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Lakehouse

June 2016

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  • Epic Code:
  • LAKE
  • Price:
  • 35p
The EGM requisitioned by founder Steve Rawlings and major shareholder Slater Investments never took place in the end with both the chief executive and chairman ceding the inevitable and tendering their resignations. The board has also seen a shake up with the requisitionists appointing new directors.Lakehouse has since reported H1 results with sales up 4% to £168m. Headline pretax profit was £4.7m. Net debt was £22.6m, within £50m facilities running to 2018.Lakehouse operates across four divisions. The period saw Regeneration (£63.2m sales or 37% of revenue), which provides planned and responsive maintenance services to local authorities and housing associations, hit by rent changes (government w ...

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