Marshalls calculates weather damage
7th Jan 2011 07:49
Paving slabs group Marshalls grew revenue by 4% in 2010, but the atrocious weather during December lost the company about £5m of sales and knocked £0.8m off operating profits. Revenue for the year ended 31 December rose to £323m from £312m as sales to the public sector and commercial end market - w
Read moreMarshalls wary over CSR impact
9th Nov 2010 13:15
Paving specialist Marshalls' headline revenue for the ten months to October rose to £290m from £277m. Group like-for-like sales were 5% ahead of the prior year with sales to the public sector and commercial end market up 7% and sales to the domestic, garden market up 3%. The short term outlook f
Read moreColt chief exec takes another big slice
1st Nov 2010 17:29
The chief executive of Colt has opened his wallet, splashing out nearly £250,000 on shares in the business communications and IT managed services firm. Rakesh Bhasin bought 200,000 shares at 121.4p a go and now has 500,000. Back in May he took 100,000 at 118.5p a time. Bhasin was appointed to the
Read moreOmega chairman invests nearly £1m
10th Sep 2010 16:38
The chairman and chief executive of Omega Insurance Holdings are both buying shares in the Bermuda-based insurance underwriter with chairman John Coldman investing nearly £1m. Richard Pexton became chief executive of Omega in March this year. He was previously boss of Heritage Underwriting Agency.
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Chloride Recommends Emerson's GBP997M Offer
2nd Jul 2010 09:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps CHLORIDE GROUP PLC (CHLD.LN), a maker of secure power systems, recommended shareholders accept a GBP997 million takeover offer from U.S. power and industr
Read moreMarshalls Trading Stable; First Half Revenue GBP170M
2nd Jul 2010 07:36
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Gardens and paving company Marshalls PLC (MSLH.LN) Friday said demand for its products is stable and first-half revenue was in line with expectations at GBP170 million. Marshalls said it remains cautious. The company, which makes landscaping and garden products used by homeow
Read moreMarshalls performs in line
2nd Jul 2010 07:28
Paving slab maker Marshalls has traded in line with expectations during the first half of 2010 and says current demand is “encouraging”, but it’s still unclear whether the firm will be hit by government spending cuts. The company, which makes a lot of money from selling street pavers and paving sto
Read moreCapital and Counties bosses lay foundations
14th May 2010 16:29
Bosses at Capital and Counties Properties have been opening their accounts in the real estate firm following its demerger from the property giant Liberty International. Chairman Ian Durant bought 122,347 shares at 1,21.7p a share, paying a total of £148,884, while chief executive Ian Hawksworth, to
Read moreMarshalls uncertain over market trends
5th Mar 2010 07:36
Another hefty chunk of restructuring costs kept paving slab specialist Marshalls in the red last year with sales this year struggling to recover. Turnover in 2009 was £312m (2008: £378m) from three fewer working days compared with 2008. Losses were £2.37m, against £4.5m, after one-off charges of £
Read moreMarshalls buys in loan stock
10th Nov 2009 14:48
The domestic order book of paving slab and tile maker Marshalls is showing signs of returning to historic levels after the 2008 downturn. Installer order books at the end of October 2009 contained 8.1 weeks' worth of orders, versus 6.4 weeks last year and 9.9 weeks in 2009. Revenue in the first te
Read moreMarshalls revenue slump is no surprise
3rd Jul 2009 08:04
Marshalls saw revenue tumble 21% in the first half, in line with trends the paving slab and tile maker highlighted when it raised £34m from a rights issue in May. Revenue for the six months ended 30 June 2009 fell to £166m from £211m in 2008, while underlying daily sales revenue on a like for like
Read moreMarshalls raises £34m through rights
13th May 2009 08:26
Paving slab and tile maker Marshalls is to raise £34m though a rights issue after sales tumbled 19% in the first four months of 2009. Revenue for the four months to April dropped to £103m, from £135m. Underlying daily sales revenue on a like for like basis was down 19% though Marshalls says there
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