SMITHS CITY GROUP Announces APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER- 14-04-15 April 13th, 2015 The Board of Smiths City Group announced late last year that our Managing Director for the last 15 years – Rick Hellings – was stepping down and as a result a search process had commenced. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Roy Campbell as Chief Executive Officer. Roy will start on 1st May… read more
CHANGE OF SUBSIDIARY NAME AND AGREEMENT WITH NEW BRAND AMBASSADOR – 29-01-15 January 30th, 2015 The recent re-branding of the Group’s finance company from Smithcorp Finance Limited to Smiths City Finance Limited is the first step in a strategy to increase the profile and ultimately the size of the finance business and reflects the importance of consumer finance in the Group’s integrated “full service retail” model. The Directors are pleased… read more
SMITHS CITY GROUP REPORTS AN INCREASE IN HALF YEAR PROFIT AFTER TAX – 22-12-14 January 19th, 2015 The Directors of Smiths City Group Limited, the Christchurch based retailers, have announced an operating surplus after taxation for the six months to 31 October 2014 of $4.266million compared with $1.903million last year – an increase of 124.1%. Operating revenues for the six months were $109.473million – up 0.9% on previous year of $108.504million. The… read more
EDISON INVESTMENT RESEARCH LIMITED RELEASES SMITHS CITY GROUP UPDATE – 27.8.14 August 27th, 2014 The Board has commissioned Edison Investment Research Limited to provide an independent report on the company. Edison has released a corporate outlook report that can be found attached to this release and is also available on our website. This report has been prepared using information that is publicly available. It should be noted that the… read more