Profits surge at Kent winemaker Chapel Down after large harvests April 23, 2015 Profits at winemakers Chapel Down soared 175 per cent in the year ending December as large harvests poured through to the bottom line. Revenues in the company expanded 21 per cent during the period on the year before, reaching a record £6.1m and leading to pre-tax profits of £187,000. The Kent-based company also saw sales [...]
Loyalty membership Costa lot as coffee card scheme data hacked April 23, 2015 Costa Coffee suspended millions of Coffee Club Card online accounts yesterday after hundreds of its loyalty scheme members suffered a security breach. The Whitbread-owned coffee shop said that it had identified a small number of members who had “some unusual activity” on their accounts after carrying out security checks. A spokesperson told Morning Wire the [...]
Anglo American share price rises despite missing analysts’ targets in first quarter April 23, 2015 Shares in mining group Anglo American were up by 4.73 per cent yesterday, despite the company’s failure to meet analysts’ expectations in its production update for the three months to 31 March. Copper production fell by 17 per cent in the first quarter of 2015, down to 171,800 tonnes from 202,000 tonnes in the same [...]
Starbucks share price jumps as sales beat expectations April 23, 2015 The figures Starbucks announced profit of $495m in its fiscal second quarter, a 16 per cent rise bringing earnings per share up to $0.33 compared to $0.28 per share a year earlier. The results triggered a share price of 4.4 per cent in after-hours trading in the US as the company's revenue and profit report [...]
Deutsche Bank Libor fine: Seven crazy things traders said about Libor that cost the bank billions April 23, 2015 Deutsche Bank has been fined billions of pounds over misconduct in relation to fixing inter-bank lending rates Libor, Euribor and Tibor. Transcripts released by the New York Department of Financial Services (NTSDFS) reveal the banter between traders on setting the rates. Here are seven crazy conversations had by traders (emphasis ours). 1. The geezer On [...]
Deutsche Bank slapped with biggest ever Libor fine of £227m for “misleading” UK regulator April 23, 2015 Deutsche Bank has been slapped with a multi-billion pound fine by regulators, including the largest ever handed out by UK authorities, over Libor and Euribor rate-fixing. Germany's biggest lender has been fined £227m by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) over Libor and Euribor misconduct and for "misleading" the regulator during its investigation. Three regulators in [...]
William Hill shares slide after profits drop 19pc as tax burden begins to bite April 23, 2015 The figures Now isn't the time to bet on bookies, apparently: despite lucrative opportunities around the election, William Hill suffered a fall in operating profit of 19 per cent in the first quarter. Online operating profits dropped 38 per cent while sports betting revenues were hit by the company's largest ever loss-making week in January. [...]
WPP sales are up, but chief executive Martin Sorrell is cautious about the year ahead April 23, 2015 The world's biggest advertising firm had a good first quarter, but warns that clients are giving away less business. The figures During the first three months of 2015, like-for-like sales went up by 2.5 per cent for WPP, mainly driven higher by a strong performance in North America. Revenue was also up 8.3 per cent [...]
Taylor Wimpey upbeat on UK housing market as buyers shake off General Election jitters April 23, 2015 The figures Taylor Wimpey has made an upbeat start to 2015, with an average private net reservation rate of 0.76 sales per outlet per week for the year to date – suggesting house buyers aren't worried about the impact of the general election (and given housebuilding is one of the few sectors that stands to benefit, [...]
Dave Lewis admits long road ahead for Tesco recovery April 22, 2015 Tesco boss Dave Lewis admitted yesterday that he faced a larger task than expected turning around the struggling supermarket giant, as it reported the worst results in its 96-year history. Lewis – known as “Drastic Dave” for his radical overhaul of businesses at Unilever and now at Tesco – acknowledged that the task of turning [...]