Company news in brief

Boustead lifted pre-tax profits to pounds 1.1m ( pounds 1m) in the half-year to 30 June. Dividend is held at 0.35p.

Baldwin, the tour operator, printing and property company, reduced pre-tax losses to pounds 2m (loss pounds 2.2m) in the six months to 30 April. No dividend (1.4p).

Lincoln House, makers of home furnishings, cut pre-tax losses from pounds 247,000 to pounds 24,000 in the half-year to 30 June. No dividend.

Stavert Zigomala, the home furniture supplier and retailer, fell to pounds 44,000 ( pounds 65,000) pre-tax profit in the year to 31 March. Dividend is held at 18.75p.

Fife Indmar, the engineering group, slipped to pounds 236,000 pre-tax loss (profit pounds 845,000) in the half- year to 30 June. Dividend is halved to 0.5p.

Sinclair Goldsmith Holdings cut pre-tax losses from pounds 997,000 to pounds 525,000 in the year to 30 June. It is not paying a final dividend, making a total of 0.5p.