4 MARCH 1938, page 66

Financial Notes

MORE RETAIL DIVIDENDS. WITH the publication of the preliminary figures of Swan and Edgar, A. W; Gamage and Swears and Wells, a reasonably com- plete picture is available of the......

Building Trade Outlook.

Shareholders of London Brick Company have for several years regularly received three interim dividends of 5 per cent., followed by a final dividend of 5 per cent. This year the......

Lancashire Steel Dividend Raised.

By raising its final dividend from 3i per cent. to 4i per cent. the Lancashire Steel Corporation is following the current trend of steel dividends. But the increase has special......

Co1urtaulds' Accounts.

The full accounts of Courtaulds for 1937 show that the gross profit rose by £285,283 to £3,430,204. A very large part of the increase was absorbed in taxation. Taxation,......

Harrods' Accounts.

The tendency for gross profits to rise much more quickly than net profits is also brought out by the full accounts of Harrods. It will be remembered that the net profit rose by......