sales in company managed shops were up by 5% compared to 2.8% in 2016. So far in the current year 98 […]