DCS Group reduces debt after pounds 10.5m transport division...

The Birmingham Post (England);  September 6, 2005 ;     275 words ......anniversary of completion and pounds 1.5 million on the...remained stable at pounds 19.5 million, with trading profit up from pounds 100,000 to pounds 500...13.4 million, with trading profit up from pounds 100,000 to pounds 300...

Midcounties Co-op divvies up pounds 6.3m trading profit.(Business)

The Birmingham Post (England);  May 17, 2006 ;     213 words ......to an encouraging start with a trading profit of pounds 6.3 million for the year to January...profit figure compares with the pounds 3.4 million earned by the OS&...before but excludes 34 weeks of the pounds 5.8 million pre-merger profit...

Greene King to close brewery in pounds 14m revamp

The Independent - London;  December 12, 1996 ;     400 words ......but represented only pounds 700,000 a pub, low by...cent in the period from pounds 76.1m to pounds 107.6m. Trading profit was more than 50 per cent better at pounds 20.4m, while profit before...deliver synergy benefits of pounds 3m from the acquisition...Magic Pub contributed ...

ICI sells unit to Johnson Matthey for pounds 260m

The Independent - London;  September 24, 2002 ;     87 words ......selling its catalyst business to Johnson Matthey for pounds 260m. The sale of Synetix will net ICI pounds 210m after tax and other costs and will help cut the group's debts to about pounds 2bn by the end of the year. Most analysts had forecast Synetix would fetch between pounds 200m and ...

Co-op trading profit hit by competition

The Independent - London;  May 26, 1997 ;     159 words ...The overall trading profit of the Co-operative movement fell from pounds 160m to pounds 136m last year, the first decline...per cent to pounds 1.2bn. Despite the downturn in trading profit, the congress was told that many regional and locally...

Co-op sales pass pounds 10bn for first time

The Independent - London;  May 27, 2002 ;     80 words ......achieved sales of more than pounds 10bn last year for the first...parlours- rose by 5 per cent to pounds 10.2bn. Net profit increased by 29 per cent to pounds 241m, while trading profit increased from pounds 228m to pounds 276m and return on capital...s reserves now stand at ...

Co-op profits up 40pc to top pounds 2m; Sixth consecutive record for...

Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  May 16, 2002 ;     311 words ......40percent boost in annual profits, which broke through the pounds 2million mark for the first time in its history. The total trading profit of pounds 2.3 million for 2001-2 was the sixth consecutive record...Warwickshire. Chief executive Richard Sansom, said: Our trading profit in ...

Boots gets pounds 45m boost to profits

The Sunday Telegraph London;  November 18, 2007 ;     205 words ......chain, are running around pounds 45m ahead of expectations...street retailers. Before the pounds 11bn deal Boots was expected to make a trading profit of pounds 700m for the year to March...company is on track to make a trading profit of around pounds 745m, 6 per cent ...

GRE earmarks pounds 1.25bn to spend on acquisitions

The Independent - London;  February 26, 1997 ;     424 words ......insurance in the UK, where a range of investments from pounds 500m to pounds 1bn was being studied. "We aren't prepared to overpay...get the telephone ringing." GRE could raise cash of pounds 500m, is ungeared, and could borrow pounds 750m. It would be prepared to spend pounds 750m to ...

Opus trading profit on the rise.(Business)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 21, 2004 ;     396 words ......seen a strong increase in trading profit. The group's results show an increase in trading profit of 59% to a company record of pounds 1.9m in the last year. Turnover stood at pounds 16.9m and pre-tax came in at pounds 567,000. The group has an...

Sears offers pounds 84m to soothe shareholders

The Independent - London;  October 14, 1998 ;     380 words ......large portion of its property portfolio, valued at pounds 134m, and the intention to raise cash from its loyalty...of the Selfridges department store, will receive pounds 84m in cash at the beginning of April. The return...performance and said that the handout was above the pounds 77m expected by the ...

Firm loses pounds 40m to crime.(News)

Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  April 24, 2002 ;     135 words ......night pledged to combat the estimated pounds 40m it loses to thieves, fraudsters...goods dishonestly obtained, around pounds 10m apparently vanish into thin air...deliveries. The figures dwarf the company's trading profit in 2001 which came in at just pounds 9.3m. A string of initiatives ...

trading profit, gross

A Dictionary of Economics;      7 words ...trading profit, gross See gross trading profit .

pounds 9.2m; That's what Jack paid in wages to land the title.(Sport)

The Mirror (London, England);  February 3, 1996 ;     513 words ...JACK WALKER splashed out a staggering pounds 9.2million in wages to buy Blackburn the title. The...that the club's overall pay-packet salaries soared pounds 3.2million on the previous year. It's the biggest...the management team headed by Kenny Dalglish. Over pounds 1million of the sum was made up of ...

William Hill bucks trend with pounds 8m profit rise.(Sports)

The Racing Post (London, England);  April 11, 2001 ;     382 words ......HILL yesterday announced increased annual profits of pounds 87 million for 2000, bucking the trend of its major...lower operating profit, Hills soared ahead from a pounds 79m profit in 1999 to pounds 87m from a turnover of pounds 2,042m-an increase of 8.8 per cent. The figures were...Capital ...