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Private & Commercial Finance Group (PCF) has achieved half its £15 million two-year funding target in six months.
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Consumer and business lender Private & Commercial Finance Group (PCF) has raised £510,000 to fund growth.
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Consumer and business lender Private & Commercial Finance Group says fourth quarter new business was up 86 per cent.
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Motor- and plant-lending business Private & Commercial Finance turned in a good set of full-year results. Pre-tax profits came in only ten per cent below the level predicted before a December profits warning. William Davidson reports.
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New Year's resolutions from the boardrooms of Britain's young and growing
companies range from 'not being photographed with sheep' to 'upsetting the
rest of our sector by being pirates', writes Robert Tyerman. Most company
bosses have resolved to improve performance and profits, some have sworn to
resist temptations - such as attractive bid targets - and one or two admit
they will almost certainly fail to keep their resolutions.
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Recommendations
The business of lending, to people or companies, has become drastically circumscribed by the credit crunch.
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At face value, Private & Commercial Finance has nothing much to offer investors.
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Private & Commercial Finance, which principally provides finance to consumers wanting to purchase cars, has warned that sales in the second half of the year were lower than the level recorded in the first half. Initially this sent the shares down 18 per cent to 52p, but they have since recovered to 57.5p. Growth Company Investor first recommended PCF at 55p in June 2001. Shareholders should keep holding despite this setback.
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Private & Commercial Finance has been one of the most consistent performers among our Company Watch recommendations over the past 18 months. Touted as a 'Buy' at 55p in June 2001, the shares have been as high as 86.5p this year, and currently rest at 70p. If recent developments are anything to go by, the price should soon attain, and surpass, its recent heights.
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Fire training equipment company IFTE impressed the market with its first full-year profit since listing on Aim three years ago. First recommended in Growth Company Investor as a 'long-term buy' at 91p in May 2001, IFTE buoyed followers with excellent figures for the year to April. Maiden pre-tax profits hit £1.8 million, against last year's £1.4 million loss. Sales meanwhile improved by 63 per cent to £21.2 million.
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01/02/2002
Sterling performances from a broad range of companies ensured that our 2001 Company Watch and Company Profile recom-mendations ended the year up a creditable 10.9 per cent. This result is a serious achievement during a period when the FTSE 100 has floundered, techMARK has collapsed from its heady levels, Aim has halved and the SmallCap Index has inched backwards.
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Nigel Wray, the Brussels-based serial entrepreneur with interests in over 15 Aim companies has upped his stake in motor finance house Private & Commercial Finance.
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01/10/2001
Results season, that crucial time of year when company bosses open their trading accounts to the public, can be a tricky time for all involved.
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01/07/2001
'Private & Commercial Finance looks right for the times' ? that's what we said last month when we invited you to back this speciality finance venture. This bullish stance was based on the sound judgement and dedication of its management team and on its excellent position in a niche, but growing, market.
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Back in the days of the internet bubble, one analyst dismissed Private & Commercial Finance (PCF) as ‘reeking of conservatism'. He was no doubt thinking of the make-up of its board – risk averse lawyers and accountants – and its chosen business, speciality finance.
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