Primary Recommendation

Dawson Holdings - Fast growing divisions

October 2007

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Dawson Holdings (not to be confused with penny dreadful DawsonInternational) is in the throws of a dramatic recovery since chiefexecutive Peter Harris took the top job last year. The group is asupply chain service provider to media clients and many subscriberswill know it for its main operating division, which is involved innewspaper and magazine distribution to retailers in the UK, a businesswhich accounts for the lionâ€™s share of turnover and profit. Amazingly,after years of poor performance, a back to basics strategy by Harrishas already started to pay off and this division is now performing well.However, it will always be a low margin activity and what excitesour interest are Dawsonâ€™s other three divisions which have higher ...

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