Kathmandu posts record FY2018 financial result
The record financial result was in line with recently provided guidance.
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Warpaint London jumps as it hikes half-year dividend amid sales surge
The company, best known for its flagship W7 brand, reported like-for-like sales were up 7.3% compared to the first half of 2017, while sales climbed 38.7% to £18.4mln
Footasylum: The nightmare investment that has been a nice little earner for founder's kids
Investors buying at the IPO price of 164p have lost about half of their investment so far but the kids of Footasylum founder David Makin have pocketed millions
McBride profits drop but revenues lifted by Danlind acquisition
McBride said it "continued to outperform our sector both financially and operationally in what has been a particularly challenging environment"
Footasylum: Is the runaway trainer ever coming back?
A second profit warning in just a few months has prompted another sell-off in the trendy trainers and hoodies retailer, but analysts think worse could be yet to come
Few questions for bosses as Quiz bucks retail doom and gloom
Ahead of today’s AGM, Quiz published a trading update which detailed growth across all of its channels and confirmed it is on track to meet market forecasts this year
RBC burns British American Tobacco and Imperial Brands with downgrades as NGPs set to outgrow cigarette market
RBC’s analysts said they “expected relatively lower margin (NGPs) to continue to outgrow the core cigarette business”, which would lead to a “negative mix effect on profitability”
Footasylum shares stumble as it cuts 2019 earnings forecast amid tough retail market
"Footasylum's trading has continued to be impacted by weak consumer sentiment,” said executive chairman Barry Bown
Symphony Environmental reports half-year revenue increase boosted by d2p range
The smart plastics maker reported an 11% increase in revenues to £4.1mln during the period, mainly due to its d2p range of anti-microbial plastic products contributing £0.5mln
Diploma CEO steps down in the 'best interests of the company and shareholders'
Diploma said it remains on track to meet full year expectations after a robust second half
Coats Group rated a 'buy' by Citi as it initiates coverage with a punchy price target
The world's leading industrial thread manufacturer said at the end of July it was confident of delivering a full-year performance slightly ahead of previous expectations
TyraTech moving to phase II of its development pipeline
The animal parasite market is absolutely huge and is in need of some new treatments as pests have built up resistance to current solutions
Headlam Group slides as it downgrades full year expectations following drop in first half sales
In its interim results, the company reported an underlying pre-tax profit of £17.7mln for the period, up just 0.9% on the same period last year
Diploma acquires specialist cable maker FS Cables for £18mln
The FTSE 250 technical products supplier said the acquisition would be “immediately earnings enhancing” and would be reported as part of its Controls Sector activities
Barclays initiates British American Tobacco with ‘overweight’ recommendation
Barclays believes BAT is well placed to exploit a new era of competitive disruption in the industry heralded by innovations such as e-cigarettes
Card Factory hit by weather and wary consumers
Liberum reduced its price target to 195p from 210p after the cards and gifts retailer lowered its profits expectations
InnovaDerma's Roots range to be in large Tesco stores from November
The supermarket will stock the product in 432 of its largest stores in the initial launch
Symphony Environmental reports solid revenue growth as d2p technology begins contributions
The AIM-listed plastics manufacturer said group revenues for the period had increased 11% to £4.1mln, with its d2p anti-microbial plastics range contributing £0.5mln
Warpaint London acquires its US distributor Marvin Leeds Marketing Services for US$2.16mln in cash
Warpaint noted that the US is the world's largest colour cosmetics market by value, adding that it believed the acquisition would allow it to have greater control over its North American sales activities
Portmeirion shares gain as first-half profits jump by almost a third after strong trading performance
The AIM-listed manufacturer of high-quality homewares posted pre-tax profits of £2.1mln for the six months to 30 June 2018, up 29% on the £1.6mln reported a year earlier