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Northumbrian Water said lower debt costs helped it to a first-half pre-tax profit hike of 12.8 per cent yesterday, but warned that Thursday's announcement by the water regulator on pricing for the next five years is the "key risk to the business". Water...
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Analysts expect no surprises when Britvic, the soft drinks maker behind the Robinsons and Tango brands, issues preliminary results on Wednesday. Britvic pre-released its sales figures in an update last month and confirmed that it was on track to meet...
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The football club said pre-tax profits jumped to £33.4m for the year to 30 June, up from £3m the previous year. Spurs made a record player trading profit of £56.5m, up from £16.4m in 2008, on sales of players, including Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester...
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Discount supermarket giant Aldi has reported a 44pc increase in pre-tax profit to £112m (€124m) last year for the vehicle that operates its Irish and UK stores. Accounts for the German-owned Aldi Stores Ltd just posted to the Companies' Office show that...
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It reported pre-tax profits of £120.8m, compared with the £105.9m it made a year ago, and said it had reduced its net debt by £403.7m. It also said chairman John Lovering would step down in March. Meanwhile, Arcadia Group, which owns Topshop and Dorothy...
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Germany's largest bank said estimates show a 1.4bn-euro net profit ($2.1bn; £1.3bn) for the period, compared with less than 500m euros a year ago. The bank said profits were boosted by tax exempt income and the resolution of tax audits relating to previous...
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Organic sales fell by 6% on the first quarter last year, but the company has reiterated its expectation of single-digit growth in operating profit for the full year, and its ongoing cost-cutting programme is expected to deliver a £120m reduction in costs...
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Bellway cut its land values by £66m in its annual results, which turned a £20m profit into a £47m loss Revenue fell 40% to £683m while the average selling price of its homes slid by £15,000 to £154,000. The company maintained its dividend and said reservations...
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The UK's biggest hotel and restaurant operator saw pre-tax profits of £118.2m in the six months to 27 August. This was 2.7% lower than a year earlier but better than analysts predicted. Whitbread said its "value for money brands" continued to appeal to...
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The company, which bought rival food retailer Somerfield in 2008, made a pre-tax profit of £228.8m. The Co-op, Britain's fifth-biggest chain of grocery stores, reported that sales in its shops rose 7.3% in the 28 weeks to 25 July. Sales of its Simply...
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