Secondary Recommendation

Murgitroyd - Patent attorney firm with habit of beating forecasts

October 2006

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In spite of its relatively lowly market value of £27m, Murgitroyd, a patent and trade mark attorney, has developed an ability to punch well above its weight. Following recent forecast beating results, its overall record now shows turnover increasing from £5.1m to £18.8m over the last eight years, with underlying pretax profit increasing from £0.37m to £1.9m so despite the generally quiet market, the shares have been chased up to new highs. Murgitroyd specialises in the provision of intellectual property (IP) services for patents, trade marks and copyrights, which involves everything from drafting the legal documents to filing, assigning and managing the IP and where necessary, going to litigation. Th ...

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