Trading Statements for 1 July 2020

Timber and panel products distributor James Latham cut its final dividend despite reporting an uptick in profit on higher revenue. For the financial year to 31 March 2020, pre-tax profit rose...

Property management services group HML Holdings upped its dividend, but warned that a short-term reduction in housing transactions would materially hurt performance in fiscal 2021. 'We do not...

Roadside convenience retailer Applegreen said it had continued to trade ahead of its Covid-19 projections for both May and June. The company also announced that its Welcome Break subsidiary had...

Smart meter installer Smart Metering Systems said it was returning a grant received from the UK government pursuant to its Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The company has since resumed...

Flooring retailer Topps Tiles said its average weekly sales had slumped 53% in the third quarter of its financial year, though the performance was nevertheless better than it had expected. Average...

Infrastructure investor John Laing said net asset value, ex-dividends, for the first half of the year was expected to show a single digit decline as investment activity was stalled amid the ongoing...

Shopping centre owner Hammerson said it had improved its liquidity and debt arrangements with lenders and collected about 70% of its rent in the first half of the year across the UK and Ireland....

Refractory product supplier RHI Magnesita said its revenue had fallen significantly in the second quarter due to the Covid-19 crisis. The company said there had been an unprecedented slowdown in...

Medical technology group Smith & Nephew said it expected its underlying revenue to sink by around 29% in the second quarter. The company said the drop was in line with its previously forecast...

British Land said like-for-like sales in England during the reopening week were 91% of the same period last year, but the real estate investment company did flag a 64% shortfall in rent for retail...

German business park investor Sirius Real Estate said it collected almost all of rent due in June following a relaxation of Covid-19 lockdowns. Rent and service charge collection during the month...

Travel hub convenience store group SSP said it could make up to 5,000 of its staff redundant due to the lingering impact of the Covid-19 crisis on demand for travel. The roles would become...