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Reckitt Benckiser Group, the consumer goods company headquartered in Slough, was one of the very few Thames Valley-based quoted businesses to see its share price rise during March. After the coronavirus snatched all the headlines, the stock market plummeted – as did most of the UK company shares.
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The measures of success
There will be three pillars by which the success of businesses will be measured in the future. To date the key and, in some cases, sole measure of success for business has been profit. That is no longer valid. What this experience has taught us is that there will be two other pillars of success. They are people and the planet. How businesses treat, engage with and make a positive difference to human beings will be valued. It’s vital to invest in the development and careers of your employees. How businesses care for the environment will take on greater relevance. Support your communities and show you care about the world around us. The clearer air, the loss of smog in cities across the world show what can be achieved, and businesses should each play their part in creating an enduring legacy to this issue. Technology can and will play a key part in this aspect. These three “P”s of People, Planet and Profit need to be at the forefront of the minds of business leaders when they consider their fourth “P”, Purpose.
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The Reckitt group, a producer of health, hygiene and home products, managed a 7% price rise. Its annual report for 2019 shows revenues of £12.8 billion, 61% coming from health products, and reported overall growth of 2%. Star performance of the month was the 18% rise by Catenae Innovation, owner of Oxford Broadcasting. Originally a cross-media proprietor with holdings in radio, publishing and television, it now focuses on the digital media and technology sector, finding “solutions that solve commercial challenges and create opportunities for our clients”.
Only two other companies from the region recorded plus figures – Middlesex- based Ultra Electronics, a systems provider operating across defence, security, critical detection and control markets, and Basingstoke-based Genus which produces superior breeding livestock through genetic improvement.
Spare a thought for investors in Maidenhead construction and engineering group Costain, which saw shares drop 79% from 166p to 35p.
Large (over £1 billion) RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP
ULTRA ELECTRONICS HDG. GENUS HALMA
ASHTEAD GROUP MICRO FOCUS INTL. CENTRICA
INTL.CONS.AIRL.GP.
Medium (£250m-£1b) DISCOVERIE GROUP
OXFORD INSTRUMENTS XP POWER (DI)
OXFORD BIOMEDICA TT ELECTRONICS SDL
VITEC GROUP
MORGAN ADVANCED MRA. ELEMENTIS
Small (£50m to £250m) SOPHEON
D4T4 SOLUTIONS
APTITUDE SOFTWARE GROUP REAL ESTATE INVESTORS MCKAY SECURITIES RENEWI RM
DE LA RUE ORD
ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP RPS GROUP
Large (over £1 billion) CATENAE INNOVATION
BEZANT RESOURCES TISSUE REGENIX GROUP COSTAIN GROUP
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – MAY/JUNE 2020
EGDON RESOURCES NANOCO GROUP
SERCO GROUP FERGUSON
Adjusted price 29/02/2020
5721 1945 3158 1929 153
6740 2389 741 72
472
1390 3030 631 199 550 900 278 101
680 183 477 51
264 139 460 123
260 36
514
Adjusted price 31/03/2020
5056 1766 400 38
215
1280 2610 539 154 395 640 185 49
525 140 351 37
175 23
140 57
185 34
HIGHCROFT INVESTMENTS IMMEDIA GROUP CALCULUS VCT PETARDS GROUP
930 20 50 9 4
166
22 0 1
1
690 15 35 6 2
35
10 0 0
1 491
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