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RESULTS: KBC Advanced Technologies looks to a stronger second half of 2010 Refineries-focused engineering consultant KBC Advanced Technologies encountered challenging trading conditions in the first half. Although workload backlog (orders [...]

TIP UPDATE: Global outsourcing group Serco posts strong revenue growth, particularly in its overseas businesses Serco's confident rhetoric about reaching GBP5bn annual revenues by 2012 was underpinned by strong first-half [...]

FEATURE: With the reliability of blue chip dividends being called into question in the wake of the banking crisis and BP's oil spill, it makes sense to look overseas for [...]

RESULT: Rising costs will not be offset by higher management fees just yet Shares in Charles Taylor Consulting fell 28 per cent to 168p after the insurance services specialist warned [...]

SECTOR FOCUS: In the wake of the credit crunch many companies froze all but essential IT spending, but there are growing signs that corporates have now reached a point where [...]

RESULTS: A record order book adds some fizz to Chemring's otherwise subdued first half results Untimely production problems and uncertainty surrounding the UK's defence budget was enough to dampen Chemring's [...]

RESULTS: Innovation's new management team is grappling with margin attrition and an uncertain market outlook With no acquisitions to boost revenues, computer systems supplier Innovation reported a 3 per cent [...]

TIP UPDATE: Compass continues to drive margins higher and organic growth has now re-emerged. Cost savings at catering giant Compass helped to keep first-half profits moving in the right direction, [...]

RESULTS: Growth in UK Mail's mail and courier business and cost savings have delivered impressive first-half profit growth, despite a decline in revenue. Half-year results from UK Mail, formerly Business [...]

RESULT: Debt worries ease for Care UK, but the outlook for government spending is a cause for worry Care UK's results underlined the defensive nature of most of the company's [...]

TIP UPDATE: Fewer restaurant openings, tough trading conditions and expected cost pressures make for an unappetising menu for Prezzo. Restaurant chain Prezzo put in a credible performance in the first [...]

RESULTS: Tribal's shares trade on a lousy rating due to uncertainties about public sector spending ,but the group is yet to disappoint. Public sector consultancy group Tribal has produced a [...]

TIP UPDATE: Record first half sales for 'Batman' - and a resilient performance is likely for the full year BATM's computer network traffic control products have continued to gain traction [...]

TIP UPDATE: Regus is experiencing pressure on occupancy and prices at its serviced offices. Regus's shares have dropped 11 per cent on the back of a gloomy trading update. Revenues [...]

RESULT: Fenner pins hopes on a revival in orders sparking a strong recovery in the company's high yielding shares Shares in Fenner rose nearly 15 per cent after the company [...]

RESULT: Rentokil Initial is fighting for its life after profit plunge forces final dividend cut. Rentokil Initial's chief executive Alan Brown acknowledged that the office services group is fighting for [...]

TIP UPDATE: Diageo reduces forecasts but is still a good defensive bet Diageo's shares dipped as much as 7 per cent, after it cut full-year forecasts and said that the [...]

RESULT: Kesa Electrical is facing dire markets in both the UK and Spain Electrical goods retailer Kesa is being clobbered by the economic slowdown and has halved its interim dividend. [...]

RESULT: Consort Medical delivered a sombre trading outlook, but encouraged investors by maintaining its dividend and continuing to talk up its 'dose counter opportunity'. Consort Medical delivered a sombre trading [...]

RESULT: Homeserve adopts a cautious stance Shares in Homeserve fell by over 25 per cent as the company warned that profits may fall as consumers buy less home emergency repair [...]

TIP UPDATE: More bad news for Carpetright Carpetright's chairman, Lord Harris, has admitted that tough conditions are likely to continue for at least 18 months. First half like-for-like sales have [...]

TIP UPDATE: A buying opportunity is emerging in William Hill's stock due to overdone fears about its debt refinancing William Hill finally gave investors some hope, its share price climbing [...]

TIP UPDATE: Shares dive as Lighthouse warns on full-year outlook The merger between Lighthouse Group and Sumus may have created a larger IFA, but the merged business is by no [...]

TIP UPDATE: Profits are up indicating that this retailer is not suffering from the general malaise of the retail sector JD Sports Fashion's shares rose 10 per cent after the [...]

TIP UPDATE: Hefty debt levels and deteriorating trading in significant divisions means we remain cautious about shares in the recently merged recruitment group While there were some bright spots in [...]

Churchill China has plenty of cash to see it through these difficult times Although the shares fell 4 per cent on news of the 2008 interim results, Churchill China believes [...]

TIP UPDATE: Interserve's profits are growing fast despite pockets of cyclical exposure. Interserve has beat half-year profit expectations thanks to booming demand from the Middle East. The building services and [...]

FEATURE: There are high dividend yields on offer everywhere these days. Dominic Picarda draws on past experience to ask which ones you can really trust Big, juicy dividend yields abound [...]

TIP UPDATE: GMA achieves first gold from Amesmessa but warns on profits Algeria's only gold miner, GMA Resources, began processing at its Amesmessa mining facility and poured its first gold [...]

RESULT: Sterling's weakness against the euro takes its toll Abacus management was clearly expecting worse results - despite a 6.4 per cent drop in revenue in the first half of [...]

Yell has slashed its dividend as it faces up to economic woes. Yell has responded to lousy trading conditions by slashing its final dividend in half, causing its shares to [...]

Prospects look tough in the short-term for Kingspan, but longer-term prospects are bright Despite posting record profits last year, the management at building materials group Kingspan has adopted a pragmatic [...]

RESULT: The outlook is 'encouraging' for Genetix. Nigel Bolitho 'We are the unloved and unwanted' is how Genetix 's chief executive and controlling shareholder, Mark Reid, responds to the weak [...]

RESULTS: Signs of tangible recovery in the division that was historically the problem child. Daniel O'Sullivan Wood Group celebrated another boom year for the oil and gas services sector with [...]

RESULT: Losses widen in tough trading for MJ Gleeson. Jonas Crosland Shares inMJ Gleeson plunged 14 per cent after the company reported a wider loss and warned that, unless conditions [...]

RESULTS: Pre-tax profits up, but sales outlook 'difficult' for coming year. Claer Barrett Housebuilder Barratt Developments blamed 'difficult trading conditions' for its lacklustre interim results. A rise in pre-tax profits [...]

BT's shares fall 8 per cent as the group's wholesale division disappoints, but more clouds are gathering Tim Bradshaw BT's shares fell 10 per cent after it reported disappointing third-quarter [...]

Carphone Warehouse misses forecasts but remains confident on the outlook Tim Bradshaw Carphone Warehouse's third-quarter results missed expectations on most metrics, but the retailer and broadband provider claims it outperformed [...]

Dismal predictions for retail sales at Next, but the share buy-back programme will prop up growth in EPS Amanda Vermeulen Retail trading was always expected to be challenging over Christmas, [...]

Winning a legal battle improves prospects for Accident Exchange Jonas Crosland Accident Exchange reported a strong rise in turnover in the six months to October, but pre-tax profits were hit [...]

A weaker outlook on investment banks' IT spending sends the shares down 29 per cent Tim Bradshaw Detica chief executive Tom Black says that his company's warning on investment banks' [...]

Despite good international prospects and recovery potential in the UK, the overall outlook is gloomy Shunil Roy-Chaudhuri Times have got tougher for Kingfisher, owner of B&Q and French retailer Castorama. [...]