hummm6 Apr 2009 10:40
LIGHTHOUSE GROUP PLC (LGT.LN), a financial advice and wealth management group, swung to a full-year loss and scrapped its final dividend after it was hit with impairment charges, but said it was "confident" for 2009.
It posted a 2008 pretax loss of GBP8.5 million, compared with a profit of GBP1.9 million a year earlier.
Lighthouse was hit with GBP7.6 million in impairment charges.
At 0755 GMT shares were down 0.5 pence, or 5.7%, at 8.3 pence