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If you liked Booker, you’ll love Conviviality
Thursday 23 Feb 2017Investors in food wholesaler Booker ( BOK ) not convinced by the merits of its £3.7bn shares and cash takeover by Tesco ( TSCO ) should switch into Conviviality ( CVR:AIM ) . The drinks wholesaler and franchised off-licence operator looks an ideal alternative to Booker and provides exposure to...
Take the plunge and buy oversold Countrywide
Thursday 19 Jan 2017Estate agents often top the list for the least popular professionals and they can also quickly lose favour with investors at the slightest bit of bad news. We believe sentiment has become too negative for Countrywide ( CWD ) and that its shares are worth buying after a 50% fall in the past 12...
US key to Digital Barriers transformation
Thursday 12 Jan 2017The increasing threat of terror attacks, tightening border controls and rising red tape and safety standards are just a few of the dynamics driving renewed optimism towards Digital Barriers ( DGB:AIM ) . This is an advanced surveillance and security business set-up in 2009 by the team behind the...
ConvaTec enters FTSE 100 seven weeks after IPO
Thursday 15 Dec 2016Monday 19 December will see a relatively unknown company enter the FTSE 100. Wound care technology company ConvaTec ( CTEC ) will officially join the blue chip index a mere seven weeks after floating on the UK stock market. FTSE 100 tracker funds will be forced to buy the stock to have an accurate...
Surgical Innovations in turnaround mode
Thursday 08 Dec 2016Leeds-based Surgical Innovations ( SUN:AIM ) is in an interesting phase of its development as it continues to move forward from a series of profit warnings last year. Keyhole solutions The company designs and manufactures solutions for minimally invasive surgery, also known as keyhole surgery...
Haydale eyes graphene contract breakthrough
Thursday 17 Nov 2016Carmarthenshire-based Haydale Graphene Industries ( HAYD:AIM ) looks to be on the cusp of commercialising its ideas. It has developed a way of adding graphene to various materials to improve their properties, such as strength or conductivity. Graphene consists of very thin layers of carbon. It is...
Get to grips with pension deficits
Thursday 10 Nov 2016Underfunded pension schemes have become a political football since BHS failed under the weight of its pension deficit. Many companies listed in the UK – particularly large businesses founded many decades ago – also have large pension obligations to employees. Understanding a few simple rules can...
Gulf Keystone is reborn
Thursday 03 Nov 2016New management, a restructured balance sheet and a more regular payment schedule for its crude exports makes now the perfect time to reappraise former retail favourite oil stock Gulf Keystone Petroleum ( GKP ) . Through a period which has seen the company nearly go bust and its share price...
RedT looking for power surge
Thursday 27 Oct 2016Driving down the cost of manufacturing its vanadium redox flow energy storage units has been a major focus for RedT Energy ( RED:AIM ) over the past year or so, and management remain hugely optimistic. Success here will help a market seeding programme now in progress, and more crucially, accelerate...
Tate & Lyle is a sweet looking investment
Thursday 20 Oct 2016Surprisingly for a £3.72bn cap that generated the best part of £2.4bn sales in the year to March 2016, Tate & Lyle ( TATE ) is often misunderstood by commentators and investors. In a nutshell, its innovative technology turns raw materials into high-quality ingredients that add taste, texture...