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Re-focus boosts Fountains

Environmental support services group Fountains has increased interim profits 33 per cent to £440,000 by concentrating on core activities such as tree surgery, grass cutting, vegetation management and clearing leaves from railway lines. James Crux reports.

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BUY 04/06/2008

Investors looking for an intelligent turnaround situation should look no further than the increasingly diverse environmental support services venture Fountains, whose fortunes have been revived under chief executive Richard Haddon. Read
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SPECULATIVE BUY 21/11/2006

Losses increased to £2.1m last year at environmental support services counter Fountains, but the result belies a strong turnaround brought about by new chief executive Richard Haddon. Read
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HOLD 25/08/2005

Shares in environmental services outfit Fountains were scythed back by 18.5p to 131.5p today on a disappointing profits alert for the year to 30 September. Read
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BUY 01/06/2004

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HOLD 24/11/2003

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HOLD 02/06/2003

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Fountains
NO RECOMMENDATION 25/11/2002

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Fountains kicked by foot-and-mouth
 29/05/2002

Shares in Aim-listed Fountains fell 14p yesterday after the environmental support services business reported a £2 million turnover shortfall in the first half due to foot-and-mouth. James Crux reports. Read
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Fountains
NO RECOMMENDATION 27/05/2002

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fountains fells new clients
 02/05/2002

Once a forestry manager, fountains has unearthed another kind of growth business – managing vegetation for Britain's big utilities. But, with a market capitalisation still too small to attract many institutional investors, its stock market rating has yet to reflect the fact. Read
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Fountains
NO RECOMMENDATION 27/11/2000

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Fountains
NO RECOMMENDATION 07/06/2000

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NO RECOMMENDATION 01/06/2000

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Fountain Forestry
NO RECOMMENDATION 05/01/2000

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NO RECOMMENDATION 17/12/1998

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