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
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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
BAT shares up as interims top forecasts; US Eclipse launch report
BAT saw its sales jump by 57% to £11.64bn for the half-year to 30 June 2018, with profit from operations ahead 72.4% to £4.438bn, and its adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of 137.2p ahead of expectations
PZ Cussons slides as profits barely within forecast following Nigerian market contraction
The soaps and cosmetics maker reported an adjusted pre-tax profit for the year of £80.1mln, down from £102mln the year before and barely within its forecasts of £80mln-£85mln
Symphony Environmental again defends plastics technology as waste debate widens
Doubts about how long oxo-biodegradable plastics take to degrade in water were raised in a BBC programme
Symphony Environmental wants debate on bio-degradable plastics thrown open after BBC claims
Symphony hoped the BBC programme would start a debate about the solutions available to deal with the plastic waste problem
Skechers USA shares plunge after falling short of Wall Street's 2Q earnings estimate
The sneaker maker's performance underwhelmed Wall Street analysts who had expected Skechers to earn 40 cents per share