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Ian Pollard – Plus 500 #PLUS Benefits From Trump Tariffs

Plus 500 Ltd  PLUS has again, after a strong second quarter, performed strongly in the first half and materially increased its expectations for the Group’s financial performance for the year to the end of  December. What it describes as geopolitical events particularly with regard to US import tariffs have resulted in higher than expected levels […]

Andrew Hore -Quoted Micro 2 July 2018

NEX EXCHANGE    Medicinal cannabis business investor Sativa Investments (SATI) has raised £500,000 from Miton Investment Management at 4p a share. Demand for the shares remains strong. Executive director Mark Blower has sold one million shares at 4p a share, having exercised options for the same number at 0.5p each, and Non-executive Noel Lyons has […]

Ian Pollard – Fastjet #FJET fights to survive as losses fall

Fastjet FJET expects to become cash flow positive in the second half of 2018 which if it does will give the lie to the rabid and gleefull forecast of a speedy demise announced earlier in the week by one Tom Winnifrith who used to try and earn a living in the Isle of Man.The year […]

Ian Pollard – Whitbread #WTB UK Decline Turned Into “Growth”

Whitbread plc WTB tries to put a brave face on its first quarter results by headlining sales growth and expansion and ignoring the unhappy reality. The truth is that growth  is due to investment in new hotels and new Costa stores. On a like for like basis the quarter has been, to put it politely, […]

Ian Pollard – Cropper Excited About Prospects

Cropper (James) plc CRPR enjoyed double digit organic growth across its target markets in the year to 31st March . Despite a fall in pre tax profits from from £5.5m to £4.5m.as the impact of higher pulp prices added some £3.5m to material costs for the year, the Board  is increasing the final dividend by […]

Ken Baksh – Could England win?……and Russia?

JP Morgan Russian Securities PLC –GB0032164732 Never a market or currency for the faint-hearted, but could possibly all the current news re volatile oil price,sanctions, questionable corporate governance and uncertain international political relations be in the RUSSIAN price? I believe that some of the more positive factors, itemised below, have been ignored and that some […]

Ian Pollard – IWG Receives An Approach

IWG plc IWG confirms that it has received an approach from Terra Firma Investments Ltd regarding a possible cash offer for its entire share capital.  This being considered by the Board and there is no certainty that an offer will be made. Marlowe plc produced another strong financial performance in the year to the 31st […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 25 June 2018

NEX EXCHANGE    Shareholders have agreed to the proposed broadening of investing policy for Sativa Investments (SATI) and the first acquisition under the new policy is George Botanicals. Sativa paid £415,000 in cash and shares for the UK-based wholesaler and distributor of cannaboid medicinal products, including CBD oil. The company is being acquired from the […]

Ian Pollard – Tiddlers Corner incl #NFC #REAT #PRP

The city gets its luxury yachts out, fuels its private jets and goes on holiday in August which is when there is a flood of company results from the  the big boys who know that there are not many about to read the news if it is bad. June is an in between month when […]