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Futura Medical, the Guildford pharmaceutical group that develops innovative products for consumer healthcare, stole the show for September share price rises among Thames Valley companies.
It saw shares rise an amazing 110% after releasing interim figures showing that, although it made a £1.89 million loss, there was breakthrough news in the treatment for erectile dysfunction – a $5 billion market in the US. Several new licensing agreements were also signed.
“We are increasingly excited about MED2002’s commercial potential,” said chief executive James Barder.
Galliford Try, the housebuilding (owner of Linden Homes) and construction group which has
bases at Guildford, Uxbridge and Basingstoke, topped the section for large companies with a 17% rise. This came after full-year results revealed record profits of £135m on revenues of £2.67b (up 10%).
“We have achieved further progress on margins in Linden Homes, increased our mixed- tenure output in partnerships and regeneration, and continue to make progress in resolving older contracts in construction, while building and delivering a reliable and high-quality order book,” said chief executive Peter Truscott. “We have reorganised management in all three businesses during the year, creating the right platform for future progress in both volume and margin.”
Large (over £1 billion) Closing price
GALLIFORD TRY ELECTROCOMP.
MICRO FOCUS INTL. GENUS SKY
HALMA
ICTL.HTLS.GP. VODAFONE GROUP
31/08/16 1,135.0 304.8
1,998.0 1,821.0 849.0
RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP 7,354.0 CENTRICA
1,060.0 232.6
3,261.0 229.9
Closing price 30/09/16 1,326.0 339.5
2,198.0 1,948.0 894.0
1,049.0 7,265.0 228.2
3,180.0 221.8
Medium (£250 million to £1 billion) Closing price
MCBRIDE
SHANKS GROUP SDL
COSTAIN GROUP
31/08/16 154.3 102.5 448.3 352.5
MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIAL 285.8 RWS HOLDINGS RPS GROUP
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS
259.0 182.3
ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP 1,555.0 INTERSERVE
430.3 768.0
FUTURA MEDICAL ANGLE
REAL ESTATE INVESTORS MCKAY SECURITIES D4T4 SOLUTIONS SINCLAIR PHARMA NANOCO GROUP
MICHELMERSH BRICK HDG. ECKOH
OXFORD BIOMEDICA
31/08/16 29.8 60.5 54.5
184.8 128.0 30.6 70.5 75.5 49.3 4.2
Sub £50 million Closing price
MILESTONE GROUP IMMEDIA GROUP
BEZANT RESOURCES STARVEST MBL GROUP GUSCIO
PETARDS GROUP PIPEHAWK VISLINK
ZINCOX RESOURCES
31/08/16 0.6
30.0 1.8 2.0
14.3 3.8
17.1 5.5
14.4 0.7
Closing price 30/09/16 187.5 109.0 465.3 359.5 289.6 249.8 173.0
1,469.0 368.0 633.5
Small (£50 million to £250 million) Closing price
Closing price 30/09/16 62.5 72.0 61.0
203.0 136.5 28.3 64.0 67.5 40.6 3.3
Closing price 30/09/16 1.0
39.0 2.1 2.3
15.1 3.5
15.5 4.1 9.1 0.4
Change in share price 17% 11% 10% 7% 5%
-1% -1% -2% -2% -4%
Change in share price 22% 6% 4% 2% 1%
-4% -5% -6%
-14% -18%
Change in share price 110% 19% 12% 10% 7%
-8% -9%
-11% -18% -21%
Change in share price 82% 30% 22% 13% 6%
-7%
-10% -25% -37% -50%
The successful 2015 young entrepreneur competition finalists with some of the judges
Plan to succeed
We know from talking to entrepreneurs that it’s easy, when you’re busy building a company and things are going well, to think that if you just keep working really hard you’ll succeed. But so many other factors can pop the bubble, such as not doing enough targeted marketing, or failing to have a well-considered business plan
Success requires planning right from the start and having a proper business plan, which is reviewed regularly, provides an invaluable way of checking that your enterprise is on track.
Sitting down to write a plan, with the vision, goals, financial targets and ways of measuring success incorporated, is key if you want your business to thrive and grow. It should be kept as a document which can be updated; you may need it to raise funds, improve management information, plan resources or evaluate projects for example.
Also, have a strategy in place in case things don’t go smoothly with your company; never leave it all to chance. It helps to discuss ideas with other people, sometimes from outside your business – perhaps a mentor or adviser – in order to get another perspective.
Simon Garrett, a judge on our Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur competition team, says: “Those
entrepreneurs whose businesses go from strength to strength and who manage to ‘ride out the storm’ when challenges strike, are those who have prepared for them in advance. They take steps to safeguard their enterprise, even when they don’t know exactly what life is going to throw at them, by planning and closely monitoring their operations.”
So ensure you’ve developed a realistic plan - it may seem like a boring task when you’re busy but it may save your business.
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
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – NOVEMBER 2016
businessmag.co.uk
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