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Top UK Stocks to Watch: Dunelm restarts dividends as profits jump
Joshua Warner February 10, 2021 9:41 AM
Dunelm shares jump as it reports strong growth in a tough market, Smurfit Kappa raises its dividend after beating expectations, Persimmon sees minimal impact from cladding scandal, Redrow builds a record number of houses, and Grainger keeps collecting rent. Share:
Top News: Dunelm resumes dividend as demand holds up
Dunelm reported strong growth in revenue and profit during the first half of its financial year as demand held up over the final months of 2020, allowing it to continue generating cash and reinstate its dividend.
The homeware company said sales rose 23% in the 26 weeks to December 26 to £719.4 million. That, combined with a slightly better gross margin or 52% versus 51.5% the year before, allowed pretax profit to j
It all felt exactly as I’d dreamed it would. I’d negotiated town without even the vaguest hint of negativity, but as the buildings melted away and the magic white circle with the diagonal black line through it loomed roadside up ahead, I opened the throttle and bashed straight into the rev limiter. I quickly snicked 3rd and decided to watch the tiny LCD tacho arc across the letterbox dash as I accelerated towards 4th. Another rapid surge and I hit the limiter again before my brain had caught up. What a numpty.
Somehow my rhythm had been thrown by too much time on an inline-four and my lack of feel for the SP’s flat delivery was marring what was supposed to be the first glorious moments savouring its WSB-bred aggression. But it didn’t feel fast, didn’t feel aggressive, and compared to the howling 954 Fireblade I was riding daily, it seriously lacked any sense of drama. I felt deflated.
Scunthorpe United 2 - 1arrow 1 (Quigley 16) Barrow fell to a fourth consecutive defeat in heart-breaking fashion thanks to an injury time goal from Scunthorpe captain Jordan Clarke. A scrappy affair saw the Bluebirds’ Scott Quigley cancel out Abo Eisa’s opener in what was a lively opening, which looked to have earned a point until the death. The Bluebirds are now ten games without a victory in all competitions, having not won in League Two since October. Caretaker boss Rob Kelly named five changes from the side that proved to be David Dunn’s last at Crawley on Saturday. It took six minutes for Kelly’s men to carve out their first chance. After Harrison Biggins’ free kick bounced off the Scunthorpe wall for a throw, Patrick Brough found Quigley in the area who turned and bent a low effort just beyond the far post.
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