Latest Trading Statements

Professional services company RBG said it had postponed a decision on paying an interim dividend until May due to uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The company said it had temporarily...

Marketing company Immedia said it expected the Covid-19 crisis to have material adverse effect on the company. Immedia said it substantial exposure to the retail sector and a number of clients,...

Construction materials company investor SigmaRoc said it had performed better than expected in the first quarter, but anticipated a tougher second quarter due to the Covid-19 crisis. Revenue in...

Digital marketing services group Be Heard pulled its guidance amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which it warned was beginning to affect its outlook. 'Trading in the current financial year...

Biodegradable plastics company Symphony Environmental Technologies said its first-quarter revenue jumped 56% and that it was seeing a rise in enquiries about its anti-microbial and other protective...

Specialist cleaning company React said it could exceed its profit expectations for the full year, as the Covid-19 pandemic raises demand for its decontamination and infection control services....

London Southend Airport owner Stobart said it had furloughed about 50% of its employees to buffer its balance sheet from the Covid-19 crisis. About half of the company's 1,500-plus staff had been...

Daily Mirror and Daily Express newspaper publisher Reach scrapped its final dividend and said its employees would have to take a 10% pay cut as it weathers the Covid-19 crisis. Reach said it had...

LXI REIT said it would meet its dividend target this year despite flagging coronavirus-led disruptions to some of its customers businesses. To date, just 67% the company had received 67% of rent...

Private rental housing provider Grainger warned of lower rental growth in the second half of the year and said current events were expected to reduce housing transaction volumes overall in the...

Recruitment company SThree scrapped its final dividend among cost saving measures to weather the Covid-19 crisis that also included cutting executive salaries by 20%. The company had been planning...

Defence contractor Babcock International said developments over the next two months would determine whether it would pay a final dividend for this financial year as the company flagged a 'small...

Furniture and flooring retailer ScS said it had suspended payment of its interim dividend due to the Covid-19 crisis. 'At a time when the UK Government is supporting ScS, it seems inappropriate to...

Measurement tool company Spectris said it had scrapped a special dividend and postponed a final dividend in reaction to the Covid-19 crisis. Trading in the first quarter had been impacted by the...

Engineering group Rolls-Royce scrapped its final dividend and said it would cut staff costs by around 10% as it buffers its balance sheet from the Covid-19 crisis. The company had been planning to...

Software company Sage canceled a £250m share buyback programme, while warning that it was expected to miss its full-year revenue and margin guidance. The company had suspended the share buyback on...

Oil services company Petrofac said it had scrapped its 2019 final dividend as part of cost saving measures designed to help it weather the Covid-19 crisis. Petrofac had planned to pay a dividend...

Book and convenience retailer WH Smith said it was in the advanced stages of preparation for an equity raising that would bolster its balance sheet during the Covid-19 crisis. Equity would be...

Wagamama and Frankie & Benny's owner Restaurant Group said its lenders had waived covenant tests for the half year. Santander had also increased the size of a revolving credit facility to...

Pubs and hotels business Fuller, Smith & Turner scrapped its dividend to preserve cash and said it would support its tenants by cancelling commercial rent payments. The decision to cancel the...

Struggling animal feed supplier Walcom said it could be forced into liquidation this month after chief executive Francis Chi failed to provide an anticipated loan. Walcom said that 'regrettably'...

Ceiba Investments said it had seen a downturn in hotel reservations since March amid decreasing flights to Cuba in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and also flagged delays to a hotel construction...

Marketing group MediaZest warned it expected to post a first-half loss after trading in February and March deteriorated due to the Covid-19 crisis. MediaZest had previously forecast that it would...

Credit hire and legal services provider Anexo said it maintained its expectations but said it would defer its decision on a dividend until later in the year and the opening of its Leeds office as...

Information and events company Ascential scrapped its dividend after cancelling its Cannes Lions Festival in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The next edition of the Cannes Lions Festival would...

Financial services company Cenkos Securities said it would delay the release of its annual results following the request from UK authorities amid the Covid-19 crisis. 'When released, the audited...

Electronics component supplier XP Power scrapped its 2019 annual dividend, even as its revenue rose 4% in the first quarter. The company had planned to pay a final dividend of 36p per share....

Online trading platform CMC Markets said it expected trading revenue to nearly double on higher transaction fees and a lower churn rate than expected during the year. For the year to 31 March...

Construction industry component supplier Tyman cancelled its 2019 final dividend payment as part of cost saving measures to buffer it from a demand downturn owing to the Covid-19 crisis. The...

UK defence company BAE Systems delayed a decision on its dividend and flagged 'significant' disruptions in the second quarter after seeing no material impact during the first from the Covid-19...

IT services provider Redcentric said it was unlikely to pay a final dividend and had halted its share buyback programme until the Covid-19 situation became clearer. The company said its trading...

Specialist lender OneSavings Bank said it had cancelled its 2019 financial dividend to conserve cash amid the Covid-19 crisis. 'The board will continue to assess the appropriateness of dividend...

Budget carrier Ryanair warned its annual profit would come in at the bottom end of its previous guidance range, while declining to provide guidance for the new financial year due to uncertainty...

Bus and train group Stagecoach said it would propose no further dividends for its current financial year amid a sharp drop off in demand for transport services due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a...

Online music equipment retailer Gear4music upgraded its outlook on profit following commercial and operational progress made during the year. 'As a result of the commercial and operational...

LondonMetric Property said earnings were expected in line with expectations even as of its customers were experiencing 'unprecedented' short term disruption to their business models. 'Our...

Recruitment company Hays scrapped its interim dividend and warned on profit as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic had driven a 'very material deceleration' in client and candidate activity....

Fresh prepared foods maker Bakkavor cancelled its dividend and said the Covid-19 outbreak had created 'significant operational challenges,' initially in China and more recently in the UK and US....

Primary care property investor and developer Assura maintained its plans to pay a dividend and said March quarter rents were being received in line with normal patterns. The company did, however,...

Commercial property developer Land Securities cancelled its dividend and established an £80m rent relief program to help its customers after collecting only about two-thirds of rent due. Just 65%...

Distribution and services company Bunzl pulled its dividend and reported a rise in revenue in the first quarter of year. The company also warned of disruptions as the foodservice and retail sectors...

Popular high street store, Pets at home, has said it expects its underlying pre-tax profit for the full year to be slightly above the top end of the range of current market expectations. For most...

Moneysupermarket.com has seen 2% revenue growth in the first quarter of 2020, fuelled by trading within insurance. According to its trading update, its insurance section reported 8% revenue...

Energy company Centrica said it would cancel its dividend as part of a move to cut costs and said it would delay the sale of its stake in Spirit Energy until energy and financial markets were...

National Grid has said it has not yet seen a 'material impact' on its financial performance as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, but is starting to see some delays and disruption to its capital...

Student and rental focused property developer Watkin Jones said it expected to report first-half earnings and revenue in line with it expectations, but would not declare an interim dividend due to...

Enterprise services provider Christie said it did not expect to be profitable this year, having suspended activities at its stock and inventory systems business amid the Covid-19 crisis. The...

Africa-focused miner Caledonia Mining said it had deferred its second quarter dividend for 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis. 'The board will keep this decision under constant review as it monitors...

Services provider to remote locations RA International said the Covid-19 crisis could potentially have material impact on its financial results in 2020 as client projects are slowed or delayed....