Anglo-Dutch publishing group, Reed Elsevier, has this morning posted interim pre-tax profits up 13% at £410 million, notably above the consensus expectations. Reed says that the first half results are encouraging and reflect strong performances in Science & Medical, Legal and Education, partly offset by the impact of the economic slowdown on Business to Business.… Continue reading Reed Elsevier Shares Rally As Results Beat Expectations
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Broadband internet growth in the UK is set to be double that of the United States for at least the next three years, according to forecasts by Net Profit. Growth is expected to be 527% this year, dropping back to 145% next year and gradually slowing from that point on. The huge growth rate at… Continue reading Insight Analysis: UK Broadband Net Access Forecasts
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Forecasts from NetProfit predict that ecommerce in the UK will be worth $255.19 billion by 2005 with 11% generated by business to consumer sales and 89% by businesses trading online. This figure is considerably less than Forrester’s forecast of £300 billion for business trading alone by the same date (see Forecasts) but still represents a… Continue reading Insight Analysis: E-Commerce Revenue Growth Forecasts
Hollinger International, owner of the Daily Telegraph in the UK, has announced a net loss for the second quarter ending 30 June 2001, of $15.5 million – a loss of $0.17 per share. This compares to net earnings of $4.7 million or $0.03 per share for the same period last year. The sharp decline in… Continue reading Hollinger Sees Q2 Revenues Decline
ABN AMRO has downgraded its full year forecast for UK media from 0.4% to -1.6% in response to data from AC Nielsen MMS indicating that during June the market slipped 13.7% year on year. The research and analysis group says its revised forecast reflects “the increasing likelihood that there will be no significant second half… Continue reading ABN AMRO Downgrades UK Media Forecast
In the annual report, Communications Industry Forecast, analysts at Veronis Suhler forecast that the US media economy will rebound in 2002. A compound annual growth rate of 5% is forecast for total US advertising spending which will total $225 billion by 2005. Despite dotcom fallout and a widespread spending slowdown in 2001, Veronis Suhler have… Continue reading Communications Industry Will Rebound In 2002, Says Veronis Suhler