Creston, the market research and communications company, says a decline in 'retained revenues' has pulled down its like-for-like (LFL) performance.
In the firm's first quarter, which began on April 1st, LFL revenue fell 7% on the same period of last year. Creston says the decline is down to the loss of repeat business in the final quarter of last year.
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Shares in Creston were down 5.6% at 11:35.
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