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Interserve, the international support services and construction group based at Twyford, was the top performer among the bigger companies in the region’s share price league for August.
The group reported robust, in-line revenue (£1,632 million, up 2.4%) and earnings performance for the first half-year, with strong gross operating cashflow and reduced net debt. New business in the period totalled £1.9 billion and there were several major contract wins, including the Home Office and the BBC.
Star rise of the month was by smaller group Sopheon (UK headquarters near Lightwater)
which aims to improve clients’ innovation management and new product development performance.
Announcing interim accounts showing some 37% rise in revenues to $11.5m, chairman Barry Mence said: “The momentum shift we first noted in our interim report a year ago has delivered a strong performance in 2015, as well as a strong first half for 2016. This shift has been made possible by the strategic and operational changes we initiated two and a half years ago in reaction to market conditions that we could see were beginning to evolve, as increasingly now evidenced by third-party validation from industry analysts.”
Large (over £1 billion) Closing price
ICTL.HTLS.GP. SERCO GROUP
BIG YELLOW GROUP ASHTEAD GROUP WOLSELEY SHIRE
GLAXOSMITHKLINE CENTRICA
INTL.CONS.AIRL.GP.(CDI) SKY
29/07/16 3022 119.6 710
1196 4209 4871 1688 241.1 406
920.5
Cream of young talent enters
HWYE competition
Thank you to everyone who has entered this year’s Haines Watts’ Young Entrepreneur competition, which has now closed. There have been some amazing, high-calibre entries
The five finalists are currently being selected via interview with partners at Haines Watts offices in the Thames Valley. The winners will be announced in the December issue, after the finals on November 17.
An illustration of the standard of applicants we get for the HWYE competition is provided by the fact that many of our previous finalists have gone on to gain further accolades for their enterprise.
Closing price 31/08/16 3261 128
756.5 1265 4380 4761 1639 232.6 383 849
Medium (£250 million to £1 billion) Closing price
INTERSERVE
GALLIFORD TRY VITEC GROUP DAIRY CREST
29/07/16 295 982
543.5 603
ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP 1445 RWS HOLDINGS SHANKS GROUP RPS GROUP DE LA RUE MCBRIDE
259.5 105.5 188 630 163
MICHELMERSH BRICK HDG. LOK’N STORE GROUP ACAL
TT ELECTRONICS LATHAM(JAMES) NANOCO GROUP
MCKAY SECURITIES VERNALIS RM
MICROGEN
29/07/16 62
325 237
134.75 652.5 72.25 194
44.5
147.5 198
Sub £50 million Closing price
SOPHEON PIPEHAWK
FUTURA MEDICAL EGDON RESOURCES TRIAD GROUP CALCULUS VCT D4T4 SOLUTIONS ANGLE VISLINK
MILESTONE GROUP
29/07/16 180.5 3.63 21
10.75 36.5 34
138
68.75 16.88 0.68
Closing price 31/08/16 430.25 1135 611
656.5 1555 259
102.5
182.25 605.5
154.25
Small (£50 million to £250 million) Closing price
Closing price 31/08/16 75.5 361 260
146.75 705
70.5
184.75 42.25 140
181.5
Closing price 31/08/16 307.5 5.5
29.75 14.5 46.5 32
128 60.5
14.38 0.55
Change in share price 8% 7% 7% 6% 4%
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Change in share price 46% 16% 12% 9% 8% 0%
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Change in share price 22% 11% 10% 9% 8%
-2% -5% -5% -5% -8%
Change in share price 70% 52% 42% 35% 27% -6% -7%
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Last year’s HWYE competition finalists with Nick Coleman (left) and Julianne Ponan (third right)
This year alone, 2013 HWYE finalist Carina Evans and Dog Rocks received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade; 2011 finalist Peter Higgs of PGH was invited to a Prince’s Trust event with the royal family to showcase his business; 2015 finalist Julianne Ponan won ‘Director of the Year’ at the Toast of Surrey Business Awards – and last year’s joint winner Nick Coleman won his pitch for a deal on BBC’s Dragon’s Den. And that’s just some examples.
Jane Gregory at Haines Watts, said, “The Thames Valley has
some incredibly talented young entrepreneurs from a wide range of business sectors and we’re delighted that they step forward to enter competitions like ours, where their excellence can be recognised and rewarded. We hope this will be an inspiration to all the other hard-working individuals out there and that they might also enter awards as part of their successful business journey.”
The many talented applicants who don’t make it through to this year’s HWYE finals might be interested in applying for the 2017 competition when it opens next spring.
For further information about the Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur competition:
hwye.co.uk
Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur Competition is on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
For further information about Haines Watts:
hwca.com
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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – OCTOBER 2016
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