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IN BRIEF: WH Ireland to book first annual profit in over five years
Tue, 4th May 2021 13:49
WH Ireland Group PLC - London-based broker and wealth manager - Expects to report about GBP1 million in pretax profit for the financial year that ended March 31, swung from a GBP3.2 million loss the year before, as revenue rises by 29% to GBP27.9 million from GBP21.6 million. WH Ireland says the second half of the year was strong, particularly in the Capital Markets Division, which includes Corporate & Institutional Broking.
CMD revenue rises to GBP14.5 million in financial 2021 from GBP7.9 million the year before, with the number of transactions completed nearly doubling to 66 from 34 and the number of corporate clients rising to 82 from 74. WH Ireland says it raised GBP232 million in funds for its clients, up from GBP67 million the year before, including two initial public offerings - Amte Power PLC and Various Eateries PLC. In the Wealth Management business, discretionary managed assets
Despite a challenging 2020, Friends of the Animals continues to help Isle of Wight animals. It says there has been a notable increase in owners unable to afford veterinary treatment, since the pandemic began. Founder, Helen Sinclair MBE, said: Concentrating on preventative work means we are always willing to offer subsided spaying and neutering to owners genuinely unable to afford the full cost of this vital surgery. We loan out equipment such as carrying baskets and dog crates free of charge and help by donating pet food. For many Islanders this is a very difficult time and we have had owners burst into tears when we’ve turned up to drop off much needed pet food for their animals.
One of the delights of Woody Allen’s recently released memoir,
Apropos of Nothing, is its celebration (all too-brief, alas) of Tennessee Williams. “I always wanted to be Tennessee Williams,” Allen writes. “I grew up idolizing [him]. The movie of
Streetcar is for me total artistic perfection… the most perfect confluence of script, performance, and direction I’ve ever seen.”
I wanted to be Tennessee Williams, too, when I discovered his works at age 18. And I’ve been a Woody Allen fan since seeing the Jazz-age romantic fantasy
A Purple Rose of Cairo when it was released a year later, in 1985. Yet only with