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MWB Business Exchange - Results smash forecasts

May 2007

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Final results from flexible serviced office space provider MWB Business Exchange not only beat last year’s forecasts but also this year’s and was the reason the shares spiked back up to their previous high of 200p. For the year ended 31 December, pretax profit almost tripled from £2.7m to £7.8m on turnover that grew 18% to £79.4m, propelled by a surge in operating margins from 7.3% to 9.1%. Earnings rose 173% to 11.2p, helped by a zero tax charge, while the firm ended the period with net cash of £1.2m. The fact that a large part of MWB’s portfolio of business centres are based in London, where both the economy and commercial rents are rising, goes a long way to explaining the firm’s ...

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