NEXT- Another Special Dividend As Decline Continues

NEXT plc NXT does not expect any recovery during the remainder of the current financial year despite second quarter full price sales having risen by 0.7% compared to the first quarter when they were down 3%. Retail sales for the half year to 29th July were down by 7.4% whereas Directory sales rose by 11.4% […]

Solid trading from Aveva and Fenner – yet another placing from blur Group

AVEVA Group AVV reports a solid start to the financial year and expects the phasing of revenue in FY 2018 to be broadly similar to the prior year. The full year outlook remains in line with board expectations. blur Group BLUR announces yet another placing to raise a minimum of £1.5m (before expenses) at 1.75 […]

China’s Record Growth Continues

There seems to be no stopping the UK’s two leading china manufacturers, Portmerion (PMP) whose  preliminary 2015 results are announced today and Churchill China (CHH), whose preliminaries are due on the 24th March. 2015 was Portmeirion’s 7th consecutive year of record growth with group revenue up by 11.9% and profit before tax at an all […]

Bulls In China Shops – Smashing Success Stories

Churchill China (CHH) has announced that its operating performance for 2015 will be ahead of market estimates and well ahead of 2014. Second half trading has been ahead of earlier expectations. Churchill has been growing strongly in recent years. Since 2010 profit before tax has more than doubled and basic earnings per share have risen  […]