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Kewill

July 2011

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Kewill's results for the year ended 31 March had no real surprises. Sales were up 7% to Â£60m with underlying organic growth excluding the Minihouse acquisition of 3%. Cost control measures across the business meant adjusted pretax profit grew by 8% to Â£9.4m. Earnings were 7.2p. Despite spending Â£6m upfront on Minihouse, strong cash generation left net cash at the year end of Â£16.9m.The year under review saw shipping markets swing back from the downturn the previous year and as a consequence there has been a pickup in Q4 deal closure rates and activity as customersâ€™ own businesses also bounced back. For instance, Damco, which is the 10th largest global supplier of forwarding and Supply Chain Management (SCM) services and one ...

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