Shares: Taking Stock

Dean Corporation, the AIM tiddler capitalised at pounds 6.5m, is planning a move to full listing this summer. The house building, property services and pub refurbishment concern is trading well and this week announced contracts worth pounds 7.2m. Interim profits are likely to come out around pounds 750,000 with the market expecting a year's out-turn approaching pounds 1.5m. Last year's profit was pounds 931,000. The shares held at 14p; in February they were 10.5p.

Hunters Armley, the printer, firmed to 119.5p, ahead of an expected bullish circular from stockbroker Wise Speke on Monday. Charterhouse Tilney has already produced a pounds 3.8m forecast for the year. In its last year the company made pounds 1.8m. Norwich Union has declared a 4.2 per cent shareholding.