Plant Health Care says annual losses lower than expected
10th Jan 2013 14:09
Plant Health Care said on Thursday it expects annual results to show an operating loss 'slightly better than expectations'. In a trading update, the provider of novel patent protected biological products to the global agriculture markets projected an operating loss of $6.5m for the year to the end
Read morePlant Health Care delivers 'outstanding' results
9th Oct 2012 10:37
Plant Health Care, a provider of innovative patent protected biological products to the global agriculture markets, has reported strong first sales of a novel approach to fungicide resistance management. Its ProAct product was applied to around 200,000 acres of crops in the US this season, produc
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Manroy, Plant Health Care, Goals Soccer Centres
13th Sep 2012 13:52
Six-a-side football pitches operator Goals Soccer Centres has won an appeal against a ruling made by HMRC, resulting in a boost to full year profits. Earlier in the year HMRC issued a business brief relating to the five-a-side soccer industry, indicating that all income relating to commercially oper
Read moreSDL non-exec takes up only holding in firm
24th Aug 2012 16:24
Mandy Gradden, a non-executive director of SDL, the FTSE 250 information management firm, bought up 7,500 shares on Thursday, just over a week after the company unveiled a 20 per cent leap in first-half revenues. Gradden's purchase, in which she bought the shares at 658p each for a total of £49,35
Read morePlant Health Care pleases as losses narrow
20th Aug 2012 09:16
Plant Health Care, a producer of 'naturally derived' agricultural products, has reported flat revenue for the half year ended June 30th with sales of its Harpin and Myoconate products up 49 per cent in a period of 'significant change' for the sector. The loss before tax for the period came in slig
Read moreSpuds-u-like Plant Health Care's Harpin
27th Jul 2012 10:20
Plant Health Care's Harpin crop-productivity technology has been shown in tests to increase the marketable yield when used on potatoes. The company, which uses natural biological solutions to modify how plants grow, saw its share price enjoy its own growth spurt as it revealed that recent trials by
Read moreXP Power director make double purchase
17th Apr 2012 15:59
David Hempleman-Adams, a non-executive director of power controller manufacturer XP Power, has purchased two lots of shares less than a week after the firm cautioned over its revenues. The first purchase saw Hempleman-Adams, who joined the firm in 2008, snap up his first round of shares in the fir
Read morePlant Health Care sees positive test results
12th Dec 2011 10:57
Plant Health Care, a producer of "naturally derived" agricultural products, says tests of its harpin seed treatment "delivers added yield over and above traditional insecticide/fungicide seed treatment combinations." The test results show the addition of Plant Health Care's harpin-based N-Hibit pro
Read moreDeputy Chairman Whittaker increases stake to 20%
17th Aug 2011 14:32
Billionaire property investor John Whittaker bought another round of shares in Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), bringing his total stake to more than 20%. Whittaker, who is deputy chairman and a non-executive director of CSC, purchased 306,500 shares of 50p each at an average price of 321.475p per
Read moreLosses narrow at Plant Health Care
15th Aug 2011 09:17
Fertiliser group, Plant Health Care, said it was looking to the future with "renewed optimism" after cutting losses in the first half of 2011. The firm posted operating losses of £3.74m for the six months to the end of June, compared to a £4.55m loss the year before. Loss before tax narrowed to $3.
Read moreLondon close: Stocks slump after giving up rally
27th Jul 2011 16:49
Stocks finished deep in the red, giving up an earlier rally, after a poor showing on Wall Street. Energy supplier Scottish & Southern Energy suffered after going ex-dividend. Meanwhile, sector peer Centrica also fell, albeit by a lesser extent, after utilities firm British Gas (owned by Centrica)
Read moreSeed partnership boost for Plant Health Care
27th Jul 2011 13:38
Shares in fertiliser group Plant Health Care shot up after it said it had signed an agreement for its plant growth compound Myconate to be sold alongside Dutch seed treatment group INCOTEC's seed treatment packages. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed. "This is an important breakthrough
Read moreLondon close: FTSE 100 edges higher again
26th May 2011 16:51
The FTSE 100's hesitant performance since Monday's dive has continued, with the top share index closing just a few points higher. Among the risers was Man Group whose adjusted profit before tax rose to $599m in the year to 31 March from $560m the year before, ahead of company guidance. Statutory pr
Read morePlant Health Care's sales shoot up
26th May 2011 15:26
Trading in the first half to date at Plant Health Care has been in line with expectations, with the group seeing an uplift in sales of over 20% compared with the same period in 2010. The agricultural plant care, soil and water management products group said that this has been helped by strong perfo
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks clinging on despite mixed updates
26th May 2011 12:15
Stocks are holding onto their modest early morning gains, after a mixed reception for company updates. Among the risers is Man Group whose adjusted profit before tax rose to $599m in the year to 31 March from $560m the year before, ahead of company guidance. Statutory profit before tax tumbled to $
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