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Your support makes all the difference.r Sira Business Services, a cleaning group, rose 0.75p to 4p after disclosing half-year profits had more than doubled to pounds 285,000. More than pounds 800,000 is likely for the year against pounds 274,000.
Since arriving on AIM in April Sira has put through three takeovers costing more than pounds 1m.
Other deals are also in the pipeline. The expansion has given Sira a national spread, a development which is expected to cut into profit margins.
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