A top shareholder has signalled it would wait for a better takeover bid even as the UK utility services company's board said it was minded to back the private equity group's £364m approach
The Aim-quoted group's pre-tax profit more than doubled to £1.5m in the first half of the year as customer demand improved amid a still 'quite patchy' economic recovery
The UK's largest residential energy efficiency provider posted an increase in pre-tax profit and revenues for the year, which it said showed the resilience of its business model
Net mortgage lending dropped to just £86m in July, according to the latest Bank of England (BoE) figures.
This was a big drop from the £518m of June, and far below the £1.6bn we saw as recently as February. Looking back to 2006, net mortgage lending averaged out at over £9bn per month.
The majority of people whose financial situation suddenly changes never actually talk to their bank or building society about their debt problems and other financial difficulties.
This was one of the findings of recent online research on behalf of Callcredit - ICM Research surveyed 2,005 adults in the middle of August.