{"id":347,"date":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sprengthomson.com\/macfarlane-group-plc-interim-management-statement\/"},"modified":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:00:00","slug":"macfarlane-group-plc-interim-management-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sprengthomson.com\/macfarlane-group-plc-interim-management-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Macfarlane Group PLC  &#8211; Interim Management Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macfarlanegroup.com\/\">Macfarlane Group PLC<\/a> today provides an update on trading for the period from 30 June 2016 to 31 October 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The momentum achieved in the first half of 2016 has strengthened in the second half of the year with improving organic growth and the continuing benefit from acquisitions.\u00a0 Assuming that the Group benefits from the normal uplift in the trading cycle in the final quarter of 2016 through our focus on the e-commerce sector, the Board is confident that its full year expectations will be met.<\/p>\n<p>Sales for the year to date in Packaging Distribution have increased by 8%. \u00a0Our acquisitions continue to perform well and we are particularly encouraged by our most recent acquisition, Nelsons for Cartons &amp; Packaging, completed in July 2016.\u00a0 Gross margin is at similar levels to 2015 and the growth in overhead costs against 2015 is mainly related to the impact of acquisitions.\u00a0 Operating profit for the full year in Packaging Distribution is expected to be well above that achieved in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Combined sales from the two businesses in our Manufacturing Operations are showing improvement in the second half of the year. Whilst sales for the year to date are 7% below 2015, this mainly reflects the planned strategy in our Labels business in the first half to exit low margin self-adhesive labels business to focus on the higher added value re-sealable labels opportunities. \u00a0Operating profit for the full year in Manufacturing Operations is expected to be similar to 2015 levels.<\/p>\n<p>The net effect of these factors is that Macfarlane Group\u2019s profit before tax for 2016 to date continues to be well above the corresponding period in 2015 given the contribution from acquisitions and this trend is expected to continue for the remainder of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Bank borrowings of \u00a315.9m at 30 June 2016 are expected to reduce by the end of the year as a result of the Group\u2019s traditionally strong working capital inflows in the final quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Graeme Bissett, Chairman of Macfarlane Group, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am pleased to report that Macfarlane Group\u2019s performance in the second half of 2016 is demonstrating further strong progress.\u00a0 The Board remains confident that our full year expectations will be met.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Macfarlane Group PLC today provides an update on trading for the period from 30 June 2016 to 31 October 2016 and is &#8220;&#8230;demonstrating further strong progress.&#8221;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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