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Albemarle & Bond - To scale back new openings

November 2012

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Pawnbroker, Albemarle & Bond has released finals showing pretax profit rising 2% to Â£21.4m and eps increasing 2% to 28.6p. Helped by continued difficulties in mainstream lending its core pawn broking side increased gross profit 10% to Â£34.8m, with the pledge book growing 12% to Â£40.2m, thanks to new store openings and organic growth. The group opened 25 full line stores, including 2 acquisitions and as at 30 June had 234 outlets (184 full line and 50 gold buying â€œpop-upâ€). As flagged in June gold buying has seen a deterioration in trading volumes since the spring although it still increased gross profit by 50% to Â£21.7m. Margins have now stabilised at lower levels, reflecting increased competition and management ...

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