Ian Pollard – Victrex – Sales Volume Up 1%, Divi Up 160 %

Victrex VCT managed a  whopping  160% increase in dividends for the year to the end of September after a mediocre rise of 1% in sales volume led to a rise of 11% in profit before tax.   The dividend increase comprised a 15% rise in the regular dividend plus payment of a special dividend of […]

Card Factory Pressured By Having To Pay A Living Wage

Card Factory CARD produced sales growth of 6.7% in the 9 months to the 31st October fuelled by the opening of 38 net new stores, bringing the UK total to 903 and with more to come during the final quarter. The strong first half sales performance has continued into quarter 3 but profits will be […]

easyJet Still Flying High

easyJet EZJ October passenger statistics showed a rise of 9.9% in passengers carried and load factor increased yet again to 92.5pp up by 2.3%. On a rolling 12 months basis the figures were 10% and 1.5pp. Ortac Resources OTC is to acquire an additional 33.82% of Casa Mining Ltd and will be making an offer […]

Severn Trent Drowns In Jargon

Severn Trent SVT  is so mired in jargon that it has started creating new  words which are so obscure and meaningless that it has had to add a little dictionary at the end of today’s update. What is wrong with plain English ? Even HMCR now uses it to good effect. Is it beyond the […]

Westminster Group Facing “Unprecedented Growth”

Westminster Group WSG claims that the trials and tribulations of the last few years are now behind it. Revenue for the year to the end of December rose by 31% enabling it to make an EBITDA profit of £25,000 compared to the previous year’s loss of £300,000. The loss per share has been reduced by […]

Koovs Continues To Rocket

Koovs plc KOOV continues to see sales rocket with a rise of 87% in the year to 31st March. Registered users were up by 80% and units shipped and repeat customers rose by 100%, as it pursues its main strategy of significant growth and outperforming e commerce sector growth in India by fivefold. India is […]

Randall & Quilter Rebounds

Randall & Quilter RQIH has produced a significantly stronger first half year performance this year than it did in 2015. Last years first half loss of £4.5m has been transformed into a profit of £1.2m for the current half year to the 30th June  and last years loss per share of of 4.7p  has become […]