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Northgate

October 2004

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Shares in light commercial vehicle hire group, Northgate, areagain hitting new highs after announcing that trading is in line with expectations for the first four months of the year, with its Spanish subsidiary, Fualsa, also performing as expected. The group hasalso made another in-fill acquistion of West Midlands based, FoleySelf Drive, which has increased its overall fleet size by 850vehicles, taking the total beyond 50,000 in the UK for the first time. The shares, already up 74% since our original write-up in November 2002, look set for further gains. Still a buy. ...

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Northgate (February 2008)

Northgate (September 2007)

Northgate (February 2007)

Northgate - Earnings to increase 20% this year (August 2006)

Northgate (February 2006)

Northgate (December 2005)

Northgate (October 2005)

Northgate - Acquired Record Rent (August 2005)

Northgate (June 2005)

Northgate - Hire fleet grows to nearly 70,000 vehicles (February 2005)

Northgate - Analyst visit to Fualsa (December 2004)

Northgate - Van rental firm growing strongly (September 2004)

Northgate - New eps forecast of 65p for 2006 (August 2004)

Northgate - Buys 100% of Fualsa (June 2004)

Northgate - Van rental group on track (December 2003)

Northgate - New three year plan (August 2003)

Northgate - Van rental group a resilient performer (June 2003)

Northgate - Fleet utilisation still over 90% (February 2003)

Northgate (November 2002)

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