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- Homeserve faces Pounds 3m fall in profits
- Business in brief SERVICES The emergency repair group Homeserve reported higher profits yesterday but warned that current conditions could reduce the full-year haul by up to 3m. The firm, which sells repair insurance and warranties, is to overhaul its UK operations to improve efficiency and service. The...
- Research articles 2008-11-25
- A downturn need not be bad for Homeserve
- Investment Column Our view: Hold Share price: 1444p (-11p) It is a well-worn theory that during a downturn you are more likely to spend money repairing your existing home than move into a new one. If this is indeed true, and if the...
- Research articles 2008-09-30
- Homeserve shares fall despite profits rise
- Business News IN BRIEF *Homeserve, which provides home emergency cover, beat forecasts with a 26 per cent rise in annual profit yesterday, but its shares fell on worries about the weakness in its repairs business and higher marketing spending. The company, which has 8.1 million policies in operation...
- Research articles 2008-05-20
- Homeserve serves up solid first half.
- Exceptional charges aside, Homeserve is continuing to deliver strong growth. Algy Hall Homeserve's first-half progress was held back by a GBP2.2m exceptional charge relating to its aborted attempt to take over rival Domestic & General. However, it is now business as usual again for...
- Research articles 2007-11-26
- Homeserve boss flying high as business takes off
- Richard Harpin is a keen pilot, which is coming in handy as his company grows. By James Moore A dayin thelife of ... 8am Richard Harpin touches down at Heathrow, fresh from a gruelling 36-hour business trip that has seen him taking in...
- Research articles 2007-09-29
- Homeserve in search of the way forward
- THE WEEK IN REVIEW Where does Homeserve go from here? The emergency repair group put out a trading statement this week confirming that earnings for the first six months of the year are on track. However, having lost out this month on acquiring Domestic & General,...
- Research articles 2007-09-29
- Profit fears plague Homeserve after failed D&G bid
- the investment column Edited by James Moore Our view: Sell Share price: 1,704p (-54p) Where does Homeserve go from here? The emergency repair group put out a trading statement yesterday confirming that earnings for the first six months of the year are...
- Research articles 2007-09-25
- Homeserve in Production with Guidewire ClaimCenter
- U.K. company deploys Guidewire's leading end-to-end claims system to enable business growth; project live within eight months WALSALL, England & SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Homeserve PLC, one of the United Kingdom's leading providers of home emergency repair and claims management services and Guidewire Software([R]), a leading global provider of...
- Research articles 2007-08-08
- Homeserve growing fast.
- Homeserve has been growing organically and through acquisitions, and is now buying Domestic & General Jonas Crosland Homeserve offers insurance against a range of utility-related household mishaps, and provides a repair service as well. Not only does this speed up the whole process, it...
- Research articles 2007-05-22
- Homeserve in takeover talks with Domestic & General
- Homeserve has opened talks with the smaller rival Domestic & General as the home emergency services provider looks to bulk up its product offering to include extended warranties for domestic appliances. Shares in Domestic & General surged late last week on rumours that the company was a...
- Research articles 2007-05-22
- Avaya selects Sabio as its PremierEMEA Applications BusinessPartner; Prestigious award acknowledges Sabio's proven strengthin transforming Avaya's applications intohigh value customer contact solutions; Recognises success of projects for major Sabio custo
- M2 PRESSWIRE-20 February 2007-Sabio: Avaya selects Sabio as its PremierEMEA Applications BusinessPartner; Prestigious award acknowledges Sabio's proven strengthin transforming Avaya's applications intohigh value customer contact solutions; Recognises success of projects for major Sabio customers including Scottish Widows, BSkyB, Homeserve, HCL and TravelexC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD...
- Research articles 2007-02-20
- Profits up 28% at Homeserve
- Homeserve, which provides cover for home emergencies, posted a 28 per cent rise in underlying half-year pre-tax profits and said it remained confident about its prospects for the year. Excluding write- downs on acquisitions, interim pre-tax at the group profits rose from [pound]12.7m a year ago to [pound]16.2m.
- Research articles 2006-11-28
- Sabio grows ahead of the contact centre market, with revenues up over 40 per cent; 2005/06 performance strengthened by key contracts with major organisations such as Homeserve, Leeds City Council, Egg, European Home Retail Group and Scottish Widows; Sabio
- M2 PRESSWIRE-5 September 2006-Sabio: Sabio grows ahead of the contact centre market, with revenues up over 40 per cent; 2005/06 performance strengthened by key contracts with major organisations such as Homeserve, Leeds City Council, Egg, European Home Retail Group and Scottish Widows; Sabio supports growth with...
- Research articles 2006-09-05
- Homeserve takes solutions to field
- Homeserve, the home insurance repairs and emergency services company, has equipped its mobile service team with a database of heating boilers.It has deployed Infomill's PartsArena solution, an electronic database of thousands of pages of technical data and diagrams on a Pocket PC. All of Homeserve's 150 CORGI-registered gas engineers now...
- Research articles 2006-09-01
- US electricity deal sparks up repair group Homeserve
- Our view: Buy Share price: 1,723p (+106p) The emergency repair group Homeserve sealed what could prove to be a truly transformative deal yesterday, giving itself access to another 3.4 million potential customers in the US. The tie-up with the electricity group FirstEnergy may take...
- Research articles 2006-08-18
- HOMESERVE (HSV).
- Homeserve continues to build on its successful business model of selling insurance for domestic mishaps, such as blocked drains and burst water pipes, as well as providing qualified engineers to fix the problem. In fact, the number of policies sold jumped 34 per cent to 5.7m ...
- Research articles 2006-05-26
- Milder than forecast winter aids acquisitive Homeserve
- The emergency repair group Homeserve unveiled a better than expected 28 per cent jump in its annual pre-tax profits yesterday, boosted by a milder than forecast UK winter. Richard Harpin, the company's chief executive, said the group had cashed in following predictions of an unusually harsh winter...
- Research articles 2006-05-23
- Mild winter gives fillip to acquisitive Homeserve
- The emergency repair group Homeserve unveiled a better-than- expected 28 per cent jump in its annual pre-tax profits yesterday, boosted by a milder than forecast UK winter. Richard Harpin, the company's chief executive, said the group had cashed in following predictions of an unusually harsh winter in...
- Research articles 2006-05-23
- THE INVESTMENT COLUMN: Homeserve is glowing as the country shivers
- As Britain shivers, homeowners quiver with worry waiting for the 'coldest winter ever'. Will I freeze if the boiler goes bang? Will my pipes freeze? Which is, of course, where insurance sellers come in, and few have been as effective in recent years as Homeserve. Already, it...
- Research articles 2005-11-29
- Service Personalisation in action at Call Centre Expo 2005 with Homeserve and Scottish and Southern Energy; Two major household names to discuss how Sabio's distinctive approach helps to deliver a joined-up and positive customer experience.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-13 September 2005-Sabio: Service Personalisation in action at Call Centre Expo 2005 with Homeserve and Scottish and Southern Energy; Two major household names to discuss how Sabio's distinctive approach helps to deliver a joined-up and positive customer experienceC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13092005...
- Research articles 2005-09-13
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