Maiden warns the City

Maiden has warned the City that there has been a downturn in sales for the first six months of 2005 and it is predicting an operating loss for that period. The company says the drop is due to a slowdown in the advertising market and a delay in sealing the Network Rail roadside billboard deal until May.

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