Metro Performance Glass tries to escape the 'penny dreadful' zone

Metro Performance Glass tries to escape the 'penny dreadful' zone
If Simon Bennett is concerned about government changes to insulation standards, he isn't showing it. (Image: Dileepa Fonseka/BusinessDesk)
Dileepa Fonseka
Metro Performance Glass sees its mission as getting its share price above “penny dreadful”, but the company’s leadership acknowledges regulatory changes around insulation and a slow pick-up in new home construction are a risk to those plans.At the Metro annual general meeting on Thursday, independent chair Shawn Beck put the company’s goal of becoming a desirable listed equity investment, front and centre in his speech to shareholders.“Getting Metro over the next couple of years into a healthy listed company with a...

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