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Recruitment headache for Petrofac

Petrofac (PFC) – Finals PTP: £128.62m (£87.44m) Divi: 5.74p (2.39p) The numbers were at the top end of expectations and the group’s order book stands at more than $4.4 billion. Although, despite increasing M&A speculation surrounding the sector, the UK-based company ... READ MORE >>

Consolidation flatters Hill & Smith

Hill & Smith (HILS) – Finals PTP £32.9m (£18.5m) Divi: 8.7p (7.2p) Record revenue and profits were flattered by the consolidation of Zinkinvent but earnings are still up an impressive 34% helped by higher margins. Overseas profits will rise sharply as galvanizing company... READ MORE >>

ProStrakan optimistic

ProStrakan (PSK) – Finals PTP: -£17.6m (-£17.3m) Divi: n/a (n/a) Anticipation of key product approvals this year has led to confidence that the drug development company will break even in 2009, with profits expected the following year. Ceo Wilson Totten says that US... READ MORE >>

Looking for the big WIN

WIN (WNN:AIM) – Finals PTP: £1.68m (£2.32m) Divi: 2p (n/a)` Profits may have dropped at the interactive mobile information and entertainment expert, but the payment of a maiden dividend suggests management remains confident the new strategic path laid down in 2006 will pay off ... READ MORE >>

FDM bucks financial sector blues – for now

FDM (FDMG:AIM) – Finals PTP: £4.25m (£2.78m) Divi: 2.7p (1.9p) Even though the financial services sector generates roughly 40% of the IT service’s firms revenues, FDM has yet to see any slowdown in demand, and its unique Mounties model continues to generate excellent... READ MORE >>

Lighthouse illuminates its expanding horizons

Lighthouse Group (LGT:AIM) – Finals PTP: £1.9m (£0.7m) Divi: 0.5p (n/a) The independent financial adviser’s (IFA) proposed merger with quoted rival Sumus (SUMU:AIM) leaves Lighthouse with the majority shareholding and is set to take the IFA’s assets under advice... READ MORE >>

AMS looks to the US to capitalise on success

Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS:AIM) – Finals PTP: £1.9m (£0.6m) Divi: n/a (n/a) The former Play of the Week (Shares 13 Sept ‘07) is looking on top form. Its shares have more than doubled in the past year to 29.5p, while its advanced wound care business and wound closure ... READ MORE >>

Guns of Brixton start firing

Brixton (BXTN) – Finals PTP: £58.2m (£205.1m) Divi: 8.8p (7.9p) Although pre-tax profits fell heavily to £58.2 million and net rental income slipped 8% to £72.5 million, adjusted net asset value per share was above analyst expectations, rising 2.1% to... READ MORE >>

Every little helps Morrisons

Morrison (Wm) (MRW) – Finals PTP: £563m (£323m) Divi: 4.8p (4p) Ken’s final figures, Morrisons’ founder earned a rare accolade indeed; a standing ovation from analysts. They confirmed that the botched integration of Safeway is mere history and the group is now... READ MORE >>

Tullow figures belie success

Tullow Oil (TLW) – Finals PTP: £114.2m (£263.3m) Divi: 5.5p (5p) In isolation the numbers suggest a pretty lousy year with profits down by more than half, but 2007 also saw the company make a world-class discovery in Ghana and ascend to the FTSE 100. CEO Aidan Heavey... READ MORE >>

Bulging sales redress Ascribe’s balance

Ascribe (ASP:AIM) – Interims PTP: £0.81m (£1.66m) Divi: n/a (n/a) Sales slipped 6% and pre-tax profits halved at the healthcare IT solutions group, after last autumn’s technical issues and delays in customer orders. But glitches with a new internet-based platform have... READ MORE >>

Menzies mixes it up

John Menzies (MNZS) – Finals PTP: £31.8m (£35.6m) Divi: 18.4p... READ MORE >>

Interest in FOGL builds

Falkland Oil & Gas (FOGL:AIM) – Finals PTP: -£1.88m (-£1.03m) Divi:n/a... READ MORE >>

Strategy pays off for Tikit

Tikit (TIK:AIM) – Finals PTP: £3.39m (£2.79m) Divi: 5p (4p) Record results for 2007 from the provider of software and IT solutions to the legal profession did not prevent its shares from languishing near their year’s lows at 236p, as investors continued to fret about... READ MORE >>

Petmin reflects strength of Somkhele

Petmin (PTMN:AIM) – Interims PTP: Z109.5m (Z43.3m) Divi: n/a (n/a) The anthracite and silica producer increased pre-tax profit by 153% to Z109.5 (£6.9) million, showing the benefits of better production and sales rates at its Somkhele project. Earnings were also lifted by... READ MORE >>

ISG slips in under the radar

Interior Services Group (ISG:AIM) – Interims PTP: £5.8m (£4.1m) Divi: 4p (3.3p) Could these results finally be the time when the market realises ISG’s exposure to the weak London commercial property market has been greatly reduced? At the end of 2006, London accounted... READ MORE >>

Good prognosis for Axis

Axis-Shield (ASD) – Finals PTP: £2m (£2m) Divi n/a (n/a) Last year was the first full year of sales for Axis of its Affinion testing systems which helped boost sales by around 10% to £66.7 million. Chief executive Ian Gilham said that 1500 units of the products were... READ MORE >>

Ailing healthcare arm is a blot on Parkwood’s landscape

Parkwood Holdings (PKW) – Finals PTP: £2.5m (£2.5m) Divi: 2.2p (1.9p) The core leisure and green services business is doing well but results were hampered by a few negative provisions on other divisions. Principally, it failed to sell the loss-making patient transport arm of... READ MORE >>

Greggs takes the biscuit

Greggs (GRG) – Finals PTP: £49m (£43.7m) Divi: 140p (116p) The company once again demonstrated that it is one of the most consistent companies with sales, earning and dividend all increased despite much higher ingredient costs. Underlying volumes rose 1% while margins were... READ MORE >>

Raven eyes up move to Aim

Raven Russia (RUS:AIM) – Finals PTP: $117.5m ($37m) Divi: 4p (2p) The group’s full-year results made for brighter reading in a bearish property market, with taxable profits jumping to $117.5 million from $37 million a year earlier, and revenue coming in at $25.9 million... READ MORE >>