Company News in Brief

Half year to 30 September

Albrighton pre-tax profits pounds 324,000 (loss pounds 62,000). Interim div 0.1p (nil).

Syltone pre-tax profits pounds 1.23m ( pounds 1.22m). Interim div 1.625p (1.575p).

Andrews Sykes pre-tax loss pounds 2.3m (profit pounds 800,000). No div (1.4p).

Booth Industries pre-tax loss pounds 377,970 (profit pounds 110,043).

Dividend decision deferred.

Other results

Sanderson Electronics year to end- September pre-tax profits pounds 3.32m ( pounds 2.8m). Total dividend 9.9p (9p).

Widney year to 2 October pre-tax loss pounds 150,000 (loss pounds 371,000). No dividend (nil).

Carr's Milling Industries year to 28 August pre-tax profit pounds 1.19m (loss pounds 334,000). Total div 4.3p (3.9p).

Villiers Group year to end-July pre- tax loss pounds 2.8m (loss pounds 165,500). No div (unchanged).

John Swan & Sons interim pre-tax profit pounds 233,200 ( pounds 162,700).