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High Street Group – at last some clarity emerges over its financial position and it's ugly & still the FCA does SFA

By Tom Winnifrith | Wednesday 20 January 2021

 

I have been warning for a long time that High Street Group is another mini-bond disaster waiting to happen, another scandal the FCA has fecked up on. Now we have news. The accounts for the year 31 December 2018, yes that is right, the 2018 accounts of the High Street Group Limited, have finally been filed at Companies House.

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Cash Stays King for Me, Unless I Find Outfits with their Own Blistering News to Share

 

Greek Tear

Photo Article: Greek Hovel summer 2022 Old Kardamili - Tom Winnifrith

 

Greek Tear

Photo Article from the Greek Hovel - repairing snake hill at last: Tom Winnifrith

 

Greek Tear

Greek Hovel Summer 2022 Photo Article: The Kardamili war memorial - Tom Winnifrith

Friday »

FXPO

Ferrexpo – there are reasons why the shares could now bounce sharply

 

ETP

Eneraqua Technologies – “on course” for its targets, but what are they?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Morality, FinnCrap and the whistleblower on a 2021 IPO disaster

 

RTC

RTC Group – interims, is the share price fall justified?

 

AIQ

AIQ – Sub-Standard Results Show Cash-Crisis Imminent At Dog listed by Andrew Monk

 

RMV

The world of Rightmove continues to get trickier

 

MHC

MyHealthChecked – new wellness tests launched on Amazon UK add to sales potential

 

IQE

The stench of Equities First, IQE and Drew Nelson - scumbags the lot of 'em

 

FEVR

Made.com and Fevertree and others – don’t wait for the coup de grace!

 

CWR

This Green and Pleasant Band is Worth a Gander on its Latest Update

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital (#SYME) – first inventory monetisation transaction “in the final stage of its completion”, attempted ramptastic

 

IAG

International Consolidated Airlines (#IAG) – H1 loss €654m, though Q2 returned to profit for first time since covid

 

JUP

Jupiter Fund Management (#JUP) – H1 adj. EPS down to 4.2p, maintained DPS 7.9p, “challenging backdrop”

 

AML

Aston Martin Lagonda (#AML) – H1 revenue +9% YoY, but increased even adjusted loss

 

RTC

#RTC – H1 swing to loss, expects H2 “return to a more positive trading outcome”

 

SRC

SigmaRoc (#SRC) – notes H1 growth and “good momentum carried into H2”

 

RMV

Rightmove (#RMV) – H1 adj. EPS +7%, DPS +10%, “confidence in delivering its expectations”

 

YOU

YouGov (#YOU) – FY growth “in line with the board's expectations”, notes current macroeconomic uncertainty

 

CRDA

Croda (#CRDA) – H1 adj. EPS +25%, DPS +8%, expects FY “modestly ahead of previous expectations”

 

ITRK

Intertek (#ITRK) – agreement to acquire solar energy and energy storage sectors services business Clean Energy Associates LLC

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Flip Flop, Ben Turney, & Dan Levi go to war again

 

AIEA

Airea – interims, turnaround of the profit direction?

 

TWD

Trackwise Designs – “pleased to announce” trading report. Er, what about the going concern uncertainties?!

 

NGHT

Nightcap – how about a full-year trading update, or are the banksters insisting on a bailout placement first?

 

BT

Will I ever see my two quid and out BT Group target?

 

SEED

Seed Innovations – full-year results, still stock market listings potential ahead? Yes Sir

 

VINO

Virgin Wines – “a strong, stable and resilient business model”. Er, what about the financial downgrades then?

 

ARB

Argo Blockchain – a 1-year anniversary of major, but far from isolated, corporate governance failure

 

IBST

All good fun on a busy Wednesday (which started looking at numbers from Reckitt, Rio Tinto and Ibstock)

 

RKT

Health and Hygiene Colossus Coins More Profit and could See a Tasty Share Hike

 

Cat_Fixing_Lightbulb

You think the 2022 two day heatwave was bad and worse is to come – so when did global warming start? Tom Winnifrith

 

INCE

#INCE Group – proposed £7m placing at just 5p per share, admits otherwise “will face financial difficulties”

 

HOTC

Hotel Chocolat (#HOTC) – Japan JV enters 'civil rehabilitation' to pursue options for a restructuring

 

VINO

Virgin Wines UK (#VINO) – FY net cash down to £7.8m from £8.4m, states “looks forward to a year of growth”

 

FOXT

Foxtons (#FOXT) – H1 adj. EPS maintained at 1.1p, DPS up to 0.20p, expects FY earnings growth

 

FORT

Forterra (#FORT) – H1 adj. EPS +45%, DPS +44%, anticipates FY “slightly ahead of the board's previous expectations”

 

CNA

Centrica (#CNA) – H1 adj. EPS up to 11p, DPS 1p, “full year outlook remains positive”

 

BARC

Barclays (#BARC) – H1 EPS 14.8p, DPS 2.25p, “continues to target a RoTE of greater than 10% in 2022”

 

ITV

#ITV – H1 adj. EPS +2%, DPS 1.7p, argues “on track”

 

FRAS

Frasers (#FRAS) – acquisition of online fashion retailer I Saw It First

 

CMCX

CMC Markets (#CMCX) – net operating income currently in-line with prior year, operating costs above guidance

Wednesday »

EMAN

Everyman Media – “record half year sales and EBITDA”, but how impressive is it?

 

UKOG

After the pump – well, what do you expect from UK Oil & Gas?

 

UJO

Meet Jackie Louise Cope - she is a Union Jack owning moron

 

TGP

Tekmar – “continuation of our recent contract momentum”, but what about the balance sheet?

 

Bitcoin

Video: crypto is just beanie babies

 

SYME

Letter to FCA – Alessandro Zamboni of the Supply@ME Capital fraud: statement overdue on possible covert share dumping

 

ELCO

Eleco – “pleased to provide” half-year trading update, valuation still too high?

 

MMAG

musicMagpie – why must banksters find new ways to lose money?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: 2 spoofs and a dog's dinner at Parsley Box

 

CPG

Compass Share Price Likely to Point North as Latest Numbers Please

 

Greek Tear

Photo article from the Greek Hovel - a stunning cicada on my knee: Tom Winnifrith

 

MEAL

Parsley Box (#MEAL) – H1 revenue slump to £9.6m, even adj. EBITDA loss £2.1m and “cost of acquiring new customers has continued to increase”!

 

MMAG

musicMagpie (#MMAG) – H1 swing to even adj. loss and net debt, though argues “confidence”. Hmmm!

 

EMAN

Everyman Media (#EMAN) – H1 growth v. 2019, confident of FY “in line with market expectations”

 

MARS

Marston's (#MARS) – 16 weeks LFL sales -1% v. 2019, recently “food sales have weakened”

 

RKT

Reckitt Benckiser (#RKT) – interims, DPS only maintained but increases FY trading expectations

 

MOTR

Motorpoint (#MOTR) – some recent volume growth, gross margins down from previous record levels

 

IBST

Ibstock (#IBST) – H1 adj. EPS +43%, DPS +32%, H2 “expect good year on year progress”

 

BREE

Breedon (#BREE) – H1 adj. EPS +26%, DPS +40%, expects FY “at top end of current market expectations”

 

FGP

FirstGroup (#FGP) – notes “cash-generative” and “in line” with expectations, though some macro recovery uncertainty remains

 

WIZZ

#WIZZ Air – Q1 trading ramp-up, but increased loss with cost inflation

Tuesday »

MHC

MyHealthChecked – trading ahead of expectations and further share price catalysts

 

SHOE

Shoe Zone – expectations again proving too pessimistic, and to do so again?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: chatting to a whistleblower

 

MADE

Made.com – the grim wheels of death grind faster: target price 0p

 

TOOP

Toople dire interims, insolvency looms and is it admitting to lying to investors about money?

 

TST

Touchstar – half-year trading update, how are prospects now?

 

EZJ

Fun (or not) at easyJet, Unilever and Rolls-Royce

 

CNS

Corero Network Security – “pleased to provide” trading update, so why are the shares approaching 9% lower in response?

 

AAU

Ariana – New Exploration Licence

 

SSE

Electricity Purveyor Pledged to Produce Cleaner Power could Please the Punters

 

Greek Tear

The Greek Hovel summer 2022: Visiting the new ouzerie in Kambos - Tom Winnifrith

 

ADV

Advance Energy (#ADV) – placing for just £0.425m at 0.085p per share with warrants

 

RR

Rolls-Royce (#RR.) – appointment of Tufan Erginbilgic as CEO to succeed Warren East

 

SHOE

#SHOE Zone – trading “stronger than expected due to higher than expected demand for summer products”

 

PIER

Brighton #PIER – FY “exceeded market expectations”, argues “well-positioned”

 

EZJ

easyJet (#EZJ) – Q3 update, notes industry operational challenges and an adj. £114m loss

 

GNC

Greencore (#GNC) – Q3 update, full-year “on track for strong earnings growth”

 

JSG

Johnson Service (#JSG) – H1 update, currently expects FY in line with expectations though notes consumer spending challenges

 

CPG

Compass (#CPG) – Q3 update, increases full-year growth guidance

 

WIX

Wickes (#WIX) – Q2 LFL sales +5.4% YoY, “signs of softening in DIY and DIFM markets in recent weeks”

 

ULVR

Unilever (#ULVR) – H1 underlying sales +8.1% YoY, EPS +1%, quarterly DPS €0.4268

Monday »

WG

Wood Group - a Buy (again)?

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Ordering portable loos, facing being stranded in Greece and talking toothpaste with Skinbiotherapeutics

 

CEY

Centamin – Q2 update a mixed bag, but reasons for positivity

 

XSG

Xeros Technology – new CEO reckons he is to build on “the solid foundations laid”. He in for a surprise then?

 

PTY

Parity Group – emphasises ‘turnaround success’, what is it meaning financially?

 

VOD

The deep yawn continues at Vodafone

 

VLG

Venture Life – half-year trading update, how confident to be for second half weighting?

 

EVA

BREAKING: Evrima – another POS hiding the ghastly truth about its finances from investors

 

Chocolate-Teapot

How gay is your stockbroker? Champagne fuelled Diversity gala awards announced for YOU to pay for

 

EAAS

Sparky Company Advising Others on How to Save Power could Score in the Green Revolution

 

Crime-Scene

How sad, Stonewall campaigners are now child abusers - Tom Winnifrith

 

Crime-Scene

FRC sanctions against KPMG and former employees re. Regenersis and Carillion audit reviews

 

KIST

Kistos (#KIST) – increased proposed terms to Serica Energy (#SQZ), again rejected

 

PXEN

Prospex Energy (#PXEN) – raised £1.87m via 12% interest loan notes convertible at 4.25p per share

 

XSG

Xeros Technology (#XSG) – appointment of Neil Austin as CEO, good luck chap!

 

WINE

Naked Wines (#WINE) – CFO Shawn Tabak departed “by mutual agreement”

 

CARD

#CARD Factory – “agreed” that CFO Kris Lee “will leave the company following a transition period”

 

JDG

Judges Scientific (#JDG) – H1 organic revenue +7%, confident on track to meet expectations

 

VOD

Vodafone (#VOD) – Q1 organic revenue +2.7%, “in line with expectations”

 

SHI

SIG (#SHI) – acquisition of Miers Construction Products Limited for initial £28m

 

PFD

Premier Foods (#PFD) – agreement to acquire Indian and South East Asian meal kits company The Spice Tailor for initial £43.8m

Sunday »

IRON

SHOCKING: Outrageous reward for failure: how can anyone back posh twit Clarke & wannabe sociologist Eales at Ironveld

 

BRCK

It is going to get busy, but Brickability is just one for the experts (even for brick and clay fans like me)

 

SYME

Supply@Me Capital - the wheels coming off the Tradeflow deal & some more rule breaches exposed

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: It’s all the same, Those missing feet in the Pacific solved, Left wing Trump Lover, 30 year-old pretends to be 16, New theory of Evolution Needed?

 

Gold

ShareStock – Final Main stage speaker announced: gold guru Peter Hambro

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #151

 

PRD

Predator Oil & Gas – Director Share Sale: I’m Confused!

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 23 July 2022

 

Welsh_Flag

Photo Article from the Welsh Hovel - those long promised garden shots: Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health – ‘commercial and scientific update’, remains a strong buy

 

CINE

Why Cineworld just has to be your number one short, target price 0p

 

SLE

San Leon increases its stake in OML18 but I don't see any reason to be in a rush to invest at this stage

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Why Julie Meyer is wrong about Greece

 

Bitcoin

Can any crypto nuts translate this gobbledeygook?

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin: Is Gold Starting A Rebound?

 

GetAFix

Cash, Cash, Cash! I Think it Might be Better than Shares for the Time Being.

 

Greek Tear

Photo Article from a Greek car - we're going on a fig hunt Daddy: Tom Winnifrith

Friday »

TON

Titon Holdings – my prior caution justified; trading warning

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Canadian Overseas Petroleum - absolutely desperate debt facility is NOT what was promised

 

UBG

SHOCKER: Unbound Group – desperate equity raise & consensus expectations omit certain costs “such as for the head office”!

 

MIRI

Another dire warning from Mirriad – bonuses for what FFS? Sack the CEO Now, this is a disgrace!

 

CCL

Thoughts on the recent announcements from Carnival plc and BT Group

 

HAT

H&T Group – shares further up ahead of scheduled interims, bank gains?

 

OCDO

Ocado remains relaxed about losing money!

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bonus Bearcast: My own thoughts on Pires Investments and Tern, the marriage that failed

 

SYME

BREAKING: Supply@ME Capital Open Offer deceipt & Tradeflow shocker

 

ANIC

Outfit Making Futuristic Meat could See Its Share Price Rise as World Food Prices Soar

 

Fake_News

German TV then and now - how the mainstream media pushes a false narrative on global warming: Tom Winnifrith

 

SYME

Supply@ME Capital (#SYME) – desperate fundraising continues with up to £0.32m open offer at 0.05p per share, “reviewing” its relationship with TradeFlow

 

SGI

Stanley Gibbons (#SGI) – proposed AIM cancellation driven by majority shareholder, Phoenix S.G.

 

SGI

Stanley Gibbons (#SGI) – CEO Graham Shircore to step down to return to work at majority shareholder Phoenix, Tom Pickford to succeed

 

BT

BT (#BT.A) – CMA approval for Warner Bros. Discovery sports joint venture

 

MIRI

Mirriad Advertising (#MIRI) – H1 revenue fall, cash down to £17.7m from £24.5m at end-2021

 

TON

Titon (#TON) – profit warning due to the margin pressures and production and despatch issues with new ERP system

 

REC

Record (#REC) – Q1 net flows +$2bn but overall AUME -$5.2bn to $77.9bn

 

FRP

#FRP Advisory – FY adj. EPS +6%, DPS +5%, current trading “in line with the board's expectations”

 

JTC

#JTC – H1 in-line with its expectations, “good momentum into H2”

 

JD

JD Sports Fashion (#JD.) – five months LFL sales +5%, process to recruit new CEO “ongoing”

Thursday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast - the boy who cried snake!

 

OSI

Osirium Technologies – contract win, attempted ramptastic!

 

TERN

Tern – Two Drunks Fall Over And “Strategic Update” – Uh-Oh…..

 

Bear

Video: We’re Heading for a Bear Market Unlike Any Seen Before

 

Clown

Caption contest: What does a fat cat bankster do while mug investors count their losses on his small cap clients?

 

BOOM

Audioboom share dealing scandal emerges, it's colourful Robert Bonnier again

 

FUL

Fulham Shore – “not seen any shift in customer demand”, but it to come?

 

BAR

Brand Architekts – “navigated the challenging external environment”. But how well?

 

SFOR

What is distracting brothel visiting Sir Martin Sorrell to take his eye off the ball so badly?

 

EVE

Would You Adam & EVE It – Sales Down 19% As Formal Sale Process Update Suggests 0p Doom For Shareholders

 

WATR

Fiery Weather Floats the Possibility Water Intelligence Shares could Stream Up

 

GOG

Go-Ahead (#GOG) – Kelsian Group does not intend to make an offer, continues to recommend 1500p per share consortium offer

 

EVE

#EVE Sleep – H1 revenue -17% YoY, cash burn sees “focus on maximizing the business’ cash runway”

 

FSTA

Fuller, Smith & Turner (#FSTA) – sales +3% on pre-covid levels, inflationary cost pressures “showing little signs of abating”

 

MAB

Mitchells & Butlers (#MAB) – Q3 sales +0.9% versus pre-covid, “trading environment remains very challenging”

 

AJB

AJ Bell (#AJB) – Q3 customers up but AUA -7% to £68.7bn

 

CSP

Countryside Partnerships (#CSP) – Q3 net reservation rate 1.04, FY guidance unchanged at approx. £150m adj. Op profit

 

DNLM

Dunelm (#DNLM) – FY sales +16% after Q4 -6% YoY, expects FY PBT “slightly ahead of analyst consensus of £207m”

 

FRAS

Frasers (#FRAS) – FY adjusted PBT £344.8m, guidance for £450m-£500m this year

 

BVIC

Britvic (#BVIC) – Q3 constant currency revenue +11.2% YoY, confident of FY “in line with market expectations”

 

OCDO

Ocado (#OCDO) – H1 revenue down due to Retail, loss increased to above £200m

Wednesday »

Bear

Fevertree cracks and Thoughts on Cineworld and TUI

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Communicating with Amit, O'Hara and a man in a Paddington Dungeon

 

ART

Artisanal Spirits – trading update, still another overpriced IPO that took advantage of last year's madness?

 

CEY

Centamin – Q2 Quarterly Report: Steady As She Goes, BUY

 

RMG

More excitement (of a type) at Royal Mail

 

FIF

Finsbury Food – full-year trading update, successfully mitigating the impact of the pressures?

 

Bear

Video: Bubbles always implode

 

GENF

Genflow – directors buy small but who is selling?

 

YU

Yu Group – Half-Year Trading Update Reads Well But Leaves Questions

 

BDEV

Barratt Boosts Business in Spite of Headwinds and should Build its Share Price

 

MCL

Morses Club (#MCL) – potential customer redress Scheme of Arrangement, discussions with funders

 

GEM

Gemfields (#GEM) – “operations continue with increased vigilance” due to Cabo Delgado insurgency

 

CRCL

Corcel (#CRCL) – up to £0.6m equity raise at 0.4p per share with warrants

 

COST

Costain (#COST) – H1 net cash ahead of expectations, positive for H2

 

MHC

MyHealthChecked (#MHC) – H1 cash up to approx. £7m, further rolling out DNA testing range

 

FIF

Finsbury Food (#FIF) – FY update, “able to mostly mitigate” the impact of pressures

 

PFD

Premier Foods (#PFD) – Q1 sales +6% YoY, “firmly on track” to deliver FY expectations

 

PDG

Pendragon (#PDG) – expects H1 adj. PBT c.£33m and FY “in line with board expectations”

 

BMY

Bloomsbury Publishing (#BMY) – four months revenue +27% YoY, “confident”

 

RMG

Royal Mail (#RMG) – Q1 revenue -5.1% YoY, to consider business split if no “significant operational change” within Royal Mail UK

Tuesday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: The scallywags linked to Audioboom

 

KEFI

Kefi Gold & Copper – two additional exploration licences and Q2 operational update, Buy

 

FOUR

4imprint – ‘continued strong trading momentum’, is it sustainable?

 

LUCE

Luceco – half-year trading update, how are the ‘results challenges’ now?

 

HOTC

The world turns upside down for Hotel Chocolat shareholders!

 

ITS

In The Style Group – results, what happened to “very well positioned to continue its impressive growth and improve its profitability”?!

 

HAYD

Haydale – Tries (And Fails) To Polish A Turd

 

MADE

Made.com – if this is strategic progress I am a flower pot called Harriet

 

ALGW

BREAKING EXPOSE: Alpha Growth – the dodgy Prospectus and the non-compliant financial statements

 

COG

This Niche Braincare Company could Profit from a Medical Boom

 

Angel

Photo Article - the Christening of my daughter Jaya: Tom Winnifrith

 

JOUL

Joules (#JOUL) – FY update, credit approval for further £5m headroom on borrowing facilities

 

MADE

Made.com (#MADE) – H1 trading warning, reduced FY guidance

 

HOTC

Hotel Chocolat (#HOTC) – FY update, warns due to headwinds including following strategy review

 

PEBB

Pebble Group (#PEBB) – H1 update, now expects FY “will exceed current market expectations”

 

FOUR

4imprint (#FOUR) – positive trading means now expects FY Op profit “materially above” consensus & not less than $75m

 

MIDW

Midwich (#MIDW) – record H1, currently expects FY “slightly ahead of its previous expectations”

 

LUCE

Luceco (#LUCE) – notes H1 decline and that home improvement spending continues to slow

 

LIO

Liontrust Asset Management (#LIO) – end-June AuMA £34.2bn, quarterly net flows -£0.5bn

 

HYVE

#HYVE – management buy-out of Ukraine business with up to £1.2m loan from company and for up to £3m earnout

 

GSK

#GSK – 4 for 5 share consolidation following demerger of consumer healthcare business Haleon (#HLN)

Monday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: Pineapple Power is a total fecking disgrace & one for fruitcakes only

 

CYAN

CyanConnode – “pleased to provide” trading update, what about cash flow detail?

 

CRDL

Cordel – trading update, how “great” should confidence be for the year ahead?

 

ECP

Formal Request to FRC to investigate Zahir Khaki, PKF Littlejohn & Eight Capital Partners

 

IQE

IQE – lawsuit for which it argues it has “significant evidence”. But for a number of reasons far from ideal?

 

GSK

Don’t panic GSK shareholders! Meanwhile Direct Line Insurance remains a recent comedy

 

MEX

Tortilla Mexican Grill – The Times they are a changing ( and not for the better)

 

BARK

AIM Dog Barkby – Year-End Update And “Strategy Update” Uh-oh!

 

PALM

Panther Metals PLC – Plenty To Keep Me Interested

 

JMAT

Footsie Giant with its Eye on the Profits of Greener World Takes Another Giant Step

 

Boom

It's getting so hot out there... a doctor warns British women what NOT to do: Tom Winnifrith

 

ERM

Euromoney Institutional Investor (#ERM) – recommended 1461p per share offer

 

PNPL

Pineapple Power (#PNPL) – placing to raise just £0.3579m at 3p per share

 

IQE

#IQE – filed IP lawsuit in California against Tower Semiconductor

 

BARK

Barkby (#BARK) – FY update & strategy change

 

MEX

Tortilla Mexican Grill (#MEX) – emphasises H1 revenue growth, more challenging operating conditions towards period-end

 

ROO

Deliveroo (#ROO) – Q2 gross transaction value growth down to 2% in constant currency, downgrades guidance

 

BOOM

Audioboom (#BOOM) – H1 emphasises revenue growth, adj. Op profit $2m

 

TSTL

Tristel (#TSTL) – H2 revenue upturn “as expected”, 3p per share special dividend

 

GSK

#GSK – demerger of consumer healthcare business Haleon (#HLN), to be a GSK share consolidation

 

JMAT

Johnson Matthey (#JMAT) – to build hydrogen gigafactory at its Royston UK site

Sunday »

SIXH

600 Group – attractive share price upside as the new strategy starts to be proven?

 

JMAT

When brokers stop researching a stock, don’t worry (be excited)

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: what should I say to new ADVFN supremo Yair Tauman next week?

 

Quiz

The ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz #150

 

Boom

Private & Confidential Letter in full: Harcus Parker updates on claims against Neil Woodford's ACD Link

 

Professor

Sunday Long Reads: Thirsty RadioShack Twitter, Tyrannosaurus Rex Genius, Conman poses as son for 41 years, Faking Wiki History, Crypto Schadenfreude

 

Cat_Fixing_Lightbulb

Housekeeping note: ShareProphets should look better on your phone and load faster on everything

 

Top-10

Notes from Underground – Most read articles for the week ending 16 July 2022

 

Greek Tear

Photo Article from the Greek Hovel - beat this sunset: Tom Winnifrith

 

Warwick_School

Waking up with a pain in my ankle – thanks again Warwick bloody school: where do we stand on its historic sexual abuse? Tom Winnifrith

Saturday »

OPTI

OptiBiotix Health – BUY, 50p first stop, 100p by next year

 

IRON

Richard Jennings vs Ironveld, the Align boss hits back at bullying toff value destroyers and suggests he may sue

 

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Photo Bearcast: Fevertree and its endangered dividend & bashing the City establishment

 

SCIR

Scirocco – More On That Stinking Ruvuma Disposal Deal

 

Tom

Already 1/3 sold out: Shares, bears, croquet contest, salmon fishing, more shares, drink and pizza at Tom Winnifrith's farm - Sharestock, 10 September

 

Gold

The View From The Montana Log-Cabin As Gold Slips Further And Inflation Still Rises

 

BP

Oil that's Required Is a Little Patience for Shell and BP Share Holders.

Friday »

Bearcast

Tom Winnifrith Bearcast: falling for a £49 covid test scam

 

AGY

Allergy Therapeutics – argues “significant clinical progress”, so why the further share price fall?

 

SCIR

Scirocco – More On That Greenan Deal

 

CCS

Crossword Cybersecurity – ‘strengthening working capital on the back of a positive H1’. Really?

 

DPP

DP Poland – emphasises “strong sales performance”, but what about the bottom-line?

 

BRBY

Busy Friday! From comedy at Aston Martin Lagonda to continued faith in Burberry

 

BIDS

Cenkos & Bidstack: Dishonesty or incompetence?

 

FEVR

Fevertree warns – told y’all, worse still to come