When I first started in the business I had, as my Guru, a small Jewish gentleman who never seemed to be without a giggie hanging from hislip BUT he was BRILLIANT. He would go out to lunch,return and place an order (to his credit for BOTH of us) to buy the latest thing he had heard/stolen/worked out -whatever. When I first asked 'what do they do?' he looked truly amazed. 'who knows what they do' he replied 'WE ARE GOING TO MAKE MONEY'- and we did!!!
LONDON (AFX) - GTL Resources PLC said that with effect from March 31, Stephen Padgett will resign from the board as chief operating officer and finance director to take up the position of chief executive at Supporta PLC.
GTL said it has reached an agreement with a successor to Padgett as group finance director, and an announcement will be made in due course.
Mr Padgett, 30, was previously Finance Manager of GTL. He is a Chartered Accountant, and was formerly Corporate Finance Manager for Walkers Chartered Accountants in Middlesborough.
Supporta says trading for 5 months to Aug 2005 in line
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LONDON (AFX) - Supporta PLC, a provider of outsourced services to the public sector, said trading for the five months to August 2005 are in line with its business plan.
'The forward order book and contracted revenue for the group currently stands at 53.1 mln stg compared with approximately 13 mln in September 2004,' it said.
The order book for Supporta Care is 40.4 mln stg compared with 37.6 mln at the time of the preliminary results in September 2005 and 4 mln stg in September 2004.
In Supporta Property Services, the company said the acquisition of Roger P Dudley Ltd has been successfully integrated into Supporta and that cash generation at this business is exceeding initial management expectations.
Supporta Services has contracted revenue of 10 mln stg, up from 9 mln as at September 2004. The group said it is looking to widen the range of services offered in this division through organic growth and via acquisitions.
'Each of the divisions is performing in line with our expectations and have demonstrated growth even during a period of significant change for the group,' said chairman John Jasper.
The group will announce its interim results for the period to end September 2005 on Nov 22.
I went to the company zone to tried to see what info is available on this company - to find absolutely none.... If anyone from money-am see's this post, could you let me know why?