Gardening scores for Sunday Times rich list
11 May 2012 | by Matthew Appleby
The Range and B&M owners lead discount store charge in Sunday Times listing of high earners.
Blue Diamond's results show turnover up to £52.28m for the year to 31 December 2011 from £48.34m in 2010. Operating profit was £4.14m, up from £3.17m.
The Range and B&M owners lead discount store charge in Sunday Times listing of high earners.
Homebase owner Home Retail Group has seen profits fall 66% per cent in the year to 25 February.
William Sinclair says trading for the half-year to end-March was in line with market expectations.
B&Q owner Kingfisher has reported pre-tax profits of £797m, up 19 per cent on 2010. Turnover rose by 3.6 per cent in the year to January 28 to £10.8bn.
Total sales at Homebase declined by 6.2 per cent for the first eight weeks of the year to £195m.
Cotton Traders is to expand into motorway service stations as well as 10 more garden centres this year.
Bents garden centre saw sales growth of 5% in 2011 but only expects two per cent growth in 2012.
William Sinclair Holdings, supplier of J Arthur Bower's, Silvaperl and New Horizon, boosted profits before tax to £3.18m in the 12 months to 30 September 2011, up from £2.06m in the previous year.
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