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Carr's warns on profits

The agriculture and engineering group has warned profitability this year will not meet current expectations
April 5, 2017

A profit warning from Carr's Group (CARR) sent shares in the agriculture and engineering company plummeting this week. Management said as a result of a contract delay for its UK manufacturing business and a "slower than anticipated" recovery in US cattle prices, the group's performance for the current financial year would be significantly below expectations.

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The group first hinted that there were problems back in January, although it hoped to mitigate the effect by cost cutting and winning new work to replace the delayed contract.