Company News in Brief

Year ended 31 December

McInerney Properties, the civil engineer and property developer, incurred Ir pounds 8.5m (Ir pounds 2.6m) taxable loss. Lps 6.6p (2.7p).

Wilton reduced taxable losses to pounds 1.5m ( pounds 7.45m). Lps 0.16p (1.22p).

Year to 31 March

Falcon Holdings, the valve and pipeline equipment distributor, revealed lower pre-tax profits of pounds 360,000 ( pounds 612,000). Eps 11.4p (15.6p). Total dividend 5p (6p).

Sutcliffe Speakman, the steel products maker, climbed from pounds 6.6m taxable loss to make pounds 1.1m pre-tax profit. Eps 1.51p (loss 19.02p). Final dividend is 0.5p.

Year to 30 April

Cassidy Brothers, toys and sports items maker, increased pre-tax profits to pounds 620,000 ( pounds 457,000). Eps 7.8p (6.11p). Total dividend rose to 2.75p (2.4p).

Debenham Tewson & Chinnocks, the property advisers, lifted pre-tax profits to pounds 4.1m ( pounds 2.9m). Eps 6.17p (5.13p). Total dividend is 3.5p (3p).

MS International, the engineering products maker, boosted pre- tax profits from pounds 306,000 to pounds 867,000. Eps 1.8p (0.7p). Total dividend 2.5p (same).

Six months to 31 March

Allied Radio cut taxable losses from pounds 901,000 to pounds 364,000. Lps 0.8p (2.01p). No dividend.

Hunters Armley, the printing group, achieved pounds 1.25m ( pounds 973,000) pre-tax profit. Eps 3.99p (3.15p). Dividend is 1.32p (1.25p).