Friday tips round-up: Home Retail, Premier Farnell, Go-Ahead
11th Jun 2010 07:02
It was a tale of two divisions yesterday at Home Retail Group. While underlying sales declined by just 1.4% at the group's DIY chain Homebase, which was ahead of expectations, like-for-like sales tumbled by a disappointing 8.1% at its catalogue operation, Argos. Home Retail's shares now trade on a
Read moreAllocate Software Sees FY Ahead Of Previous Views
10th Jun 2010 07:34
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Allocate Software PLC (ALL.LN), a provider of workforce and business optimization solutions, said Thursday it expects to report results for the financial year ended May 31 ahead of its previous expectations. MAIN FACTS: -Seen strong performance in its fourth quarter ended
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Griffin Mining, Energy XXI
6th May 2010 12:49
Griffin Mining posted a rise in profits in the year to December 31 despite a slide in revenues following the collapse in metals prices in late 2008. The company, which operates the Caijiaying zinc-gold mine in China, posted a pre-tax profit of $7.2m, up from $7m in 2008, even as revenues fell to $2
Read moreHealthy revenue growth for Allocate
29th Jan 2010 12:08
Acquisitive personnel software provider Allocate Software saw strong growth in revenue at the interim stage, helped by a number of contract wins with NHS Trusts. Revenue in the six months to the end of November rose 38% to £9m from £6.5m the year before. Organic revenue growth was 27%. Licence re
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Allocate, Omega Diagnostics, Forum...
27th Nov 2009 14:04
Workforce optimisation software company Allocate Software is to acquire Time Care, a Swedish rival focused on the healthcare markets, for around £8.7m. The acquisition is expected to be 'significantly earnings enhancing' in the first full year of ownership. The company intends to fund the acquisiti
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Sinosoft, Shanta Gold, Avingtrans...
9th Sep 2009 09:41
China-based software and IT company Sinosoft has surged close to a 12-month high on news it has won four tenders for its e-government services worth about £444,000. Sinosoft will install systems to help standardise procedures within local government departments in Jiangsu province in areas such as
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