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The Smartgroup Corporation Ltd (ASX: SIQ) share price is taking a sharp fall as investors eye the company’s half-year results and outlook.

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Shares in salary packaging and fleet management services play Smartgroup have jumped 18.3 per cent to $9.18 in mid-afternoon trade.

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Smartgroup (ASX:SIQ) share price hit by 25% fall in profit Mitchell Lawler | February 24, 2021 7:14pm | More on: The Smartgroup Corporation Ltd(ASX: SIQ) share price dipped 2.1% lower today after the salary packaging and fleeting management provider reported its 2020 full year results. Due to multiple factors impacting the company’s performance during 2020, most stemming from COVID-19, most metrics fell compared to the prior year. Subsequently, some shareholders appear to have been disappo...

The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy is excited to announce a new partnership with Smartgroup, which will allow customers who offset the carbon emissions of their leased vehicles to contribute to the restoration of a coastal wetland in South Australia. Most carbon capture projects in Australia involve planting trees, but The Nature Conservancy is providing another option: blue carbon. The process involves restoring coastal wetlands such as mangroves and seagrasses to capture carbon dio...