Tasty lifts profits 20% and eyes acceleration in 2016
30th Mar 2016 07:53
(ShareCast News) - Tasty, operator of the chain of Wildwood and Dim T restaurant chains, served up an appetising set of final results, with both sales and profits up 20%. The AIM-listed company said current trading since the year end has been "broadly in line with expectations", which represents enc
Read moreTasty hunts for more sites and deals as revenue grows
4th Sep 2014 11:22
British restaurant operator Tasty reported profit before tax of £973,000 for the first six months of 2014, up from £787,000 year-on-year. Group revenues rose 26% from the same period in 2013 to £13.8, while operating profit, before pre-opening costs, share based payments and interest, rose 16% to £
Read moreCarpetright Chairman trades in 416,500 shares
17th Oct 2013 16:32
Lord Harris of Peckham, the Executive Chairman of Carpetright, this week reduced his stake in the flooring specialist with the sale of 416,500 shares. The sale was made through his company Harris Ventures, which is also connected with Martin Harris, Carpetright's Group Development Director. Harr
Read moreTasty growth continues at a profit with four new restaurants opened
24th Sep 2013 11:14
Restaurant group Tasty doubled profits and opened three new sites during the first half of the year, with another added in July. Tasty, which was founded by brothers Sam and Adam Kaye after they sold their previous business ASK Central, increased operating profits 39% to £1.05m in the 26 weeks to
Read moreBurberry CFO makes multiple transactions
19th Jul 2012 16:31
Stacey Cartwright, the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of high-end fashion label Burberry, has sold 122,500 of the 132,500 shares she received which vested on Thursday. Cartwright, who joined the firm as CFO in 2004, sold the shares at 1,211.99p each, earning her a total of £1
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Tasty, Sceptre Leisure, Adventis...
10th May 2012 13:58
Aptly named restaurant group Tasty has agreed a 2.5m-pound three-year revolving bank facility which will allow it to continue the expansion of its restaurant estate. Shares in gaming firm Sceptre Leisure plunged over 50% as it announced plans to cancel its listing on AIM, saying the share price do
Read moreCable and Wireless chairman pockets shares
16th Nov 2011 15:22
The chairman of FTSE 250 firm Cable and Wireless Worldwide has snapped up shares just one day after the firm announced a big fall in profits. John Barton pocketed 100,000 in the embattled telecoms firm for a total sum of £22,940. Earlier this week C&WW posted pre-tax profits of £35m in the first
Read moreLondon close: Good gains as FTSE 100 rallies
13th Sep 2011 16:58
Stocks rediscovered their earlier buoyancy to finish with strong gains as hopes of a resolution of the euro crisis attracted buyers. Today's big mover, Cairn Energy, fell sharply after reporting disappointing results from its drilling campaign offshore Greenland, with one well coming up dry and ano
Read moreLondon midday: Eurozone worries resurface
13th Sep 2011 12:07
This morning's bright start seems a distant memory now, with shares firmly in the red as worries over the Eurozone situation take centre stage again. Today's big mover, Cairn Energy is sharply lower after reporting disappointing results from its offshore drilling campaign offshore Greenland, with o
Read moreTasty profits from Tasty restaurants
13th Sep 2011 10:33
Tasty, the restaurant company behind the Wildwood and Dim T chains, has seen sales grow by 43% in the six months to the 3rd of July, compared to the same period of 2010. Operating profit grew to £526,000 from £94,000 and overall profit before tax for the period was up to £444,000 from £9,000. The
Read moreTasty founder takes a big bite
13th Apr 2011 17:20
Samuel Kaye, the multi-millionaire founder of the restaurant chain operator Tasty, has added to his stake in the company with the purchase of £93,000 of shares. He snapped up 300,000 shares at 31p a time and now has about 9.1m shares, or 19.1% of the company, which operates the oriental-themed DimT
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Xstrata, Antofagasta, Tasty
13th Apr 2011 06:31
Glencore, the Swiss commodities trader which doubles up as miner Xstrata's single largest shareholder. In recent years, many a dull Friday on the stock market has been enlivened by rumours of Glencore looking to go the whole hog and attempting to merge with Xstrata. The possibility is tantalising, h
Read moreTasty profits from DimT and Wildwood operator
12th Apr 2011 08:21
The tough consumer environment has failed to suppress diners' appetites for affordable meals out, judging by the latest update from branded restaurant operator Tasty. The company, which operates Wildwood pizza restaurants and the DimT oriental-themed chain, moved into profit in 2010 and said tradin
Read moreTasty moves into profit
14th Sep 2010 07:57
Tasty, the restaurant operator behind the Dim T and Wildwood chains, moved into profit in the half year to June 27 and said that trading is in line with expectations. It posted a pre-tax profit of £13,000 for the period, against a loss of £49,000 over the same period the previous year, as turnover
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Independent Resources, Intelek, Norkom
9th Jun 2010 14:48
Independent Resources rose after the group said it looks like the drawn out environmental assessment process for its underground gas storage facility at Rivara in the Po Valley, Italy, is nearing a conclusion. There was also a reduction in the full-year loss before tax to £85,476 from £127,836. In
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