Example sentences of "[art] [det] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the price paid of 550p , half in cash and half in convertible preference shares , the prospective p/e may be around 14.5 , to judge from an estimated 10 per cent rise in Caradon 's pre-tax profits to £17m in the half year to 1 October . |
| 2 | ADVERTISING and public relations group , Lowe Howard-Spink & Bell , yesterday saw its shares rise 9p to 422p on the announcement of a 16 per cent rise in profits before tax to £7.7m for the half year to end June . |
| 3 | A SETTLEMENT dating from a project completed in 1973 knocked £2.77m off the profits of Higgs and Hill , the construction group , in the half year to end June . |
| 4 | Overall the society produced a comparatively strong 6.4 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £237.7m for the half year . |
| 5 | The half year result was a 34 per cent rise over last time , and at the higher end of City estimates . |
| 6 | SCOTTISH Television reported better than expected figures in the half year to end June despite a £2.3m charge to cover the cost of voluntary redundancies and early retirement . |
| 7 | Its pre-tax profits slumped 10 per cent to £91.7m in the half year to the end of July . |
| 8 | Page 30 Cluff glitters : Rising gold production pushed Cluff Resources ' pre-tax profits for the half year to 30 June up ninefold to £790,000 and strengthened the possibility that the group could pay a maiden dividend this year . |
| 9 | RISING gold production pushed Cluff Resources ' pre-tax profits for the half year to 30 June up ninefold to £790,000 and strengthened the possibility that the mining and oil group could pay a maiden dividend this year . |
| 10 | NMW Computers , the computer bureau which specialises in settlement systems for the City , has returned to the black with pre-tax profits of £48,000 in the half year to 30 June , writes Neil Thapar . |
| 11 | The half year before the demerger of the textile division was otherwise remarkably stable . |
| 12 | The half year before the demerger of the textile division was otherwise remarkably stable . |
| 13 | Whitbread 's pre-tax profits for the half year to August rose to £128.5million against £110.6million a year earlier . |
| 14 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 15 | PHOENIX TIMBER 'S profit fell from £995,000 to £479,000 in the half year to September 30 after some pressure on mrgins . |
| 16 | Financial services rose on the back of increased consumer spending on cars , according to the group , and was ‘ almost buoyant ’ in the half year although it has dropped back since September . |
| 17 | PHOENIX TIMBER 'S profit fell from £995,000 to £479,000 in the half year to September 30 after some pressure on margins . |
| 18 | British Bio-technology Group achieved a total income of £1.95m during the half year ended 31 October 1991 , against £2.35m in the previous year Income from Research Division was £342 000 and from Laboratory Products Division was £1.61m . |
| 19 | Total expenses for the half year were £9.22m , up from £5.84m in the previous year . |
| 20 | The company 's decision to pull out of retailing and sell its interests to close rival South Western Electricity has helped push profits to £29.7m for the half year , up £9m . |
| 21 | Yorkshire Electricity , regarded as one of the sparkier electricity companies , generated better than expected profits at the half year — up 28% to £42.5m — despite increased provisions of £24m against restructuring costs . |
| 22 | For the half year to September , Merrydown reported profits down 19% to £760,000 reflecting strong competition . |
| 23 | Supermarket group Asda delivered a Christmas bonus in the shape of much improved profits for the half year to November . |
| 24 | While profits jumped to £2.6m in the annual results announced in March , interims in August posted £1.1m for the half year to the end of June . |
| 25 | De La Rue chairman Peter Orchard comments : ‘ This does not have a major effect on the results of the company for the half year of for the previous year , but it does have the consequence of increasing marginally our earnings per share in both periods as the result of including within ordinary activities certain items previously classified as extraordinary . ’ |
| 26 | A statement of total recognised gains and losses , as required by FRS 3 , shows that the profit for the half year of £32.6m is boosted by currency translation differences on foreign currency net investments of £3.2m to produce total recognised gains and losses for the period of £35.8m . |
| 27 | Courtaulds ( the international chemical material group ) has applied FRS 3 in producing the half year figures for the six months ended 30 September 1992 ; it has also restated the prior year comparative figures on the same basis . |
| 28 | The half year report claims that this adds useful insight to the participation of the various key stakeholders to the distributable cash value generated inside the group . |
| 29 | Pre-tax profits for the half year rose by 123% to £6.296m ( v £2.814m ) . |
| 30 | The average passenger spent 3% less time at the airports but the numbers are 4m ahead at 44m in the half year to September . |