Ian Pollard – Severn Trent #SVT now looking after its customers.
Severn Trent plc SVT is pleased with the recognition it has received for its continued strong performance in the eyes if its customers.in the period from the 1st October to the 6th February. Performance incentives will be more aligned to the things the customers care about most. and from the companiy’s point of view will […]
Ian Pollard – Redrow #RDW hikes dividend by a massive 65%
Redrow plc RDW has delivered another year of strong growth, record results and an excellent trading performance, with the number of new houses sold during the year rising by 9%. and the full year dividend hiked by a massive 65%. The average selling price was hiked by 7% during the year which some cynics may […]
Ian Pollard – Severn Trent Abandons English
Severn Trent SVT updates that for the period from the 1st October to the 7th February it has abandoned the use of English and will; hit AMP6 outperformance cap earn at least 50m in customer ODI out performance payments across waste and water work hard on SIM scores have sector leading scores in CCW’s annual […]
Stobart faces short term risks
Stobart Group STOB The new CEO who has only been in post for two months has issued a surprise warning that the company faces short term risks in both energy and aviation and that there will be short term delays in the company’s value creation potential although the long term potential remains unaffected. Despite the […]
Redrow Expects “At Least” 22% Rise In Profit Before Tax
Redrow RDW as a result of its record order book, trading and performance in the second half of the current year continues to be robust and has enabled the company to increase its average selling prices more, or as they put it, “better” than expected. Profit before tax for the year to the end of […]
Bashful Bovis Rejects Bids
Bovis Homes BVH is in demand by predators if not by investors, with bids over the weekend being announced from Redrow RDW and Galliford Try GFRD, neither of whom knew that the other was interested. Bovis, no doubt delighted that it has found an escape route from its management problems, decided that the bride price […]
Rio Tinto Slashes Final Dividend.
Rio Tinto RT claims, after slashing its final dividend by 21% that at least its balance sheet is robust and that it enters 2017 in good shape. Basic earnings per share moved from 2015’s loss of 47.5 cents per share to a positive 256.9 cents. Consolidated sales revenue for the year fell by $1billion to […]
Halfords – Massaging The Figures ?
Halfords Group HFD will in future issue its summer trading up date for a period of 20 weeks because it will help to make the figures look better. So this years update is issued in two parts, the first for the 13 weeks of quarter one and then the next 7 weeks trading to the […]
Redrow Admits To Decades Of Under Supply
Redrow RDW managed to increase its average selling price in 2016 by over 10% which is not bad going in an economy parts of which are struggling with price deflation. Redrow blames the continuing housing boom on decades of under supply, which raises the question of course as to why Redrow and all the other […]
Fall in Growth At Redrow
The housing bubble continues apace despite nasty signs beginning to emerge from the Greater London area. On the face of it Redrow is fully enjoying the fruits of the boom, producing yet another record set of results and doubling its interim dividend yet again. It has however suffered a sever fall in growth in both […]