Small caps round-up: ILA, Indus Gas, Minera...
15th Sep 2010 11:42
ILA, which makes personal alarms for women, has won two big orders, one from the department store House of Fraser and one from the Canadian book retailer Indigo Books. But the shares are down nearly 9%. Losses widened at Indus Gas in the year to March 31, but the India-focused oil and gas group has
Read moreRound-up: Premier Farnell, Aer Lingus, Byotrol...
7th Jul 2010 13:34
Components distributor Premier Farnell's strong sales performance in the first four months of financial year 2011 has continued into June, with sales up by 29% year on year. Irish airline Aer Lingus' total passenger numbers in June 2010 were 941,000, down 8.6% on June 2009. Short haul passengers w
Read moreNorthern Bear FY Pretax Loss GBP1.11M Vs Loss GBP2.86M
7th Jul 2010 08:42
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Northern Bear PLC (NTBR.LN), acquires and operates mature building services businesses, announced Wednesday it made a pretax loss of GBP1.11 million for the year ended March 31, compared with a wider loss of GBP2.86 million. MAIN FACTS: -Revenue GBP35.0 million (2009 GBP4
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Northern Bear, Airsprung, Pursuit Dynamics...
29th Jun 2010 11:03
Support services group Northern Bear stretched its strong run Tuesday after claiming a good start to the new financial year, with its order book and pipeline well up on a year ago. "The board is pleased to announce that the new financial year has started well, with strong order books and a healthy
Read moreNorthern Bear Financial Year Started Well, Strong Order Books
29th Jun 2010 08:57
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Northern Bear PLC (NTBR.LN), said Tuesday that the new financial year has started well, with strong order books and a healthy pipeline, both far exceeding the outlook at the corresponding time last year. -Shares at 0755 GMT up 3.0 pence, or 10.53%, at 31.50 pence. -By R
Read moreLondon close: Footsie at 22-month high
15th Apr 2010 17:12
The afternoon saw many leading shares consolidate or extend the morning's gains, solidifying the Footsie's position above 5800. Banks led the advance after better than expected results from US investment bank JP Morgan yesterday. Barclays received a boost from Execution Noble, which raised its targ
Read moreNorthern Bear sees results at higher end
15th Apr 2010 16:32
Shares in Northern Bear rallied after the support services group said it expects full-year results to be at the higher end of market forecasts. The group said this was achieved despite a challenging economic environment and adverse weather conditions. "As indicated at the time of our interim stat
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Cyril Sweett, Kewill, Gulf Keystone...
13th Oct 2009 08:04
Construction and property consultancy firm Cyril Sweett said overall trading for the half year is expected to be in line with expectations but added that there will be a number of one-off costs. Logistics software specialist Kewill expects to report results for the six months ended 30 September in
Read moreNorthern Bear chief stake under 2m
2nd Jul 2009 16:36
Support services group Northern Bear said chief executive Graham Forrest raised £150,000 and reduced his stake in the firm to under 2m shares. Forrest disposed of 300,000 shares to a third party at a price of 50p each. He is now interested in 1.98m shares, which represents 10.46% of the group. Top
Read moreSector movers: Construction stocks move ahead
25th Jun 2009 11:13
Support services group Northern Bear is one of the companies leading the construction and materials sector higher, but with three other companies reporting, the sector is mixed. Northern Bear, up 11%, posted a rise in profits despite tough trading, helped by its exposure to specialist businesses su
Read moreNorthern Bear lifts profits
25th Jun 2009 08:15
Support services group Northern Bear posted a rise in profits despite tough trading, helped by its exposure to specialist businesses such as fire protection, asbestos removal and equipment rental. In the year to March 31, pre-tax profits climbed to £2.86m from £2.25m the previous year on revenues
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