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  Persimmon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Persimmons tend to be light yellow-orange to dark red-orange in colour and vary from 2-8 cm in diameter according to species.
Though persimmon trees belong to the same genus as ebony trees, persimmon tree wood has a limited use in the manufacture of objects requiring hard wood.
Persimmon pudding is a baked pudding that has the consistency of pumpkin pie but resembles a brownie and is almost always served with a topping of whipped cream.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Persimmon   (523 words)

  
 Persimmon Home Builders
Persimmon took a step to make their business much larger when in 2001 they made an offer for the Beazer Group.
Persimmon builds bungalows, detached houses with two to three bedrooms and also 3-5 bedroom detached houses.
Persimmon Group is dedicated to building quality homes that compliment the areas where they are located and that also reflect the personality of the buyer.
www.insure121.com /home-persimmon.htm   (316 words)

  
 Plympton Pathfields Preservation Group, The Latest News Item 11
Persimmon Plc, one of the UK's largest housebuilders has bought up Beazer Homes, developers of the Plympton Pathfields site, in a £540 million deal.
We also want to see how Persimmon Plc will put their commitment to care for the environment into practice.
Persimmons advertise their commitment to the community and to the environment and we want to give them every opportunity to prove themselves on this sensitive and controversial site."
www.seax.supanet.com /news11.htm   (509 words)

  
 Persimmon plc - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
Persimmon is enjoying the fruits of hard labor.
With the acquisition of Beazer Group plc, the company has doubled in size to become the UK's largest homebuilder.
Persimmon designs and constructs everything from social housing to penthouses to homes for first-time and luxury buyers.
www.hoovers.com /persimmon/--ID__90529--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml   (290 words)

  
 Latest Business News and Financial Information | Reuters.co.uk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
LONDON (Reuters) - Persimmon Plc is in talks to buy smaller rival Westbury Plc in a deal that would make it Britain's biggest builder of houses, it said on Friday.
Persimmon, already Britain's biggest housebuilder by market value, has said it is looking for acquisitions to take advantage of economies of scale such as better prices from suppliers.
Persimmon shares closed up 1.7 percent at 950 pence, giving a market value of about 2.8 billion pounds.
go.reuters.co.uk /newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=932557§ion=finance&src=rss/uk/businessNews   (435 words)

  
 MSN Money - bcs Key Developments: Investing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Barclays PLC announced that it is interested in 16,852,828 ordinary shares in Burren Energy plc, which represents approximately 12.13% of the current issued share capital of Burren Energy plc.
Barclays PLC announced that as at September 2, 2005, it has an interest in 18,447,242 ordinary 0.10 shares, representing 6.31 % of the issued share capital of Persimmon plc.
Barclays PLC announced that it has a notifiable interest in 21,246,268 ordinary 25p shares of the Company representing 5.04% of the issued share capital of Northern Rock plc.
news.moneycentral.msn.com /ticker/sigdev.asp?symbol=bcs   (374 words)

  
 persimmon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
However, a few days later Persimmon posted some results, which showed, not unexpectedly, that they were doing very well.
I had bought Beazer shares when that company first came to the market, at a cost of £990, and they were eventually taken over by Persimmon, for part cash, £654, and part shares.
I was very surprised to see that moneyam was showing that Persimmon has touched 493p, although it had fallen back to the mid 470s by that time.
www.geocities.com /jg4fun2007/share/persimmon.html   (462 words)

  
 Bloomberg.com: U.K.
Kingfisher Plc (KGF LN), the world's No. 3 home-improvement retailer, lost 8.25 pence, or 2.8 percent, to 291.5 as the stock was cut to ``neutral'' from ``buy'' at UBS AG.
HSBC Holdings Plc, the world's second-biggest bank, shed 8 pence, or 1 percent, to 835.5 as the shares traded without the right to the first-half dividend of 25 U.S. cents (14 pence).
RPS Group Plc (RPS LN), the U.K.'s only publicly traded environmental consultant, fell 28.25 pence, or 18 percent, to 132, the biggest drop in 12 years, after it said increasing investment will hurt its operating margin in the first-half.
quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10001062&sid=aKlpz80PrfTA&refer=movers_by_index   (1160 words)

  
 FT.com / By industry / Property - Shaky housing market fails to rock Persimmon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The recent £40bn ($72bn) fall in the value of British housing stock appeared not to have hurt Persimmon as the UK housebuilder reported a 7 per cent rise in interim pre-tax profits.
The UK’s largest housebuilder said on Tuesday that profits rose to £235m from £220m last year, while revenues were marginally up at £1.1bn as the company sold fewer homes but at a slightly higher price.
Persimmon bid puts downsizing on sector's drawing board
news.ft.com /cms/s/60eb01e0-13a6-11da-af53-00000e2511c8.html   (119 words)

  
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 Business Weekly - Profile - Persimmon plc
Persimmon Homes Anglia, whose quoted parent company has boosted interim profits by 45 per cent, says media speculation about a housing market slump couldn’t have been further off the mark.
Persimmon Plc, parent of Lowestoft based Persimmon Homes Anglia, has announced record results for the year to the end of December.
Persimmon plc, the parent company of Lowestoft-based Persimmon Homes (Anglia) Ltd, has recorded its highest ever net pre-tax profit over a six month period.
www.businessweekly.co.uk /directory/profile.asp?company_id=802   (250 words)

  
 Marie Curie Cancer Care thanks Persimmon for supporting the Daffodil Campaign :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Persimmon plc is the UK's second largest housebuilder.
The Group is currently building at over 400 developments that carry the company's brand values of quality, value for money and community spirit.
Persimmon plc is proud to support Marie Curie Cancer Care's Great Daffodil Walk Home.
www.mariecurie.org.uk /daffodil/supporters/persimmon.html   (151 words)

  
 Citywire :: News About: Persimmon PLC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Housebuilder Persimmon, a Citywire BrainsTrust 350 constituent, delivered steady if unspectacular growth during what has been a turbulent time for UK housebuilders.
When the rollercoaster housing market started heading downhill, builder Persimmon focussed on margins instead of growth, a decision that’s paying off as it still expects profits to rise this year instead of fall.
The FTSE 100 had another poor day as interest rates worries on both sides of the Atlantic depressed sentiment not helped by several leading stocks in the UK going ex-dividend and weakness in the financial sector.
www.citywire.co.uk /News/Share.aspx?InstrumentID=2501   (379 words)

  
 Interview with John White, Persimmon plc: TWST
CE is confident Persimmon Plc will continue to prosper in UK homebuilding market
JOHN WHITE is the Chief Executive of Persimmon plc
White: Persimmon is truly a national house developer.
www.twst.com /notes/articles/lzt013.html   (925 words)

  
 persimmon growers at Business.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the Fuyu persimmon growers in the area who now find their fruit...
Program Transfer: Persimmon Growers, November 5, 2004, Kula, Maui...
Persimmon growers have a very difficult choice as to the best way to...
www.business.com /popular/persimmon_growers   (325 words)

  
 Welcome to Westbury Homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Westbury plc is one of the UK’s leading housebuilding groups, operating in over 40 counties across England and Wales.
The Westbury group includes 9 regionally-based housebuilding companies and a manufacturing plant.
Please browse through the website to find out more about Westbury or visit our Homefinder section for details of our developments across England and Wales.
www.westbury.plc.uk   (112 words)

  
 Persimmon plc - Announcement of Final Results 2004
Persimmon plc - Announcement of Final Results 2004
Welcome to the Persimmon plc - Announcement of Final Results 2004 Presentation,
In order to proceed, we would like you to complete the registration form.
www.rawcoms.com /content/corporate/persimmon/050228/register.asp   (43 words)

  
 Archive News Stories
Persimmon Plc - Dirs Shre Purch - Replacement
Persimmon Plc - Doc re Letter to Shareholders
Persimmon Plc - Re Issue of Notes etc
www.hemscott.com /scripts/RNSHeadline.dll/FIND?EPIC=PSN&IR=0   (661 words)

  
 Persimmon plans 50 mln stg cost savings at Westbury - report - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
LONDON (AFX) - Persimmon PLC, Britain's biggest housebuilder, is looking to extract savings of as much as 50 mln stg from the proposed takeover of its smaller rival Westbury PLC, according to The Sunday Times.
Westbury announced late last Friday evening that it had received a takeover approach and Persimmon later confirmed it was behind the bid.
Persimmon is believed to have offered about 560 pence a share for Westbury, which would value the company at about 638 mln stg.
www.forbes.com /feeds/afx/2005/11/13/afx2333355.html   (457 words)

  
 UK Herald
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, which is...
Bloomberg June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Persimmon Plc, Britain's biggest builder by market value, said it will po...
Bloomberg June 29 (Bloomberg) -- Persimmon Plc, Britain's biggest homebuilder by market value, said it wil...
archive.wn.com /2004/06/29/1400/ukherald   (732 words)

  
 FT.com / By industry / Basic industries - Persimmon's advance cheers sector   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
FT.com / By industry / Basic industries - Persimmon's advance cheers sector
Persimmon sent a warm glow through the housebuilding sector on Tuesday when it unveiled a 47 per cent rise in interim profits, beating all expectations, and said it was confident of growth despite the recent slowdown in the market.
John White, chief executive, admitted that the housing market had become more ?subdued?
news.ft.com /cms/s/128bd926-f5a6-11d8-b814-00000e2511c8.html   (133 words)

  
 Persimmon non-exec chairman Davidson sells 250,000 shares - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
LONDON (AFX) - Persimmon PLC said non-executive chairman DH Davidson sold 250,000 ordinary shares in the housebuilder at an average price of 735.1 pence and now holds 16,175,533 shares, or 5.5 pct of the issued share capital.
Davidson has informed the company that he has no present intention of selling further shares, Persimmon added.
The copying, republication or redistribution of AFX News content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AFX News.
www.forbes.com /home/feeds/afx/2005/05/27/afx2062052.html   (349 words)

  
 Northcote Data - Company Information for Persimmon plc
Northcote Data - Company Information for Persimmon plc
Persimmon is one of the UK's leading house builders.
It aims to provide the highest levels of design, construction and service.
www.northcote.co.uk /?SDL=NI02191   (63 words)

  
 Neil Francis, Persimmon Plc - In-house Lawyers (Legal500.com)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Neil Francis, Persimmon Plc - In-house Lawyers (Legal500.com)
Company secretary responsible for corporate governance, pensions, insurances and human resources; as legal director responsible for providing residential housing and legal services to 32 divisional companies.
Articled Fennemores, Milton Keynes; qualified 1980; partner Fennemores 1983-95; legal director Persimmon Plc 1995-2002; company secretary and legal director 2002 to date.
www.icclaw.com /l500/ihl/ihl1486.htm   (88 words)

  
 Persimmon Homes PLC - York - All Industry -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Persimmon Homes PLC - York - All Industry -
The number of times that this company page has been viewed can be seen on the results page for Persimmon Homes PLC.
The number of page impressions and therefore the number of users reaching a company page can be improved by advertising in Applegate.
www.applegate.co.uk /company/cof/101870.htm   (191 words)

  
 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw - London
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP advises Persimmon plc on its offer for Westbury plc
30 November 2005 - Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is advising UK housebuilder Persimmon plc on its recommended offer for the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Westbury plc, the UK housebuilder.
The acquisition was for £206 million and was part-funded by The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS).
www.mayerbrownrowe.com /london   (537 words)

  
 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP - News
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Completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to occur by the end of 2005.
7 October 2005 - Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP's London Corporate Group acted on behalf of Inspicio Plc ("Inspicio") in relation to its recent acquisition of inspection and testing group Inspectorate from BSI Group.
www.mayorbrown.com /news/index.asp   (1395 words)

  
 Residential Construction stocks and companies rated by professional investors
CE is confident Persimmon Plc will continue to prosper in UK homebuilding market (10/20/03)
MD of McInerney Holdings Plc outlines growth strategy in UK house-building market (8/6/03)
Persimmon CE talks strengths in homebuilding market in Wall Street Transcript Interview (8/17/01)
www.twst.com /notes/sub/reside_const.html   (861 words)

  
 Westbury Homes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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www.westbury.plc.uk /Investors/Regulatory-News   (125 words)

  
 Final Results Persimmon plc Earnings Presentation - Research and Markets - Market Research Reports
Final Results Persimmon plc Earnings Presentation - Research and Markets - Market Research Reports
Final Results Persimmon plc Earnings Presentation - TRANSCRIPT
Corporate conference calls are one of the primary channels for companies to communicate with the investment community.
www.researchandmarkets.com /transcript_info.asp?trans_id=54878   (159 words)

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