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Business Post - UK mail hits ground running

January 2005

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Shares in business parcel delivery firm, Business Post, reacted to excellent interim results by hitting a new high of 610p at one point before settling at 600p, a useful 106p ahead of our main recommendationlast January. For the six months ended 30 September, pretax profit increased 12% to Â£9.1m on a 23% rise in turnover to Â£110m, while earnings rose 10% to 11.8p. Business Post's core business parcel service, Express, (59% turnover), which supplies reliable next day deliveries backed up by sophisticated IT systems, enjoyed a 6% increase in sales and Express now has 20,000 customers, a market share of around 7.5%. There have also been some exceptional trading performances from the smaller, newer parts of the ...

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