Shares fare well despite double dip recession - Derby Telegraph
Wed, 02 May 2012 06:41Week on week, shares in locally-listed firms experienced a rise in their share prices. The demerged Punch and Spirit pub operations saw a lift in their respective share prices of 2.5% and 2.6%. The exceptions were brewing and pub company Marston's, ...
Derek Pain: Whitbread's new shape is riding out recession in style - The Independent
Sat, 05 May 2012 09:36Even so, it seems that 14 per cent of City analysts covering the shares still list them as a "sell". Forty eight per cent say "buy" with the rest sitting on the fence. The portfolio descended on the shares at 1105p. The price at one time slumped below ...
Free food, caring and sharing: new spirit of community in Yorkshire - The Guardian
Sat, 05 May 2012 23:05The local community are attempting to take over a pub and have already taken over the cinema, the theatre and even the town hall. In a fold of the wet hills of Yorkshire, the communities of Hebden Bridge and Todmorden are at the vanguard of a movement ...
Spirit to beef up investment in managed estate - ShareCast
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:19LONDON (SHARECAST) - Pubs group Spirit Pub Company said its managed boozers are outperforming the market, but the less sexy leased estate continues to see like-for-like sales decline, as expected by the management. Underlying profit before tax in the ...
Shares begin to recover after Spanish jitters - Derby Telegraph
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:44Burton-based pub company Spirit also saw its share price fall by 8%. The firm is due to announce its interim results today. 1. MARSTON'S: Up from 96.25p to 98.85p, a rise of 2.6p or 2.7%. (London Stock Exchange FTSE 250). 2. ROLLS-ROYCE: Up from £8.04 ...