Recent articles for private investors with a focus on dividend announcements

Berkeley Group enhances its shareholder returns programme
Outstanding balance sheet strength - Cash due on forward sales of £3.1 billion, estimated future land bank gross margin of £5.4 billion and net cash of £263 million

Consort Medical increases its 2016 interim dividend by 5%
Revenues increase from £53.6m to £135.5m following Aesica acquisition and good organic growth

Greene King increases its 2016 interim dividend by 6.3%
Revenue and profit growth across all divisions; adjusted earnings per share up 15.4%

Oil share dividend analysis from III
http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/280539/safest-oil-industry-dividends

Acal increases its 2016 interim dividend by 6%
Acal plc (LSE: ACL, "Acal" or "the Group"), a leading international supplier of customised electronics to industry, today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2015.

Pennon Group 2016 interim results
Pennon has delivered a strong earnings performance in the first half of 2015/16. All businesses across the Group are performing well. Results are likely to be weighted towards the first half of the year and are on track to meet management expectations for the full year 2015/16. This underpins our confidence in delivering a sector-leading dividend policy of +4% growth above RPI inflation."

London Meteric property maintains its 2016 interim dividend
Valuation gains driven by development activity and market yield compression

Severn Trent 2016 interim results
Good start to the year, underpinning our intention to outperform our Final Determination:

Daejan Holdings 2016 interim results
The profit before tax for the period was £58.9 million (2014: £135.5 million) after accounting for the net valuation gain on investment properties of £35.5 million (2014: £107.9 million).

Daily Mail & General Trust increases its 2015 full year dividend by 5%
Preliminary Full Year Financial Highlights:

United Utilities increases its 2016 interim dividend by 2%
Strong operational and environmental performance

UDG Healthcare increases its 2015 final dividend by 9% in $ terms
Adjusted operating profit growth of 17% to €120.3 million (5% on a constant currency basis), with profit before tax up 24% (9% on a constant currency basis).

Telecom Plus increases its 2016 interim dividend by 15.8%
Financial highlights (prior year numbers restated where applicable):

Mitie increases its 2016 interim dividend by 3.8%
Headline revenue growth of 2.6%, of which 2.1% is organic; overall performance will be weighted to the second half of the year

Dart Group increases its 2016 interim dividend by 20%
Dart Group PLC, the Leisure Travel and Distribution & Logistics Group ("the Group"), announces its unaudited interim results for the half year ended 30 September 2015. These results are presented under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").
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