Brief: Dewhurst says half year pretax profit falls 24 pct
07/06/2016 07:00
June 7 (Reuters) - Dewhurst Plc DWHT.L :
* Adjusted operating profit of £1.9 million (2015: £2.5
million) is also down 24% on last year and earnings per share
dropped to 13.1p (2015: 18.6p)
* Group balance sheet remains strong with cash of £14.0
million (2015: £13.0 million).
* Q1 performance was particularly weak
* There is a great deal of uncertainty in political and
economic situation and there are outcomes that might have a
positive or negative impact on business
* H1 pretax profit fell 24 percent to 1.7 million stg
* H1 revenue fell 6 percent to 21.3 million stg
* Interim dividend 3 penceper share
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