Small caps round-up: Devro, Cashbox, Sportech...

4th Aug 2009 11:30

Devro more than doubled first half pre-tax profit to £11m from £5m a year ago and the sausage skin maker expects the improving performance to continue through the second half. Profit before exceptional items for the six months ended 30 June 2009 rose 17% to £9.2m on sales up 27% to £105m. The inter

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Small caps round-up: Image Scan, Touchstone, Victoria Oil...

17th Jun 2009 08:19

Image Scan slumped Wednesday after a plunge in industrial revenue, due mainly to the weak car market, sent the X-ray imaging firm deeper into the red. It reported a pre-tax loss of £355,000 for the six months ended 31 March, up from £136,000 a year ago. Revenue fell to £743,000 from £1.1m in 2008.

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Reed's Prozes in the money

27th May 2009 17:09

Reed Elsevier director and boss of the firm's LexisNexis business, Andrew Prozes, has pocketed over £400,000 from share sales. Prozes sold 10,600 Reed Elsevier American Depository Receipts (ADRs), equal to 42,400 ordinary shares, at $32.33 each. He also offloaded 14,600 Reed Elsevier NV ADRs, equi

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