Introduction: Greggs plc (Greggs) is a UK based bakery products retailing company. Through its subsidiaries‚ the company produces and retails takeaway foods that include savouries‚ sandwiches and fresh bakery food products. It also offers health range and regional products with lower fat‚ calorie and salt quantities. The bakery food products offered by the company comprise pasties and sausage rolls‚ pies‚ doughnuts and drinks. It also offers health range and regional products. Greggs operates 1
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The case‚ Jaguar PLC‚ 1984 deals with the luxury automobile manufacturer that is currently controlled by the government but being privatized through initial public stock offerings. The British Leyland (BL) Company competes in the international automobile market and faces major competition from Daimler-Benz‚ BMW‚ Porsche‚ and Japanese manufacturers entering the market. Over the past four years‚ Jaguar has re-established itself as a quality producer. It has nearly tripled its revenues from 1980 to
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4006BUSBM Management and Finance Whitbread PLC ID - 490537 Joe Nicholson 27/02/2012 Contents Title | Pages | Financial Ratios | 3 | Executive Summary | 4 | Introduction | 4 | Significant changes affecting financial performance | 4-5 | Profitability | 5 | Liquidity | 5-6 | Efficiency | 6 | Financial Structure | 6-7 | References/Bibliography | 7 | Financial Ratios: (sourced from Fame database) 2009
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Next Plc | 2011 | 2010 | PerformanceGross Profit | 1008.7/3453.7 = 29.21% | 996.9/3406.5 = 29.26% | Operating Profit | 574.8/3453.7 = 16.64% | 529.8/3406.5 = 15.56% | ROCE | 574.8/(232.4 + 727) = 59.91% | 529.8/(133.4+802) = 56.63% | Asset Turnover | 3453.7/(232.4+727) = 3.60 times. | 3406.5/(133.4+802) = 3.64 | LiquidityCurrent Ratio | 1067.3/832.9 = 1.3:1 | 1041.2/758.1 = 1.4:1 | Quick Ratio | (1067.3 – 368.3)/832.9 = 0.84:1 | (1041.2 – 309)/758.1 = 0.97:1 | Inventory Days
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1. How has Diageo managed its capital structure? Do you agree it is conservative? Diageo was born as the result of merging Grand Metropolitan plc and Guinness plc. Since the beginning the newly formed company maintained conservative financial policies inherited from the two parent companies; and in general from the British financial management style. There are many indications that confirm that Diageo has managed its capital structure using a conservative approach. Firstly‚ it is worth mentioning
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DIAGEO PLC 1. What do you think about the capital structure policies Diageo has pursued in the past. Do they make sense? How does it compare to Diageo’s competitors’ policies? Which competitors would make for the best comparison? 2. Why is Diageo selling Pillsbury and spinning off Burger King? How might value be created through these transactions? 3. Based on the results of the simulation model‚ what recommendations would you make for Diageo’s capital structure? Does the model capture all of the
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Diageo is a UK success story. With a net sales close to £10Bn*‚ Diageo has 25‚000 employees working globally across 180 countries. It is the acknowledged market leader in the global drinks industry and its 370 brands include category leaders and household-name brands such as Smirnoff (vodka)‚ Guinness (beer) and Johnnie Walker (whisky). Great marketing and branding are central to Diageo’s success. Creativity in advertising and promotions in particular is a critical factor. Diageo excels in
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Business Accounts – Assignment I Introduction Next plc is a retailer founded 1864 in the United Kingdom‚ that not only sells men’s‚ women’s and children’s wear but also has a home ware department. Their clothes wear are stylish but affordable. Throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland there are over 550 Next stores plus 50 franchises operating in Asia‚ Europe and The Middle East. This report will analyse and outline the company’s profitability‚ liquidity‚ solvency and investment potentials based
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Analysis of NEXT plc and its environment Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 2 2 OVERVIEW 2 2.1 The Market 2 2.2 The Company 3 3 ANALYTIC TOOLS 4 3.1 PEST - Analysis 4 3.2 SWOT - Analysis 7 3.3 Competitive Analysis 9 4 CONCLUSION 12 5 MISSION STATEMENT 13 6 OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES 14 6.1 Good quality and price 14 6.2 Relationship between Next and its environment 14 6.3 Shopping as en event 15 7 BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 1 Introduction This Report should give the reader an overview of the clothing retail
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CE00783-7- QUALITY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSIGNMENT 1 - Case Study – JEEVES PLC Your company manufactures and sells an electronic consumer durable product. This is a DOMESTIC ROBOT of (more or less) human appearance‚ which is designed to carry out a wide range of domestic chores. The machine looks like this: The machine is made of light alloy and is equipped with sensory apparatus (a form of radar) to enable it to move around without bumping into things. It is programmable
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