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      SUMMER HEAT CHECKS   
   IILO    HILLSDOWN PROGRESS   
                                        
 Britain's tropical summer has failed to
 warm up Hillsdo n'  pr fi  p  f rmanc .
                                        
                                        
 operating profits down 17% at half-time
 at £6 .     a    a   n        h        
 not match that seen in 1993 and 1994.  
                                        
 The hot summer had not helped sales of 
 food in July and August and High St j t
 furniture sales were also slow.        
                                        
 "Hillsdown's next major mo6j forward i 
 depend nt on its ache vino profitabl   
 expansion, probably on the Continent," 
            d     h   i   a             
 take time over making the right mo6j.  
                                        
   Headlin s 201           R  ult  216  
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