Empresaria ups profit despite falling revenue
5th Sep 2013 09:24
Specialist staffing group Empresaria posted a fall in revenue and net fee income for the half year, hit by a decline in the Continental Europe region. Revenue decreased 2% to £95.6m (June 2012: £97.8m), with permanent revenue up 7% and temporary staffing revenues down 3% year-on-year. Adjusted (
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The FTSE 100 rebounded from five-month lows on Friday morning after comments from the Federal Reserve prompted a dramatic global market sell-off the day before. London's benchmark index tumbled an eye-watering 189 points on Thursday, falling 2.98% to 6,160 as markets reacted to comments from Fed Ch
Read moreCapita Chief Exec drops 400,000 shares
25th Apr 2012 16:34
Paul Pindar, the Chief Executive of Capita, the FTSE 100 global business services group, has ditched 400,000 shares in the firm. Pindar, who joined Capita in 1987 from 3i, sold off the shares for 685p each, earning him £2.74m. The shares were sold to satisfy a personal settlement, the company sai
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21st Mar 2012 14:20
Pre-tax profit at recruitment firm Empresaria slumped by 71% from £6.5m to £1.9m in 2011. The major reason for this was lower profits in Germany, where new collective bargaining agreement required the group to raise pay rates for some of its temporary works and to incur significant legal fees. Meanw
Read moreEmpresaria warns on profits after German ruling
8th Sep 2011 07:31
Recruitment firm Empresaria has swung into the red and issued a profit warning after experiencing a tougher environment in Germany, its biggest market. Reported loss before tax was £1.9m in the first half of 2011, versus a profit of £2.3m the year before. Adjusted profit before tax, which excludes
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31st Jan 2011 11:24
Aviation group Air Partner says that trading has remained positive in the six months to date and the interim results are likely to be ahead of expectations, partly attributable to the strong performance in its commercial jet broking division. While the group says it is well positioned to increase p
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9th Sep 2010 14:48
Indian films distributor Eros International has filed a prospectus for the proposed flotation of Eros International Media Limited in relation to the proposed flotation on the National Stock Exchange of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange. The offer will open on 17 September and be closed four days l
Read moreMARKET TALK: Merchant John East Ups Empresaria Forecasts
10th Jun 2010 10:06
0906 GMT [Dow Jones] Merchant John East ups its earnings forecasts for recruiter Empresaria Group PLC (EMR.LN) on the back of a cautiously positive AGM statement. Increases the pretax profit and earnings per share forecasts for 2010 to GBP5.3M and 6.1p from GBP4.5M and 4.8p, respectively. Ups 2011 f
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25th Mar 2010 12:33
Ceres Power's interim loss grew to £5.9m from £3.3m a year earlier as revenue slumped 39%, blamed on the £2m Alpha milestone completion payment from British Gas last June being recognised as revenue when earned, based on costs incurred over the Beta and Gamma phases. Brian Count, chairman of the UK
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21st Jan 2010 11:40
Haulier Wincanton says operating profit held up well between October and January, though, as previously flagged, pre-tax profit for the year to 31 March 2010 is expected to be below the results reported last year. Higher finance costs following a refinancing are the reason. 'The continuing strength
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18th Jun 2009 09:11
Empresaria, the international staffing group, saw revenues for the current financial year to April, excluding discontinued operations, fall 4% on the same period in 2008 and net fee income down 22%. "These volume reductions are driven largely by reductions in permanent fee income levels (34% down a
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