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Zawya
04-06-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Egypt: Kima registers over $16.32mln profits in 9M-24/25
Cairo – Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima) logged net profits after tax valued at EGP 811.65 million in the first nine months (9M) of fiscal year (FY) 2024/25, an annual hike from EGP 102.28 million. Basic earnings per share (EPS) jumped to EGP 0.40 in 9M-24/25 from EGP 0.054 as of 31 March 2024, according to the financial results. Meanwhile, the sales witnessed a year-on-year (YoY) leap to EGP 6.39 billion from EGP 4.61 billion. Kima targets generating net profits of EGP 1.36 billion and EGP 9.53 billion in revenue for FY 25/26. All Rights Reserved - Mubasher Info © 2005 - 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Telegraph
20-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
William Sitwell reviews Krokodilos, Kensington: ‘We refused to be defeated by the goat'
Unquestionably this was goat. Goat in all its goatiness. By which I mean it ponged. It reeked. It was musty, earthy and truly goaty. It had everything except the bell. 'It's a wild goat. From the mountains of Greece, from the shepherd,' explained Nikos, our expressive and brilliant waiter ('You can call me Niko, but when you refer to me it's Nikos'). Which shepherd and which mountain I forget, though I could imagine eating such a thing in a rustic Greek bap, up on a barren, dusty hill, the sun beating down, the fragrance of wild thyme around us, the stinky nose and high game flavour in tune with the environment. But on Kensington Church Street, west London? We asked for a gutsy red to help tone it down. Along came two glasses of something from Crete. That, with some sweet gravy, made it more metrosexually acceptable. Yet I salute the place for being so brave and authentic in serving such a thing. But then, it is called Krokodilos and one doesn't argue with a scary, sharp-toothed reptile. The goat came as the centrepiece of a satisfying spread served in a well-designed room of pale woods and brickwork, surrounded by shelves stuffed with bottles and ornaments, here and there dripping with greenery. There is comfy upright seating, soft lighting and a large, heavy marble-topped bar at one end. Nikos enthused passionately about the menu – we were, apparently, in for some Greek masterpieces, a combination of authenticity and creativity. We started with 'taramas cream', which could be the name of a Jilly Cooper character. It came as a ripple of roe with a confit egg yolk, which we mixed in to give an orange tint and a touch of richness to the smoky roe. We had it with a 'village bread' which, Nikos explained, was 'potato bread' – and with whole chunks of potato baked into the dough, it sure as hell was. It was a little heavy and I reckon the tarama would be better served by something lighter with more crunch. Next up was a Greek salad, just like the dakos ones of Crete, with those grey-looking large and crunchy croutons. The tomatoes were fabulously steeped in oil and perfectly room-temperature, and on top there was a big, delicious wedge of feta. Then came rabbit livers, a dozen rich pink beauties in oil and herbs. These were the best livers I've had in a while; something that enhanced my love and admiration for the cooked bunny. A dish of octopus was not as good as the one at Kima, that Marylebone marvel, this version being drenched in too much cream, chopped tomatoes and other stuff. The goat followed, served with a large bowl of trahanas. This, Nikos explained, was a kind of Greek porridge, or a soup of cracked wheat and fermented dairy. It was perked up with thyme and a Greek hard cheese called graviera. It helped to further tame, or maybe swamp, the goat, which was a good thing. And we refused to be defeated by the meat, attacking it with that wine and sauce and porridge. So this was hearty stuff: all bold flavours and no-punch-pulling bravura. And it came with a bill to match, due to Nikos's skill in wine-upselling, which moved a generous spread of refined taramasalata, good Cretan salad, rabbit livers, octopus, porridge and goat up to the £300 mark (OK, we shared three starters and, technically, three mains). That included a Cretan white that lacked the smoothness of a great assyrtiko (£75 a bottle), the feisty but plonky red, which was £27 each for two medium glasses, and no pud. Still, a big hand to Nikos for selling then bearing those gifts with such panache.
Zawya
17-04-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Egypt: Kima targets $25mln net profits in FY2025/26
Cairo – Egyptian Chemical Industries (Kima) targets achieving net profits of EGP 1.36 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2025/2026, according to a bourse disclosure. Kima also plans to generate revenues of EGP 9.53 billion, compared to EGP 6.53 billion in FY2024/25. The EGX-listed firm posted 120% higher net profits at EGP 2.53 billion in FY2023/24, compared to EGP 1.15 billion in FY2022/23. Source: Mubasher All Rights Reserved - Mubasher Info © 2005 - 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. ( Mubasher
BBC News
06-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ross-on-Wye spaniel Kima in Crufts showdown with daughters
Ten-year-old spaniel Kima might be being groomed for her final Crufts performance - but it won't be before she goes into battle with two of her owner Sophie Macbeth readily admits she "hasn't got a chance" against her offspring in the Small Agility Championship class, as they are "fast",Ms Macbeth, from Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, also says dogs "get naughty" as they age and wonders whether Kima will be slower because she is now less able to hear her than 24,000 dogs and 150,000 visitors are expected at Birmingham's NEC for the four-day event, which begins on Thursday and climaxes on Sunday when the Best in Show dog is crowned. Kima has had two litters and a total of four of her daughters will be competing at the event. She will be 11 next month and will be "retiring and finishing her agility career" in style on the biggest stage for pooches in the calendar, said Ms Kima's hearing, she said: "I wonder whether she doesn't hear quite as well as she used to, so maybe when she doesn't listen to what I say, it's because she can't hear as well."Her daughters have a much greater chance of victory "'cos they're like five years younger and they've got better skills", Ms Macbeth continued."As agility has developed, we have got more and more skilled at what we train." Ms Macbeth described Kima as clever and added she still "wanted to work"."What you see on the carpet is the tip of the iceberg... You start by teaching them to turn left, teaching them to turn right, teaching them to go round a pole," she said."The courses are technical and they're clever, so your dog has to understand the difference between a jump and a weave on command."And with all the hours gone into the training, it can be "very hard to retire a dog"."She still wants to do it and the main thing for me is that she can do it," Ms Macbeth after her birthday Kima will have a "good retirement"."I love my dog to bits... She'll go swimming and she'll go walking and she'll enjoy her life for as long as she stays with us," she added. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
