Tadpole Technology Plc, Cambridge gave a very hopeful first quarter snapshot yesterday, saying that sales for the period were up a whopping 62% on the year earlier period to ú7m, and that it made an unaudited loss of ú750,000 for the period compared with a loss of ú2.5m this time last year. Group expenses in the quarter were ú3.1m, down 22% from the first quarter of fiscal 1995, and sales of the mainstream Sparcbook product line of portables jumped 45% from a year ago and 89% from the previous quarter. We expect to continue to demonstrate improving performance over the coming periods, and profitable growth remains our primary objective, said the chastened firm’s chairman, Richard King.
