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Macfarlane Group PLC
LON:MACF
Macfarlane Group is a manufacturer and distributer of packaging consumable products. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, Macfarlane Group employs 750 people at 22 sites, principally in the UK and Ireland, servicing more than 16,000 customers, in a wide range of sectors including: consumer goods; logistics; electronics; food manufacturing and retailing; internet and home retailing.
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Macfarlane expects to remain profitable in 2020
Sales for the six months to June 30 are estimated to dip 3% on 2019
FTSE 100 closes in the red as US stocks take a hit; Centrica tanks
Risers on the Footsie were outnumbered 3 to 1 by fallers
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Barclays to round off trio of UK banking results on Thursday
Barclays will be a highlight in Thursday's schedule.
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Banking results to flow faster, with Barclays, Lloyds, and HSBC all set to report 2018 numbers
Aside from the banking results, the week ahead will bring updates from other blue-chips firms such as BAE Systems, Anglo American, Pearson, and Reckitt Benckiser
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FTSE 100 closes in red as trade worries and Brexit fears put investors off
The UK index of leading shares finished Thursday down around 11 points, or 0.15%, at 7,563.
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CRH to provide progress report on margin improvement initiatives
There are not many heavyweights expected to release results on Thursday but plenty will be going ex-dividend
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World biggest miner, BHP Billiton the main focus as results flow set to slow in coming week
Only three other FTSE 100-listed companies are scheduled to unveil updates – housebuilder Persimmon, Irish construction group CRH, and Middle East hospitals operator NMC Healthcare
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FTSE 100 closes in red, despite US market turnaround
In London, the FTSE 100 closed down around 29 points at 7,252
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Another day, another bank reporting results - Barclays the next up to the oche
Day ahead includes a swathe of FTSE 100 results, including from the likes of Barclays PLC, British American Tobacco PLC, BAE Systems PLC, and Centrica PLC
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Banks to feature strongly in deluge of blue chip earnings, including Lloyds, RBS, Barclays
Week ahead includes a deluge of blue chip results, notably from the banking sector, including numbers from HSBC PLC, Barclays PLC, Lloyds Banking Group PLC, and Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
FTSE 100 holds on to gains despite late swoon
The FTSE 100 was its gains eroded as the Jackson Hole chinwag got under way
Premier Oil: Wytch Farm, Catcher start-up and game changing Mexico discovery – there’s plenty to look for in Thursday’s results
Premier Oil will be among the highlights on Thursday's City agenda
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Final trading week of August, but some big news still to come from Persimmon PLC, BHP Billiton PLC, and Antofagasta PLC
Week ahead includes first half results from Persimmon PLC, Antofagasta PLC, Cairn Energy PLC, Premier Oil PLC, WPP PLC; full year numbers from BHP Billiton PLC
Packaging group Macfarlane reports seventh consecutive year of profit growth
The company has reported a 15.4% increase in pre-tax profits for the year, buoyed by sales growth in its packaging distribution division
PREVIEW: What to expect from Spire Healthcare interims on Thursday
Investors will want to see signs that an anticipated pick up in growth will materialise in the second.
Week Ahead: Persimmon expected to shrug off Brexit fears
Approvals remained ahead of last year in the run-up to the EU membership referendum but what about after it?
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2015 ahead expectations; 2016E modest upgrades
Macfarlane Group is the leader in its chosen market, generates cash, is seeing steady 3-5% organic growth, indeed 2015 saw growth towards the upper end of that range, at 4.5%. Overall sales growth 2015 has been 9.9% (translating to PBT +20.
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2015 ahead expectations; 2016E modest upgrades
Macfarlane Group is the leader in its chosen market, generates cash, is seeing steady 3-5% organic growth,
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Shard Market Eye - 2016 Shares to Watch
As the sound of sleigh bells can be heard and the year draws to a close we highlight some stocks to watch in 2016.
Macfarlane Group surges as growth story continues
The growth momentum achieved in the first half of 2015 has been maintained
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Risers & Fallers: React Group, WS Atkins, Oilex, Carclo, Ferrex and Anglo American
Below are the main news-driven share price movements at 4pm.
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Shard Market Eye Featuring Macfarlane Group
Momentum is continuing at Macfarlane Group Plc as evidenced by the Group’s interim results announced on 27th August.
Thursday's agenda: Oil and the Fed to take centre stage
Oil service providers Amec Foster Wheeler, Lamprell and Hunting, are scheduled to update the market on Thursday.
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Shard Market Eye featuring Xtract, Macfarlane, Rosslyn, Sattelite Solutions
Shard has witnessed a number of announcements in August relating to companies that we have previously written on.
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Most followed: Cohort, Macfarlane Group, Polypipe, Restore, Ryanair, Standard Chartered
Bid season appears to be on us. Elsewhere, the new boss of Standard Chartered makes an immediate impact.
FTSE 100 buoyed by miners and more pharma bid gossip
Rio Tinto led the advance ahead of results due out tomorrow