TRADING UPDATES: Renew profit surges; Topps Tiles returns to profit
Tue, 18th May 2021 20:37
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
Watkin Jones PLC - London-based student accommodation developer and manager - Pretax profit in six months to March 31 down 3.3% year on year to GBP25.8 million from GBP26.7 million. Revenue slips 3.9% to GBP178.4 million from GBP185.7 million. Declares interim dividend of 2.6 pence, after foregoing payment last year. Chief Executive Officer Richard Simpson says: As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, we are seeing increasing investor confidence in our market sectors. We ve maintained the momentum from the second half of last year and made further good progress in securing new forward sales, adding to our development pipeline and keeping all our construction activities on track.