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- LR Index leisure stockwatch August 2008
- From last month's 'Stop all the clocks' stock market misery, what a welcome relief to instead cry 'stop the press!'--but it's true, August has seen an overall improvement in the monthly average, several stocks making significant gains, and some welcome relief for beleaguered investors and chief executives alike. While...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- Rank names Phil Urban as managing director of casinos arm
- The Rank Group has appointed Phil Urban, former managing director of Whitbread's pub and restaurants division, as managing director of its casinos business. Urban will head up Rank's Grosvenor Casinos operations, replacing Peter McCann. Prior to joining Whitbread, Urban worked for the Spirit Group, Punch's managed division. ...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- LR Index leisure stockwatch February 2008
- Frabjous day, caloo calay, one might be tempted to say, as February's Stockwatch can report a number of rays of sunshine, in keeping with the unseasonably bright weather we've enjoyed. Given the gloom surrounding the financial markets in general, it's pleasing to be able to report that the leisure...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- LR Index leisure stockwatch December 2007
- December normally sees a gradual reduction in the volume of share trading as investors shore up their positions ahead of the festive break, and traders enjoy increasingly long lunches. As a result, share price movements are often skewed and not completely reflective of the wider picture at this time of...
- Research articles 2008-01-01
- LR Index leisure stockwatch March 2007
- We introduce some new players to the stockwatch table this month, some belatedly so. So it's a warm welcome to Betex, Inspired Gaming, Playtech and Probability. Impossible to talk about share prices this month without starting out by mentioning Whitbread. Breakup rumours just will not go away, and coupled...
- Research articles 2007-04-01
- LR Index leisure stockwatch October 2006
- Another dire month for listed leisure firms, with the LR Index an average of 300% down on last month. The Port Security Act is clearly at the heart of this month's woes, but even firms with no connections to gambling in the US have endured some tough times of late....
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- LR Index leisure stockwatch September 2006
- The private equity feeding frenzy for UK leisure firms looks set to continue for the foreseeable, future, and listed firms are all targets, regardless of size. The trend is exacerbated by the continuing underperformance of leisure stocks, which have suffered some heavy losses in recent months. During September, the...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- LR index leisure stockwatch July 2006
- Ouch! Well, July has been another dire month for those investors with a heavy leaning towards leisure stocks, with the BETonSPORTS future dominating proceedings, rather predictably. Let's start, however, with the good news. Coffee Republic found some much-needed cheer, as news that like-for-like sales were picking up in the...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch October 2005
- October has been a miserable month for listed leisure firms, with the vast majority of companies seeing a slide in their share price. Bucking the downward trend was Parkdean, which received a fillip after the holiday park operator revealed it had received an approach to buy the company. ...
- Research articles 2005-11-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch October 2005
- Results season for the bookmakers and gaming firms in September, and most of the traditional firms came out ahead. Arena Leisure shares gained almost 14% to trade at 43p after its interim results reversed a 500,000 [pounds sterling] loss last time to post a 2m [pounds sterling] profit this time...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch September 2005
- Wembley shares plunged more than 30% throughout the month, on the news that the company was effectively being wound up to return cash to shareholders. The traditionally quiet month of August saw little in the way of trade by volume, and the limited movement in share prices reflected this....
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch July 2005
- Georgica shares were one of the most impressive performers among leisure shares last month, gaining just over 16% after the company unveiled plans to refinance through a 60 [pounds sterling]mlong-term floating rate note, to fund expansions and acquisitions. A steady set of figures for the first half in both of...
- Research articles 2005-08-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch June 2005
- After losing nearly 50m [pounds sterling] in total value last month, the sector was up 140m [pounds sterling] in June, with none of the leading companies experiencing any significant falls. It was a good month for the coffee sector with both Caffe Nero and Coffee Republic up 12% and...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch May 2005
- Nearly 50m [pounds sterling] has fallen off the value of the sector since last month, with only a handful of companies registering any kind of rise in market capitalisation. Analysts have cut expectations on William Hill following the purchase of Stanley Leisure and a 9% reduction in underlying profits....
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Leisure report LR index leisure stockwatch April 2005
- Stanley Leisure led the gainers in April, with shares jumping almost 30% to a record high at 536p, as investors reacted well to its decision to sell its high-street bookmakers estate. William Hill, which is favourite to buy the portfolio, fell sharply as investors showed concern about the price of...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch March 2005
- Despite some big falls and some big rises, overall the sector stayed fairly neutral this month, shedding only 1.1% of its value. Springhealth Leisure was the biggest mover of the month, rising nearly 40% in value due to a management buyout on the 24th February. The company has now...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Leisure Report LR index leisure stockwatch February 2005
- Caffe Nero reported same store sales growth of 8.5% in December and January and said it had more than doubled underlying pre-tax profit for the six months to 30 November. This led shares in the company to rise by just over 30%. Arena Leisure was trading up nearly 19%...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Leisure report LR index leisure stockwatch January 2005
- The biggest mover of the month was Deep-Sea Leisure, thanks to the announcement of full-year results that saw pre-tax profits up 63% to 1.65m [pounds sterling] due to a 6% increase in visitor numbers and an increase in visitor spend. However, it wasn't all good news in the sector...
- Research articles 2005-02-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch December 2004
- A sharp fall in the share price was Center Parcs' reward for the announcement that energy prices were set to increase by 25%, eating into next year's profits. Shares shed 12% on the news, as investors were unimpressed with the group's slow response to the issue, which many pubcos...
- Research articles 2005-01-01
- Leisure Report LR Index leisure stockwatch November 2004
- In a quiet month in terms of share price movement, London Clubs International led the gains, adding just under 20% as investors looked to add the stock to their portfolio ahead of interim results, due on 25 November, which are expected to impress. Also on the up were LA...
- Research articles 2004-12-01
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