A solid rise in revenue saw Penna Consulting double its pretax profit in the first half of 2014. The firm said its pretax profit in the first six months of the year rose from £0.8bn to £1.7bn, largely because of a £4m increase in net revenue to £21m. "This has been by far the best first half perfor
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Penna Consulting PLC Tuesday reported lower pretax profit in its most recent financial year, after booking GBP2.6 million in costs during the year from buying Savile Group PLC and integrating the business into the rest of the group. The human resources consulting co
Read moreLONDON (Alliance News) - Penna Consulting PLC said Tuesday that its expects its full-year results to be marginally ahead of management expectations and buoyed by the integration of the Savile Group businesses ahead of plan. The international human resources consulting group, said that the t
Read morePeter Stephens, a Non-Executive Director of GETECH, an oil services business specialising in the provision of exploration data and geological exploration studies, earned a tidy sum after trading in around a third of his stake in the company. Stephens sold 550,000 ordinary shares at 42.00p each for
Read moreThe top share index inched higher for a second day running on another quiet company news day. UK insurance buyout firm Resolution was wanted after it announced details of a share repurchase programme of up to £250m which is due to start tomorrow. The move is part of its target return of excess cas
Read moreThe FTSE 100 remains in positive territory with the recent calm over the European debt situation continuing. In remarks following a speech in Montreal yesterday the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-ClaudeTrichet, gave a nod of approval to a 'roll-over' of Greek debt In stocks news, UK
Read moreShares in human resources group Penna Consulting slumped after it nearly fell into losses in the year to 31 March and said it does not expect any significant growth from its biggest division in the current year. Pre-tax profits slid to £300,000 from £7.3m the previous year on revenues that fell to
Read moreIt's another quiet day on the company news front, but there are still some interesting price movements on the back of company updates. After a weak start, the top share index is adding to yesterday's slight gains. In the FTSE 100, UK insurance buyout firm Resolution is wanted after it announced det
Read moreStrength in the mining sector on the back of higher metals prices and well-received updates drove the FTSE 100 back to 6,000 points. Both factors benefited miner Eurasian National Resources (ENRC). Production matched estimates in the fourth quarter of 2010, while the ferroalloys unit produced a bit
Read moreA limp start on Wall Street isn't helping London, but the leading index remains within reach of 6,000, supported by a strong mining sector and big gains at cigarette maker Imperial Tobacco. Resource plays still dominate the leaderboard. Eurasian National Resources (ENRC) is better on news productio
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