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Abbey Says Trading Good In Recent Months, Running Ahead Of Last Year

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Abbey shares up more than 10% off double profit announcement

Shares in Abbey surged after the property firm said it doubled its full year pre-tax profit. The company's pre-tax profit was up 204% from €49.1 m to €24.1m, which after tax equated to earnings per share of 184.02 cents. Abbey said the company completed 557 sales, supported by buoyant UK sales due

Abbey Annual Profit Doubles On Strong UK Trading

Housebuilding and plant hire boost Abbey H1 pre-tax profit

Holding group Abbey said strong sales in the housebuilding division and good trading in its UK plant hire arm boosted pre-tax profit in the first half. Pre-tax profit in the six months to the end of October rose from €7.7m to €16.7m. Revenue in the firm's housebuilding division rose from €39.3m to

Abbey "On Track For A Good Year" Buoyed By UK's 'Help To Buy' Scheme

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Abbey Boosted By Help-To-Buy As Full-Year Profit Increases

Abbey Says That Its On Track For A 'Good Year'

Oligarch launches Abbey takeover bid

Gallagher Holdings, a metals firm owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov, has launched a takeover bid for Irish property developer Abbey. Usmanov's firm upped its shareholding in Abbey from 47.2% to 51.6% on Wednesday, triggering a mandatory offer for the firm under Irish Takeover Rules. The ru

Abbey drops as Ireland and Prague drag on profits

The property developer Abbey has reported profits up for the 12 months to the end of April but is warning margins will remain under pressure. Profits before tax for the full year were €12.1m against €11.5m in the previous year. After a tax charge of €3.2m the group made a profit of €8.9m reflecting

Abbey falls as profit falls and outlook remains 'difficult'

Abbey's shares took a hit after the residential housing developer revealed that its pre-tax profit fell from €3.35m to €5.55m for the six months ended 31 October. Profits at the operating level were €2.27m as compared to €4.38m at the half way stage last year. The firm's housebuilding division c

Abbey plans buy back

Irish housebuilder Abbey plans to buy back up to 15% of its shares. Abbey had €51.8m in the bank and €52.1m in financial instruments at the end of April 2010. These cash assets are almost equal to Abbey's market value. At the current share price of €4.40, 15% of the company will cost around €17m.

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Scottish cake and sweet maker Lees Foods has reached an 'amicable settlement' with the former directors of Patisserie UK after a dispute over the disappointing performance of the pastry supplier following its acquisition by Lees. Under the terms of the settlement, Lees will receive about £225,000,

Abbey swings to loss, scraps divi

Housebuilder Abbey scrapped its dividend as it swung to a full year pre-tax loss of €54.4m compared with a profit of €16.8m in the previous year. Group operating losses during the year were €55.6m in the year ended 30 April against a profit of €15.1m last time. The group said the result has been '