Countryside Props. Profit Up 40% After Swingeing Price Rises

Countryside Props. CSP  produced strong growth in the year to the end of September which is not surprising with completions up 20% on top of which it managed to impose a swingeing 21% rise in average private selling prices, to £465.000. Adjusted operating profit rose by 40%. Current trading is robust with sales rates and […]

McCarthy & Stone – Orders Down, Cancellations Up, Incentives Back.

McCarthy & Stone MCC is yet another housebuilder hoping that the warning signs of a pending slowdown in the housing market can be ignored and, like all the others it seems to be living in the hope that good times can  and will go on for ever.  For the year to the 31st August, its […]

Company news, including: Ashtead – Dividends Up By 48%

Ashtead AHD continued to go from strength to strength during its fourth quarter ending on the 30th April. Revenue for the quarter rose by 18%, profit before tax by 38% and earnings per share by 44%. This compares very favourably with the full year figures showing rises of 19% in revenue, 24% in profit before […]