Ian Pollard – Next #NXT online sales save the day

Next pc NXT Full price sales in the second quarter were up 2.8% on last year and ahead of the 1% expected at the time of the May update. Next believes believe that this over-achievement  was due to the prolonged period of exceptionally warm weather, which greatly assisted  sales of summer weight products.Expectations for the […]

Ian Pollard – Centrica #CNA Chickens Come Home To Roost

Centrica CNA Produced weak second half results, after poor performances in Business Energy and in particular in North America created material uncertainty around the company and resulted in what it admits was a very poor shareholder experience.. A combination of political and regulatory interventions gets part of the blame but Centrica makes no comment as […]

Ian Pollard – Copper And Oil & Gas Recoveries Help Weatherly & Hardide

Weatherly International WTN saw a noticeable improvement in the copper price during the year to 30th June, since when they have improved even further and reached three year highs. Operating and environmental challenges during the year meant that production fell below target but the board is cautiously optimistic about prospects for the current year. Hardide […]

BAE Systems; Orders Up by 50% As British Industry Gains Momentum

RSA Insurance Group RSA is  delighted with its strong first half results which are littered with repeated references to outperformances as if they had just invented the word. Shareholders get to share in the jollity with a 32% rise in the interim dividend to 6.6p per share, up from last years 5p. Restructuring has now […]