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Ian Pollard – Games Workshop #GAW issues secret warning

Games Workshop Group GAW Issues a strange update covering the short period to the 7th October from the date of the last update in September. Sales are ahead and profits are at a similar level to last year, so why the need for an update. Well there seems to be a big “but” in that […]

Bloomsbury Publishing #BMY shares still attractive in run up to interim results, says VectorVest.

London based Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY.L) is a leading independent publishing house established in 1986. It has companies in London, New York, Sydney and Delhi. It publishes media and electronic reference material, children books, fiction and non-fiction books, audiobooks, scholarly imprints, library of reference materials, educational books, dictionary and language books, literary, adult non-fiction books, […]

Record Bellway Exceeds 10,000 Homes

Bellway plc BWY exceeded the 10,000 homes barrier for the first time in its history, with volume rising by 6.9%.Revenue for the year to the 31st July grew by 15.6% followed by substantial growth in earnings which saw the total dividend increased by 17.2% per share. Profit before tax and earnings per share rose by […]

Ian Pollard: Convatec CEO Departs Immediately

ConvaTec Group plc CTEC expects a material negative impact on revenue in the fourth quarter, of between $18 – $23 million following a change in inventory policy by one of its biggest customers. Advanced Wound Care also produced a disappointing result with reported revenue falling 0.8% to $146.8 million. Expectations for full year organic revenue […]

Andrew Hore: Quoted Micro 15 October 2018

NEX EXCHANGE         Smart home products supplier Sandal (SAND) reported a decline in overall revenues from £3.75m to £3.62m for the year to May 2018, but this masks the 71% growth of the Energenie MiHome revenues to £1.01m. Sandal reduced its operating loss and there was nearly £51,000 in the bank, although net debt was […]

Ian Pollard: HSBC Pays The Penalty – Yet Again

HSBC has had to cave in and pay yet another huge penalty to fend off claims in the US of widespread fraud and corruption. It took the benighted bank some ten years until 1916 before it had the grace to cough up and agree to pay compensation to US customers to whom it brought financial […]

Ken Baksh – The sun is still shining – look at Bluefield Solar Income Fund #BSIF!

BLUEFOLD SOLAR INCOME FUND (BSIF) Renewables have grown to a large investment trust sector in a relatively short period of time. They have unique characteristics (RPI linked dividends, high proportion of regulated cash flows, direct exposure to power prices) and have delivered good total returns to investors, often bearing little correlation to other asset classes. […]