Goals to raise £16.5m to upgrade football centres
3rd Jun 2016 12:14
(ShareCast News) - Five-a-side social football operator Goals Soccer Centres announced on Friday that it was raising £16.5m in a bid to refresh its locations, after years of underinvestment. The AIM-traded firm, which reported a £6.2m full-year loss for last year, said it was placing 16.75m shares a
Read moreGoals Soccer Centres appoints new chief executive
27th May 2016 11:51
(ShareCast News) - Goals Soccer Centres has appointed Mark Jones as its chief executive. He joins the operator of outdoor small-sided soccer centres' board on 1 July. Jones is experienced in managing leisure brands and growing businesses. He joins Goals from Rank Group, where he was managing direct
Read moreGoals Soccer trading in line; sales drop
14th Jan 2016 15:15
(ShareCast News) - Goals Soccer said on Thursday that trading for the year was in line with its revised expectations, as it reported a drop in total sales. In an update for the year to the end of December, the five-a-side football operator said trading was in line with the revised market expectation
Read moreTuesday newspaper round-up: BHP, Sports Direct, France
17th Nov 2015 07:23
(ShareCast News) - BHP Billiton is reviewing the management of two big operations after the Samarco mudslide in Brazil that killed at least nine people. Andrew Mackenzie, the miner's chief executive, told analysts and investors yesterday that the company was reviewing all of its dams worldwide. He a
Read moreGoals Soccer Centres dives after profit warning
9th Nov 2015 11:20
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Goals Soccer Centres took a dive after the five-a-side football venue operator warned over its pre-tax profit for the full year following challenging trading in the UK. The company, which operates 46 centres in the UK and one in Los Angeles, said that trading in the UK b
Read moreGoals Soccer Centres tumbles after profit warning
9th Sep 2015 13:09
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Goals Soccer Centres tumbled after the company downgraded its guidance for the full year due to challenging market conditions and posted flat sales for the first half and a 1% rise in underlying pre-tax profit. The group, which operates five-a-side centres in the UK and
Read moreThursday broker round-up
9th Jul 2015 16:22
Ashmore: RBC keeps at underperform. Aggreko: Exane reiterates underperform recommendation and 1,250p target. Anglo American: Investec stays at hold on the miner's South African-listed shares. Associated British Foods: Credit Suisse stays at outperform and sets a target price of 3,250p. Barclays:
Read moreGoal Soccer Centres shares tumble off disappointing UK performance
9th Jul 2015 11:45
Shares in Goals Soccer Centres dropped after the firm reported a like-for-like sales decline of 2% in a trading update on Thursday. By 1133 BST, shares in the football centre operator had plunged by 6.48% to 202p. The AIM-listed company said sales for the period were in line with last year at £17.1
Read moreGoals Soccer Centre fails to find the back of the net as profits dive
10th Mar 2015 12:40
Five-a-side pitch provider Goals Soccer Centres was dealt a blow as analysts trimmed their forecasts after a disappointing start to 2015 weighed on its annual results. The group reported a 3% year-on-year increase in annual sales to £37.4m, though growth declined 1.1% on a like-for-like basis. Prof
Read moreDotdigital directors sell shares to meet investor demand
3rd Nov 2014 16:30
Bosses of Dotdigital, including its chief executive, have reduced their holdings in the company to meet investor demand, the online marketing software supplier said on Monday. CEO Peter Simmonds, chief technical officer Simon Bird and chief operating officer Tink Taylor each dumped one million share
Read moreTuesday broker round-up UPDATE
30th Sep 2014 09:50
Aberdeen: Goldman Sachs ups target price from 540p to 560pp retaining a buy recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank moves target price from 270p to 280p and reiterates a hold recommendation. Investec lowers target price from 260p to 258p, while upgrading to buy. African Minerals: Invest
Read moreGoals Soccer Centres bounces on better interims and bank reboot
3rd Sep 2014 12:09
Goals Soccer Centres completed its debt restructuring, having lifted underlying profit in the first half of the year thanks to self-help strategies and better weather. Revenues at the five-a-side football centres company rose 3% to £17m in the first-half of the year compared to the same period last
Read moreGoals Soccer Centres scores a sales hit but sees higher costs
3rd Jul 2014 09:45
Five-a-side football pitch operator Goals Soccer Centres (GSC) netted a first-half sales hike, but said a new funding deal would kick costs higher. GSC, which has 44 centres in the UK and a US site in Los Angeles, said overall sales in the six months to June 30th rose 3% to £17m, like-for-like sale
Read moreMonitise Chairman acquires first round of shares
11th Apr 2014 16:02
Monitise on Friday said that its Non-Executive Chairman, Peter Ayliffe, had acquired 250,000 shares in the payment solutions company. Ayliffe, who paid 57.13p a share and spent £142,825 altogether, was appointed to his current role in October last year, having previously been a non-executive for n
Read moreCarnival Chairman reduces stake by around a quarter
26th Mar 2014 15:54
Micky Arison, the long-standing Chairman of cruise line operator Carnival Corp., docked a batch of shares earlier this week ahead of its better-than-expected first quarter trading update. Arison offloaded 525,348 at $40.09 each, reducing his stake to 104.52m shares. The group on Tuesday reported
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