News & Comment
Shares in promotional products distributor 4imprint (FOUR) improved 3p to 36.5p today, after the support services outfit flagged up a new contract with Cessna Aircraft Company and CEO Dick Nelson said its full year result would match market expectations.
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Beleaguered promotional goods business 4imprint has received a much-needed tonic in the shape of a large contract. But business is still tough, as William Davidson reports.
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Ofex-traded e-business systems hopeful Information Dynamics is pinning its hopes for the current financial year on a US contract from 4imprint, its biggest customer, after turning a full year loss of £24,165 into pre-tax profits of £101,802, writes Robert Tyerman.
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Chief executive Dick Nelson of promotional products distributor 4imprint counselled caution after announcing sharply lower interim profits, although the company has clinched a £3 million three year contract with Nissan Europe. James Crux reports.
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Dick Nelson, chief executive of promotional products business 4imprint, said that a profits warning put out on Friday was 'exclusively due to the tragedy on September 11', and that business had been going very well up until that moment. But the market, unsurprisingly, took a dim view and the shares plunged 24 per cent.
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Sector Articles
The support services sector is one of only seven sectors (out of 34) that has produced a negative performance in the last year*. This illustrates the importance of the stock picking in this arena. Here are five ventures I'm convinced will thrive
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Take a look at the FTSE Small Cap Index, battered down to 1845.33 against a rosier 2617.36 a year ago (the FTSE has fallen from 5166 to 3945.6). That suggests a swathe of struggling companies, but the reality is far more mixed, indeed, promising for small cap bottom fishers. Savvy investors will find a tremendous amount of value among the smaller company ranks, a case outlined by positive news from a number of ventures in January.
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May proved to be a bit of a mixed month for the SmallCap index. Rumours of takeovers and management buy-outs prompted much buying, as investors backed some lowly rated stocks in the hope of healthy bid premiums. However, the gains that these delivered were countered by a wave of poor trading statements, leaving the index ahead by only 39 points at 3089.43.
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