Primary Recommendation

Walker Greenbank - Luxury wall coverings group with reputation for beating forecasts

June 2012

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Although the UK has succumbed to the dreaded double-dip, there are still hidden gems tucked away amongst the small caps and one currently punching above its weight is Walker Greenbank, a supplier of high-end wallcoverings and woven and printed fabrics. The obvious question put to chief executive John Sach and finance director Alan Dix when we met them last month is how a company so reliant on discretionary spend was able to achieve pretax profit of Â£5.7m for the year to 31 January 2012, compared with original forecasts 18 months ago for just Â£4.5m. Sach notes that part of its success stems from its extremely well regarded brands; for example Sanderson, which has a Royal Warrant and Morris & Co (founded by acclaimed English designer ...

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