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What shares to buy with the Xmas Bonus ?
 
Posted: 12 Jan 2012
Alec Hogg responds to a reader’s query.

Malcontents owing 26% take aim at Accéntuate - but the fight offers the patient an opportunity
 
Posted: 6 Dec 2011
Spent most of today researching the strange goings-on at Accentuate Limited, a JSE-listed flooring, glass and aluminium business. Based in the appropriately named Steeledale in Johannesburg’s Southern Suburbs, the business run by the brothers Platt is under attack again.

Launch Artistic collection
 
Posted: 17 Nov 2011
Floorworx is launching the Kahrs Artisan Collection, the ultimate artistic wood floors. The dramatic surface treatments of these floors, ranging from pale to dark, will add a bold and powerful statement to any interior design.

Accentuate reports R74.6m loss as CGA acquisition fails
 
Posted: 26 Sep 2011
JSE-listed flooring and chemicals manufacturer and distributor Accentuate on Friday reported a R74.6-million loss for the year ended June 30, down from a R12.2-million profit in the previous year. These results were much in the same vein as those delivered by a raft of other companies active in the local construction sector over the last month or two.

Tough conditions push Accentuate into loss for year
 
Posted: 26 Sep 2011
Difficult trading conditions in the construction and construction supply sectors and a R70.8 million impairment on a business acquired in 2007 pushed AltX-listed flooring and chemicals manufacturer and distributor Accentuate into a loss in the year to June.

Accéntuate volg Bybelse Raad
 
Posted: 26 Sep 2011
"As jou regteroog jou laat struikiel, haal hom uit en gooi hom van jou af weg, want dit is vir jou beter dat net een van jou ledemate verlore gaan as dat jou hele liggaam in die hel gegooi word."

Accéntuate's results hit by lukewarm demand
 
Posted: 26 Sep 2011
Accéntuate, an industrial and commercial flooring and chemicals manufacturer and distributor, says the poor state of the construction and materials supply industries hit its annual results hard.

Accéntuate appoints directors
 
Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Construction services company Accéntuate appointed Ralph Patmore and Eric Ratshikhopha as independent non-executive directors yesterday. It also notified shareholders that Paresh Sookha Dayah replaced Wesley Delport as company secretary.
Staff Writer, Business Day, 22 September 2011

Accéntuate hof toe oor vroeëre verkryging van Centurion Glass
 
Posted: 31 Mar 2011
'n Verkryging in 2007 het in die ses maande tot einde Desember by die afrondingspesialiste Accéntutae kom spook.

Slowdown in the construction sector negatively impacts Accentuate Limited
 
Posted: 29 Mar 2011
Accentuate Limited’s interim financial results to end December 2010, which are out today, show that the infrastructure-focused company has been severely impacted by the slowdown in the construction industry.

Bid by Accéntuate shareholders fails
 
Posted: 25 Feb 2011
An attempt by a section of Accéntuate shareholders to get four shareholders appointed to the company's board yesterday failed after its shareholders voted against the move in a spcial meeting, the company said yesterday.

Accentuate takes top honours
 
Posted: 24 Nov 2010
Accentuate Ltd takes top honours at the Annual Report Awards 2010 (in conjunction with the JSE).

Chartered Secretaries Annual Report Awards 2010
 
Posted: 8 Nov 2010
Accéntuate winner of AltX division

Accéntuate banks on public sector spend staying high
 
Posted: 28 Sep 2010
ALTX-listed Accentuate , which yesterday posted a solid set of results for the year to June, expects to benefit from public sector spending remaining strong.


Accéntuate tap wins uit stram mark
 
Posted: 28 Sep 2010
Floorworx besnoei koste, verhoog winsgrens met 2,4 persentasiepunte

Accentuate FY HEPS 11,95c from 9,30c
 
Posted: 22 Sep 2010
Accentuate today lifted headline earnings per share by 29% to 11,95c for the year ended June 30 from 9,30c previously.

Accéntuate Takes to the floor
 
Posted: 10 May 2010
Investors have taken a liking to flooring and chemical cleaning products group Accéntuate.

Its numbers for the half year to end-December took some strain but were still respectable. Revenue dropped from R161m to R155,5m, while operating profit rose from R15,3m to R17,1m.

Sustainable floor care solutions
 
Posted: 19 Apr 2010
As a leader in the chemical manufacturing industry, Safic is faced with a critical challenge to ensure that clients are provided with solutions that address specific needs, while fulfilling environmental requirements. This has become increasingly important in all segments of construction, but certainly key in the overall supply and maintenance of flooring material.
With this aim in mind, Safic, through continual innovation and in forming strategic supplier partnerships, has tackled these pressing issues.

Resilient flooring still gaining market share
 
Posted: 19 Apr 2010
The resilient flooring market has significantly increased its share of the domestic floor covering industry throughout the world, due to growing commercial market demand, successful introduction and acceptance of product innovations such as luxury vinyl flooring, and consumer’s growing preference for low-cost, hard-surface flooring as the housing market weakened and the economy contracted.

Protect and preserve for future generations
 
Posted: 19 Apr 2010
FloorworX is aware of the fact that it has to comply with green processes and is therefore continually investigating and testing the viablity of new manufacturing methods to decrease the impact on the country's resources.