Ian Pollard – The Poles Are Doing Well Back Home

Kingfisher KGF Third quarter sales illustrate the problems facing many European high streets. The UK & Ireland did reasonably well with a rise of 1.5% on a like for like and constant currency basis although this was only possible because of a 10.2% rise at Screwfix. France, Russia and Spain performed badly and the only […]

Severn Trent Admits To Love Affair With Customers.

Severn Trent SVT  trumpets  “Customers are at the heart of our business” , which no doubt, after all these years of rejection, must come as something of a surprise to those customers. Strange that it has taken all these years for Severn Trent’s management to wake up to the fact and give it such publicity. […]

Vodafone Revenue Tumbles in UK

Vodafone VOD seems to have got its wires in a twist which will not be a surprise to many of its customers, as it describes a fall in revenue of 6.2% in Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific for the quarter to 30th June, as “strong growth”. A revenue fall of 3.2% for Europe is […]