Ian Pollard – A Thousand Years Of History, plus #QLT, #DOM, #CCC and #SUN
Today may see the last dying days of a nation whose history was peppered with stirring speeches which matched the mood of the people just at the times when they were most needed, from Agincourt to Shakespeare, the singeing of some minor king of Spains beard, to Waterloo and to Churchill. All men with fire in […]
Ian Pollard – JD Sports Grows Internationally With Significant US Progress
JD Sports Fashion JD reports total sales growth of 15% for the cumulative 48-week period to 5 January as it makes further significant progress in its international development. Gross profit margins have been maintained at last year levels. In the second half the first two stores in Thailand were opened plus the first five JD stores […]
Ian Pollard: JD Sports #JD – More Records
JD Sports Fashion JD delivered another record result with profit before tax for the 26 weeks ended 4 August 2018 increasing by a further 19%.and revenue up by 35% despite reports of market conditions continuing to be challenging. Like for like revenue rose by 3% and basic earnings per share by 24%.The interim dividend is […]
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 […]
Galliford Try Blames Caution On Impact Of Politicians !!
Galliford Try GFRD When the best that a company can find to say about its annual results is that they show a strong underlying performance, then you know that something went wrong. Otherwise it would be claiming a strong financial performance, and that is something which Galliford can not claim. Profit before tax for the […]
Quoted Micro 5 September 2016
ISDX Guild Acquisitions (GAQO) has invested £30,000 in NOMAN Ventures Ltd, which is seeking investments in areas such as block chain, artificial intelligence, drones and virtual reality. The cash is being invested in convertible loan notes that will either be convertible at a 40% discount to the share price of the next fundraising of at […]
Punch Plays Cards Close To Its Chest
Punch Taverns PUB Todays trading statement for the year to 20th August omits virtually any mention of its trading statistics It says it has produced a solid set of results following completion of its strategic disposal programme but fails to back that up with any meaningful figures, save to say that average profit per pub has […]
Quoted Micro 4 July 2016
ISDX Employee-owned businesses funder Capital for Colleagues (CFCP) has invested £500,000 in Anthesis Consulting, a sustainability services consultancy with operations in Europe, North America and Asia. The investment includes £350,000 of shares, which is part of a £1.3m share issue, giving Capital for Colleagues a 3% stake with employees owning 80%. The other £150,000 is […]
Advanced Medical Solutions – Strong Year of Growth
Preliminary results for Paysafe (PAYS) for the year to 31st December are slightly ahead of expectations and the CEO and President is bubbling over with excitement and self praise. he is “incredibly pleased” with what was a tremendous year and is very excited about prospects for the future. Revenue rose by 68%, adjusted EBITDA by […]
Surgical Innovations (SUN) – Out of intensive care?
On the 28th October the Executive Chairman bought a million shares at 1.3p. and now only 6 weeks later they stand at 1.88p – a 45% gain in 6 weeks. Today they have surged by 15% following a positive trading update showing that the company may well be on the road to recovery. Surgical Innovations is a leader […]