Speechly Bircham has posted
flat revenues for 2012 - 13 following a series of management changes and partner exits that are expected to see the firm's partner profits rise 25 % next year.
Hill Dickinson
posted flat revenue of # 111.9 m in 2013 - 14, despite launching a major restructuring project at the beginning of the financial year which saw the loss of 150 jobs.
Case in point: IBM today raised its dividend 13 % today after recently reporting a quarter
with flat revenue growth.
That came a day after Kraft Foods Group Inc. reported an 11 % drop in quarterly profit on roughly
flat revenue of $ 4.4 billion.
Cuts are coming at a time when local government
faces flat revenues: «We must also consider demographic demand - we do not need to go into the familiar argument of what an ageing population means - and the fact that recession leads to income being constrained from things such as tourism, and car parking and planning charges.
Kennedys is eyeing expansion in Latin America, Scandinavia and Eastern Europe as the firm
reported flat revenue for the last financial year.
Results mark a return to top line growth for the firm following
flat revenue in the previous financial year
DLA posts
flat revenue at $ 2.5 bn as lawyer headcount falls against rise in PEP and record high net profit and PEP
Hill Dickinson is launching a review of its UK business which is expected to lead to job cuts, as the firm prepares to post
broadly flat revenues for the 2012 - 13 financial year.
While there is evidence that major legal publishers are experiencing both «margin squeezes» and
comparatively flat revenues in current market conditions, those margins have been historically very high.
When we're actually talking about a loss - making / over-indebted company
with flat revenues, a relatively static subscriber base, falling ARPU, declining operating cash flows & consistently negative free cash flow..?!
Reed reported a 36 per cent fall in pre-tax profits to # 487 million, and
flat revenues for 2009.
Flat revenues, strained earnings and buckets of headline risk do not make for peaceful slumbers in the world of Buy Side managers.
Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CRR.UN) had
a flat revenue quarter, but it seems to be fairly valued and pays a 6.7 % dividend.
Their most recent financial reports refer to «
flat revenues» in one case, and revenues «being up slightly» in the other.
For our 11th Canadian Lawyer InHouse Annual General Counsel Roundtable, we brought together the heads of legal departments from a range of sectors — old and new economy — but the common thread in the discussion was the challenge of how to do it all under constant budget pressure, often in times of growth but also with diminishing or
flat revenue.
With
a flat revenue projection and expenses as a percentage of revenue on the rise, many firms will have no choice but to further reduce their expenses.