Walker Crips’ profits grow tenfold
Walker Crips Group saw profit before tax surge 900%, around 10 times higher, from £50,000 to £500,000 over the first half of the year.
Walker Crips Group saw profit before tax surge 900%, around 10 times higher, from £50,000 to £500,000 over the first half of the year.
Hargreaves Lansdown has reported it increased profits by 21% and added 40,000 clients to its’ books in the second half of last year, but also saw a 16% drop in flows of new money.
Miton said in its interim results statement that outflows from its UK Value Opportunities fund during the second quarter ‘more than offset’ its first quarter asset accumulation.
Next shares slipped 4.8% to 4960p Thursday morning as the Office for National Statistics unveiled healthy retail sales growth in August and Morrisons shares shot up 8.06% to 209.2p.
Barclays’ share price rose 7.6% to 157.68p after reporting a 21% drop in profits due to major restructuring efforts over the first half of the year.
St James’s Place has increased its interim dividend by 15% despite reporting a profit drop in the second quarter.
The FTSE 100 was virtually flat on Tuesday at 6721 as BP reported lacklustre numbers.
Lloyds announced in its interim results statement on Friday it will consider the introduction of a special dividend or share buyback programme.
Henderson has reported record net inflows for the first six months of 2015, leading the firm to announce a £25m share buyback.