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INTERVIEW - Lok'n'Store eyes expansion as economy recovers

Self-storage group Lok'n'Store is eyeing expansion after the economic recovery boosted its trading this year. The group has 24 storage centres in southern England and sees potential for that to rise to about 50 even without moving out of areas where it already trades, chief executive Andrew Jacobs s

Strong trading boosts Lok'n'Store profits and dividends

Strong trading has helped self-storage group Lok'n'Store to post higher annual profits and dividends. Lok'n'Store said its business got better in the second half of the year, boosted by more new and purpose-built storage centres. A new flagship store in Maidenhead, which opened in December, was tra

Lok'nStore Profit Hit By Impairment, Signals Confidence With Dividend Hike

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Lok'nStore Director Exercises Options, Sells Shares

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Lok'nStore Finance Director Reinvests Dividends

Lok'nStore Says Trading Improvement Continued In Second Half

Rocket Internet launches pick-up and storage business in Britain

* Rocket Internet start-up enters self-storage market, starting in UK * Self-storage incumbents include Safestore, Big Yellow, Lok'n Store * UK self-storage market turnover 355 mln pounds last year By Eric Auchard VIENNA, July 3 (Reuters) - German startup backer Rocket Int

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Lok'nStore Executive Chairman Exercises, Sell Shares

LONDON (Alliance News) - Lok'nStore Group PLC Friday said that Executive Chairman Simon Thomas exercised options over 200,000 shares and sold them all at 204.0 pence each. Thomas holds a 8.32% shareholding in the company, with a total of 2.1 million shares. Shares in the self-storage

Lok'nStore First-Half Profit, Revenue Rises; Ups Dividend 20%

LONDON (Alliance News) - AIM-listed self storage company Lok'nStore Group PLC Monday reported an increase in first-half profits and revenues boosted by its core self-storage business, and raised its dividend by 20%. Lok'nStore reported a pretax profit of GBP916,000 for the six months ended

UK BROKER RATINGS: SocGen Raises AstraZeneca Price Target By 33%

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:
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FTSE 100
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CREDIT SUISSE CUTS DIAGEO TO 'NEUTRAL' ('OUTPERFORM) - PRICE TARGET 1950 (2200) PENCE
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BERENBERG RAISES SHI

Lok'nStore H1 profit powers ahead

- Robust first-half trading, 20 per cent dividend hike - Five new stores planned over next 18 months - Confident for future trading Self-storage firm Lok'nStore reported improved revenue for the first half of its financial year and said trading has accelerated in recent months. Group revenue for t

Sports Direct non-exec sells over half his stake

Simon Bentley, a Non-Executive Director at Sports Direct International, on Tuesday sold 15,000 shares in the FTSE 100-listed retailer, reducing his stake to just 10,000. The director, who sold the shares for 792.50p a piece, was able to benefit from the recent strong rise in the group's share pric

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Lok'n'Store Non-Executive Sells Shareholding, Resigns From Board

LONDON (Alliance News) - Lok'n'Store Group PLC Tuesday said non-executive director Douglas Hampson sold his entire holding of four million shares at GBP1.95 worth approximately GBP7.9 million Friday. Following this transaction, Hamson has no interest in the storage company and resigned from

Lok'n'Store Says Half-Year Trading In Line With Expectations

LONDON (Alliance News) - Lok'n'Store Group PLC said Monday it is trading in line with expectations in its first-half, with its core self-storage business recording a 7.8% revenue increase in during a traditionally slower trading period. The AIM-listed self-storage firm said in its pre-close

Lok'nStore Group To Build New Centre On Bristol Retail Park