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NC Mental Hope News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Michael Biesecker RALEIGH - Consultants who reviewed a troubled state mental hospital in Goldsboro have issued a report that describes a dysfunctional institution with managers too detached to effectively solve problems. The state Division of Mental Health hired Compass Group, an Ohio-based health-care consulting firm, to assess conditions at Cherry Hospital last month after a patient death and
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Peter Kenyon (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Anyone listening to my modest contribution on Sky News commenting on the reshuffle at around 1920 yesterday evening together with Derek Draper will have heard me "announce" that Jon Trickett MP, aka as the chair of the Compass group of MPs has been appointed as the Prime Minister's Parliamentary Private Secretary or eyes and ears in the House of Commons.I thought this appointment was significant for...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Catering group Compass Group said Monday that fiscal-year organic revenue growth is anticipated to be comfortably over 5% and a 60 basis point margin improvement is expected. Free cash flow generation continues to be well ahead of last year and the company's financial position is strong, it said. Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Compass Group , the world's biggest caterer, expects annual revenues and margins to have grown on strong full-year trading across all territories, boosted by favourable currency translation.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
BRISBANE, CA (MARKET WIRE) GlobalEnglish Corporation (www.GlobalEnglish.com), the leading provider of on-demand learning and support for business English communication, today announced the opening of GlobalExchanges Asia 2008 at the Island Shangri-La Hong Kong. Representatives from Compass Group, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, KPMG, The World Bank, Thomson Reuters, and others will convene in Hong Kong to share...
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The UK Daily Pundit (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
And the news comes straight from the horses mouth... if Labour MP Tom Watson will pardon the expression. Shortly before leaving for a week's holiday on the "British coast" (Rhyl'), Tom, a staunch Brownite who is said to be close to the PM, blogged about the Compass group's campaign for a windfall tax on the energy companies. "Two things strike me about this article. Firstly, the leitmotif of
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
LOS ANGELES & NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--B. Riley & Co., LLC (“B. Riley”) announced that it has successfully
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
Compass Group said its third-quarter profits were running well north of last year's figures as the catering company successfully shrugged off higher commodity prices.
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Compass Group , the world's biggest caterer, said on Monday it had a strong third quarter, with profit margins and revenues, excluding acquisitions, in line with the levels seen in the first half.
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Bull City Rising (Free subscription) | 23/05/2008
Looks like the report that came across in the comments here yesterday morning was accurate: The Starbucks at American Tobacco is currently scheduled to close June 9. The ATC coffee shop has been operated by the Compass Group, a provider...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 16/05/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Goldman Sachs upgraded Compass Group to neutral from sell, saying the U.K. catering group has continued to draw efficiency and cost reduction gains from its business even in the face of rising food prices. "Compass has made significant improvements to its operating efficiency, business model and culture over the past two years," Goldman Sachs said. "We think that it should...
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 15/05/2008
COMPASS Group, the world's biggest caterer, beat forecasts with a 29 per cent rise in first-half profit yesterday and unveiled plans to buy back £400 million of its shares
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
Compass Group, the contract caterer, today promised to hand back £400 million to its investors over the next 18 months through a share buy-back.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
LONDON, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At 0930 BST Compass Group will
host a live webcast outlining its interim results performance. The webcast
will be hosted by Sir Roy Gardner, Chairman, Richard Cousins, CEO. An
on-demand replay will be available later today.
It's free to view. All you need to do is register at
. Cantos.com, the online financial broadcaster,
features in-depth interviews, documentaries...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 14/05/2008
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. catering company Compass Group said Wednesday that its fiscal first-half net profit rose 7.6% to 213 million pounds ($414 million) as revenue grew 7.9% to 5.59 billion pounds. The group said it was able to improve its margin by 0.6 percentage points to 5.7% eve in the face of rising food prices. It said inflation for its basked of goods is around 4% to 5%, with significantly...
