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Improved performance at Carter & Sons Carter&Sons公司的业绩改善

There was good news in Carter & Sons' annual reportyesterday. Three years of restructuring culminated in an upbeat statement from the company in advance of official announcement of its interim results due early in August. The Chairman, David Carter, reported a "strong start to year" , which, although helped by a rather weak equivalent period last year, highlighted the logic of refocusing the group on growth sectors. Three years ago the company commissioned a review of all its operations in view of the serious financial difficulties that it was facing. As a result of this, its car accessories business was sold to an American group, and its car sales and repair divisions were scaled down so as to allow the company to concentrate on the sale of vans and heavy goods vehicles. Three new showrooms have been opened in the UK and Ireland, and the sales forcehas more than doubled in the last two years.

昨天在Cater&Sons公司的年报中有一个好消息。3年的重组在公司的一份积极的声明里达到了最高潮，这份报告是先于8月初发布的官方中期结果。公司的主席David Carter,宣称说是一个“这一年一个强势的开始”，尽管这是在去年同期相对弱的时期的帮助之下才达到的，这一个强劲的势头应该把整个群体的注意力集中到增长这一块来。三年前面临一系列财务困难时，公司委托对他们所有操作做了一个回顾。做为结果，公司的汽车配件部门被卖给一个美国的集团公司，同时他们汽车销售部门和修理部规模减少，这让公司把更多的精力集中在货车和重型货车上。3个新的展示厅在英国和爱尔兰开业。销售人员在过去的两年里超过2倍。

Growth in business across the group has gone up by almost 12 per cent in the first half of the year. This should reassure investors that Carter & Sons is now on ** track ** to deliver increased earning in the years ahead.

整个集团的业务的增长在上半年上涨了12%。这应该确保了投资者的信心:Carter&Sons现在已经在未来几年增长的道路上前行。