BULLISH

comments from Shore Capital on Compass. The broker previously said the caterer could hit annual sales of £35billion in the medium term. Sales in the year to the end of September rose 40 per cent to £25.8billion, Compass said last month. Reiterating his buy rating, analyst Greg Johnson said this ‘blue sky scenario’ was now ever more feasible, adding: ‘Given the momentum we now see this as more of a forecast than pipe dream.’