It’s a generalisation, but when a company issues a trading statement after the close of market, investors usually expect the worst in terms of the indicative profit performance.

Why exactly human resources business Primeserv Group issued its trading statement at 5.20pm on Tuesday is unclear. But this late showing certainly did not help the company in broadening its appeal to the wider market...

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