Ian Pollard – Centrica Faces “High Level Competitive Intensity.”

Centrica CNA has issued a jargon riddled update, which believe it or not ends with the startling claim that the outcome for the year will be dependent on its operational and commercial performance. Well, well what a surprise. To cover itself all ways up it also adds to the list, the impact of an uncertain […]

Ian Pollard – Centrica #CNA Chickens Come Home To Roost

Centrica CNA Produced weak second half results, after poor performances in Business Energy and in particular in North America created material uncertainty around the company and resulted in what it admits was a very poor shareholder experience.. A combination of political and regulatory interventions gets part of the blame but Centrica makes no comment as […]

Ken Baksh – January 2018 market Report……New challenges and opportunities!

by Ken Baksh Ken has over 35 years of investment management experience, working for two major City institutions between 1976 and 2002. Since then he has been engaged as a self-employed investment consultant. He has worked with investment trusts, unit trusts, pension funds, charities, Life Fund,hedge fund and private clients. Individual asset managed have included direct […]

Ian Pollard – Majestic Wine Celebrates With a 33.3% Dividend Hike

Majestic Wine plc WINE Moved into profit in the half year to the 2nd October and the interim dividend is to be increased by 33.3% to 2p. The Chief Executive says he is now ready step on the gas and accelerate growth with a team which has worked like demons and made him “dead proud” […]

Go Ahead Goes For More Rail Contracts – in Germany, Thank God.

Go Ahead Group GOG The  really good news is that Go Ahead is bidding for a number of new rail contracts but they are all in Germany, so success will not bring more misery to the UK The grossly misnamed provider of rail and bus services to the long suffering British public announces that it […]

TipTV Daily Market Roundup – Nick ‘Moose’ Batsford, Zak Mir and Alan Green

Nick Batsford, CEO of Tip TV, was joined by Zak Mir, technical analyst for Zak’s Traders Café, and Alan Green, CEO of Brand Communications, on the Tip TV Finance Show to discuss the Chinese import and export data, the falling commodity prices, an outlook for Centrica and Hornby and a view on global producers. Weak […]