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Centaur Media
LON:CAU
Our vision is to inspire and enable people to excel at what they do; We are simplifying our business to become an international provider of tangible and practical services and insight to enable professionals to grow their businesses. We are constantly innovating to help our clients to excel at what they do, creating products and services that are both innovative and market-leading. We are building more robust, recurring revenue streams which will support our growth and allow us to capture more of the exciting opportunities in our markets. Why invest in Centaur? We have strong brands in attractive markets, providing strong organic growth opportunities. We are highly cash generative, with good conversion of operating profits into cash flow. We have growing events, digital and paid-for content platforms, creating a higher quality mix of recurring revenues and earnings.
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Centaur Media earnings slide as positive start to 2020 derailed by coronavirus
The marketing specialist said it had managed to reduce the impact of the pandemic on its business by cutting costs and furloughing 25% of its staff
Centaur Media pays out £5mln of dividends after magazine sell-off
Offloading non-core magazine titles has left a "simpler" business, says chief executive
Centaur Media confident of meeting full-year expectations
Centaur sold four of its smaller businesses for £21.75mln
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FTSE 100 closes firmly in red as traders flee risk ahead of Fed statement
The UK blue-chip index finished down nearly 33 points lower at 7,291
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Macro focus on Wednesday with Fed rate decision and UK inflation data expected
The Fed released a statement in January that suggested it was no longer sure if it would continue raising borrowing costs, after hiking rates four times in 2018
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Retail results to vie with 'Meaningful' Brexit vote, UK, US rate decisions, and key data
DIY stores owner Kingfisher, clothing retailer Next, plus troubled fashion firm Ted Baker will report full-year results, with trading updates due from internet grocer Ocado and online fashion group ASOS
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Versarien agrees to joint-venture in China's Jinan innovation zone
A look at the day's rippers & kippers, including Centaur Media, Kromek Group, Active Energy, Haydale Graphene, Pipehawk, Mears Group, Rockfire Resources and Greatland Gold
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FTSE 100 closes in the red as markets jittery ahead of Fed interest rate decision
The UK's premier index closed down around 22 points at 7,038, while the FTSE 250 shed over 55 points at 19,668.
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B&Q stores chain Kingfisher to provide hints to health of UK retail sector with full-year results
The day ahead includes full-year results from FTSE 100 DIY retailer Kingfisher PLC, plus the latest Federal Reserve rate decision, and UK unemployment and average earnings data
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Markets await interest rate decisions from Bank of England and Federal Reserve
The week ahead includes policy announcements from the Bank of England and Federal Reserve along with corporate earnings from Bellway, Next, Ted Baker, Kingfisher and Wood Group
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FTSE 100 closes over 1% lower as sterling spikes
The UK blue chip index closed down 1.05% to 7,447 as the pound strengthened after better-than-forecast UK GDP
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Lloyds Banking looking to put its trials behind it
PPI, the HBOS acquisition and now the prospect of a rate rise hitting the mortgage market; it's all a bit of a trial for Lloyds
Lloyds, Barclays and RBS under the microscope with release of third quarter earnings
The week ahead includes third quarter earnings from Lloyds, Barclays and RBS along with trading updates from Shire, IAG and GSK
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Glaxo hoping not to make a right Horlicks of combating generics challenge
The recently-announced sale of Horlicks may be the sign of an increased focus on the drugs pipeline
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Lloyds and Barclays to dominate manic week of corporate earnings
Week ahead: Lloyds, Barclays, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Sky, Reckitt Benckiser
LightwaveRF shares power up on Apple certification news
Proactive is monitoring all the movers and shakers on the day
Centaur shares jump as it accelerates transformation with major B2C disposal and big B2B acquisition
The information, insight and events group has entered into conditional agreement for the disposal of its business-to-consumer division, Home Interest to Future PLC for an enterprise value of £32mln
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Have a break, have a Brexit
Article 50 will be triggered on Wednesday but there is still a lot of horse trading to be done over the coming months before Britain's departure from the EU is settled
Ascent on the rise ahead of well test tomorrow
The largest share price risers and fallers in London at 4pm
FTSE 100 closes up but unfettered by Brexit plans or Dow’s 20K ascent
In New York, the US blue chip index was up over 150 points to 20,064, the first time it has exceeded the psychologically significant 20,000 level in intraday trading.
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Copper concentrate to become increasingly important to Anglo Asian Mining
Also covered: BHP Billiton, Centaur Media, Kingfisher, Reckitt Benckiser
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London market rides crest of corporate results wave
Shares rise modestly as blue-chips flood market with updates
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Thursday's agenda - More big cap results, including Rolls and BT
More results today on offer with some more big caps showing how much they are contributing to the UK's current growth trajectory. Lets start with a British stalwart - engineer Rolls Royce which posts second quarter earnings. It's been a tor
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Week Ahead: Big oil and the banks to dominate
No shortage of big names reporting this week, including the state-controlled lenders Lloyds and RBS, plus integrated oil giants BP and Shell