Quoted Micro 19 December 2016
ISDX/NEX Hydro Hotel, Eastbourne (HYDP) has indicated an improvement in pre-tax profit for the year to October 2016 by raising its dividend payments. The first payment in January will be 7p a share and the second in May will be 14p a share. The total dividend has been increased from 18p a share to 21p […]
The Playground Mob Starts The Break Up Of Europe
“We are not speaking to you and we won’t play with you ever again” was the united response of EU leaders to the presence of Teresa May at last weeks EU council meeting as they gave the impression that the only forum they were fit for was a pre junior school playground. Never have allegedly […]
Trinity Mirror – Dire Figures But Ahead of Expectations
Trinity Mirror TNI is confident that its full year performance will be ahead of expectations, even if only marginally and that the fall in its net debt will be significantly greater than expectations. Having said that the trading figures are still dire with like for like revenue expected to show a fourth quarter fall of […]
Go Ahead Goes For More Rail Contracts – in Germany, Thank God.
Go Ahead Group GOG The really good news is that Go Ahead is bidding for a number of new rail contracts but they are all in Germany, so success will not bring more misery to the UK The grossly misnamed provider of rail and bus services to the long suffering British public announces that it […]
What’s In A Name – Ask Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty plc BBY Any construction company which calls its transformation programme “Build to Last” has obviously got serious problems as the repeated use of the name just provides further reminders of past problems. The sooner it removes the blinkers and changes the name of the programme the better for the company. The first phase […]
Quoted Micro 12 December 2016
ISDX IMC Exploration (IMCP) and its partner Koza Ltd have started work on a mapping and rock sampling programme at the Goldmines River licence in County Wicklow and a licence in County Wexford. This work will help to prepare for the next phase of drilling. African Potash (AFPO), which has lost its AIM quotation because […]
Hardide Management Fights Off Challenges
Hardide HDD Depressed demand in the oil and gas sector adversely affected performance in the year to the end of September with a rise in operating losses from last year’s £0.22m to £1.47m. But Hardide fought back and in the second half sales began to improve with a 25% rise over the first half, amid […]
Photo – Me Raises Interim by 20%
Photo-me International PHTM is raising its interim dividend by 20% after first half results to the 31st October came in ahead of the board’s expectations. Strong growth saw revenue up by 19.2% (4% on a constant currency basis) and pretax profits by 20.2% ( 4.3% on a constant currency basis). The board now expects that […]
Carillon New Orders Weaken In Second Half
Carillon CLLN A full year trading update shows strong revenue growth and increased operating profits for 2016 and net borrowings down from the half year level. Margins in support services have also been strong. Despite this the new order intake slowed in the second half and current expectations are that the total value of new […]
easyJet Feeling The Competition
easyJet EZJ is beginning to feel the heat of competition now that it has priced itself out of the budget airline market. November passenger statistics showed some growth but only by a comparatively small 2.9%, the comparison of course being with Ryanair. Load factor actually fell by 0.6% to 91.3% leaving it trailing way behind […]