Compass feasts on 利益（をあげる）s from US

By This Is Money
Updated: 13:56 BST, 24 November 2010

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Compass has 上げるd 利益（をあげる）s as strong growth in North America and 現れるing markets overcame subdued 商売／仕事 in the UK and Ireland.

契約: Compass has won a 取引，協定 to cater for 10,000 Virgin マスコミ 労働者s

The 全世界の catering 会社／堅い 報告（する）／憶測d a 13% rise in 十分な-year operating 利益（をあげる）s to £1bn ? and 引き上げ（る）d its （株主への）配当 by 33% to 17.5p.

The 株 rose 16.5p to 544p on the news.

The Surrey-based company's biggest growth engine is North America, where it 改善するd 歳入s by 9.7% to £6.37bn and 増加するd 利益（をあげる）s by 11% to £491m.

契約 勝利，勝つs 含むd The Gates 創立／基礎's new campus 場所／位置 and アマゾン.com's （警察，軍隊などの）本部, both 位置を示すd in Seattle, and Sun Microsystems, which is part of the company's larger Oracle 契約.

Around 17% of its 商売／仕事 is in 急速な／放蕩な-growing and 現れるing economies and Compass said these markets 申し込む／申し出d the 適切な時期 of 二塁打-digit 歳入 growth.

Across the group, 歳入s rose by 7.6% to £14.5bn.

The company, which 供給するs catering at famous 発生地s and events 含むing Chelsea Football Club and the Wimbledon tennis 選手権s, said there were 調印するs of 改良 in the UK and Ireland.

But 歳入s in the 地域 still fell 2.6% to £1.78bn, with 利益（をあげる）s flat at £114m.

Compass said UK 経済的な 条件s continued to 衝撃 容積／容量s in the sport and leisure and 商売／仕事 and 産業 部門s, although it has 安全な・保証するd new 商売／仕事 such as the 契約 to cater for 10,000 Virgin マスコミ staff in 17 場所s.

It also 報告（する）／憶測d good growth in the UK healthcare 部門, while the turnaround of its school catering arm has continued after winning a new 契約 with Rugby School and the retention of two other 著名な 取引，協定s.

長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある Richard Cousins said: 'Looking 今後, whilst 経済的な 条件s remain challenging, we are excited by the growth 適切な時期s we have around the world and the new 商売／仕事 pipeline is strong.

Nick Raynor of stockbroker The 株 Centre said: 'Growth has been spurred by 取得／買収s the company has made during t he year ? coupled with a good rise in 有機の growth. ?

'投資家s 捜し出すing growth should 公式文書，認める the North American 商売／仕事 is continuing to grow and there are good 調印するs of 改良 in Australia and Brazil. The 回復 programme 始める，決める in place by 管理／経営 appears to be very much on 跡をつける and there are growing hopes that その上の 安定した 進歩 can be 達成するd.' '