Posts Tagged ‘annual’

Nationwide reports rise in underlying pre-tax profits

Britain’s largest building society, Nationwide, has today posted a surge in underlying pre-tax profits. Nationwide said pre-tax profits fell 7% to £317 million – primarily due to accounting changes. However, underlying profits surged 30% to £276 million in the year to 4 April. Meanwhile, the amount written off for bad loans to customers dropped by [...]

M&S profits up but is cautious about consumer spending pressures

British retailing giant Marks & Spencer (M&S) has today reported a 13% rise in annual profits to £714.3 million. Meanwhile, international sales grew 6.1%, while sales in the online operation rose 31%. However, despite the positive figures, the 127-year-old retailer which sells clothes, food and homewares, said the coming year will be challenging due to [...]

Profits continue to rise at Standard Chartered

London-based emerging markets bank, Standard Chartered, has today posted annual pre-tax profits of $6.122 billion (£3.76 billion) compared with $5.151 billion in 2009. The bank, which has a strong presence in Asia, said the rise was driven by a fall in loan impairment losses, which dropped 56% to $883 million. The bank has weathered the [...]

HSBC annual profits double

HSBC has today posted pre-tax profits of $19 billion (£11.8 billion) for the 2010 year, compared with $7.1 billion for the 2009 year. While the banking giant saw profits double, the results disappointed investors as they were slightly below the $20 billion analysts had expected. Shares in the bank were up 2% prior to the [...]

House prices up just 0.4% on year

The latest house price index from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a 0.4% rise for the month of December compared with November. The latest rise means house prices are now just 0.4% higher than this time last year with the average UK home costing £162,763. Commenting on the figures, Nationwide’s chief economist Martin Gahbauer, [...]