Posts Tagged ‘full year’

HMV profits and sales fall

Music, books and games retailer HMV has today reported a pre-tax profit of £28.9 million in the 12 months to the end of April – a fall of 61% compared with the £74.2 million in the same period a year earlier. Furthermore, like-for-like sales have dived 11% over the past year as it struggles with [...]

Taylor Wimpey returns to full-year profit

Taylor Wimpey, which was formed by the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey, today said it had returned to profitability but remains cautious. The housebuilder, which is the country’s third largest by value, said pre-tax profit before exceptional items came in at £75.1 million for the 2010 year – against a loss of £96.1 [...]

Troubled UK Coal reports full-year loss

The UK’s biggest coal producer, UK Coal, has today reported increased losses for the 2009 year due to a fall in production and lower coal prices.
The company said pre-tax losses grew to £129.1 million for the full year, against a loss of £15.6 million the previous year.
Meanwhile, revenues plunged by 20% to £316 million [...]

RBS agrees sale of GE Capital

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), which is 84% state-owned, has today announced it will dispose of its factoring unit in Germany to GE Capital, the financial services division of General Electric.
In a statement, the bank said: “The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc has agreed the sale of RBS Factoring GmbH to GE Capital.” [...]

Sainsbury’s profits in line with expectations