Ian Pollard – Ocado #OCDO lifted by new Warehouse facility

Ocado Group plc OCDO produced revenue growth of 11.5% in the quarter to the 2nd September plus double digit growth of 11.4% in the average number of weekly orders.The average size of the orders remained constant at 106. The unique proprietary technology at the new warehouse at Erith enabled Ocado to process over 20,000 customer […]

Pure Circle recovering from US Customs Debacle

Pure Circle PURE Final results for the year to the 30th June were severely affected by it being denied access to the US market where it had been producing a third of its revenue, after it was made subject to a Withold Release Order by US Customs & Border Protection. Extensive investigations resulted in it […]

Filtronic Returns to Profitability

Filtronic FTC traded strongly in the first half and returned to profitability as revenue leapt from £4.5m to £21.6m and turning last years half time loss of £4.1m into a profit of £1.8m. Increased sales of its main antenna product, and strengthening of its Wireless sales team were responsible for the turnaround. The Chairman went […]

Persimmon Full Of Optimism

Persimmon PSN ends 2016 full of optimism and  certainly does not share the gloom displayed by many of its competitors. Revenue rose by 8% during the year and average sales prices were increased by a modest 4% which compares favourably with the greed shown by many of the household names in the industry. Competitive mortgage […]

French Connection Strong in UK and Europe

French Connection FCCN Group revenue for the half year to 31st July declined to £69.2m from last years £75.8m as store closures continued but the loss before tax remained steady at £7.9m FCCN does its best in its half year report to point to the better statistics to justify its claim of a strong performance. […]

Tobacco Sales Drop Sharply at Bookers

Booker Group BOK has seen tobacco sales drop substantially in the face of the latest set of display restrictions, whilst non tobacco sales have been hit by food price deflation. Like for like tobacco sales for the 12 weeks to the 17th June were down by 7.7% and non tobacco fell by 0.7%. Total group […]

Daily Actions – UK Main & AIM markets 26022016

Daily Actions is a daily summary analysis of changes in short term actions from our Daily Recs – AIM and Daily Recs Main markets reports. This report is typically distributed before the open of trading in London. AIM Market ST Rec. changed From To Basic Resources     Centamin Sell Neutral Jubilee Platinum Buy Neutral […]

Daily Actions – UK Main & AIM markets 22022016

Daily Actions is a daily summary analysis of changes in short term actions from our Daily Recs – AIM and Daily Recs Main markets reports. This report is typically distributed before the open of trading in London. AIM Market ST Rec. changed From To Basic Resources     Goldstone Resources Neutral Buy Stellar Diamonds Neutral […]