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Findel sales down 4%
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Mail order firm Findel said group sales for the 39 weeks to 2nd January 2009 are 4% below the same period last year, which it believes is a satisfactory performance in the current market.
Resilient Costain trades as expected
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Trading remained in line with expectations at Costain during the latter half of 2008, leaving the engineering and construction group on track for the full year.
ARC hit by lower licensing revenues
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Chip designer Arc International said lower than expected licensing revenues in the closing weeks of the year have offset continued strong growth in royalty revenues.
Less corks popping at Majestic Wine
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
The credit crunch continued to impact sales at wine warehouse chain Majestic Wine, with pricey champagne continuing to lose favour.
Trading deteriorates at Entertainment Rights
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Entertainment Rights, maker of children's TV shows, warned that it has experienced a decline in trading in the last six months.
Tullow reports new Ghana find
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Tullow Oil said the Mahogany-3 well offshore Ghana has intersected significant light oil columns in both the Jubilee field appraisal objective and also a deeper exploration target.
Mears in line
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Housing repairs group Mears said trading for the year ended 31 December 2008 across all divisions was in line with management expectations.
Rathbone total funds down 20.3%
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Fund manager Rathbone Brothers said total funds under management as at 31 December 2008 were £10.46bn, down 20.3% compared with the same period last year.
Wellstream 2008 in line, sees growth in 2009
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Oil services group Wellstream expects 2008 results to be in line with forecasts and sees continued growth in 2009.
Ted Baker sees FY profit at low end
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Fashion group Ted Baker expects full year pre-tax profit to end January be at the lower end of the range of market expectations after heavily discounting stock over the Christmas period.
Hays sees net fees slide in Q2
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Recruitment firm Hays suffered a 6% drop in net fees during the final quarter of 2008, with the continuing deterioration in its core markets slamming net fees from permanent placements by more than a quarter.
Weir ups full year guidance
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Glasgow based engineer Weir has upped its full year pre-tax profits guidance after good trading in the final quarter.
Michael Page headcount reduced, gross profit down
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Recruitment consultancy firm Michael Page saw gross profit in the fourth quarter decrease 7.3% and cut its headcount by 509 in the period, adding that more were to follow in the first quarter of 2009.
Persimmon scraps final dividend
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Housebuilder Persimmon has scrapped its final dividend and said it expects the short term outlook for the UK housing market to be challenging.
Land Securities sells Trillium for £750m
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Land Securities said it has agreed to the sale of its Trillium business to Telereal, the property investment and services company, for £750m.
Best Christmas ever for Sainsbury's
Thursday 08 Jan 2009
Supermarket giant J Sainsbury had a good Christmas, with like for like sales excluding fuel up a better than expected 4.5% during the 13 weeks to 3 January.
Rebels seek to oust Wm Ransom chiefs
Wednesday 07 Jan 2009
Entrepreneurs and ex-directors Fred Whitcomb and Steve Quinn remain intent on removing bosses at William Ransom and are prepared to loan the firm £2m to help with cash flow.
Viyella in administration
Wednesday 07 Jan 2009
The economic downturn has forced womenswear retailer Viyella into administration after more than 200 years in business.
Meggitt wins US Air Force contract
Wednesday 07 Jan 2009
Aerospace and defence systems firm Meggitt has won a follow on contract for its fuel tank order from the US Air Force worth over $41m.
Ryanair hedges 50% fuel for first three quarters
Wednesday 07 Jan 2009
Ryanair Holdings has extended its jet fuel hedging position to 50% of its requirements for the first three quarters of fiscal 2009/10.

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