Nature Group defers interim dividend payment

Shares of maritime waste treatment company Nature Group fell after it posted a decline in half year earnings and said it would defer its interim dividend payment.

Shares of maritime waste treatment company Nature Group fell after it posted a decline in half year earnings and said it would defer its interim dividend payment.

Pre-tax profit fell to £1.01m for the six months to June 30th 2012 from £2.03m for the same period in 2011. Group revenues slipped to £8.08m from £8.38m earlier. Operating profit for the period rose to £3.96m from £3.75m before.

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