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due tommorow. Should be good news. SP rising based on low volume. Something is up....
I posted a message back in July 08 saying this share is a dark horse, however, didn't hold on to it due to the fact that in the past 12 months the market has been so volatile, and i lost my faith... damn.... wish i hold on to it, would have made at least 5K profit by now....
I've been trading this share for a while making a fair amount of money on it. Results due in 2 weeks time and this company seems to be one of the Naked Traders faves...
Now the interest in Next Fifteen has gone away, the SP seems to be recovering again. Anybody else out there. I'm "Billy No Mates" on here.
FAST TRACK EXTENDS UKA PARTNERSHIP FOR SPAR UK Tuesday, 12 May 2009 UKA (UK Athletics) has announced an extension of its partnership with SPAR UK Ltd for a further four years until 2013. The sport’s governing body has signed a deal, negotiated by Fast Track on behalf of UKA that will see SPAR UK continue its sponsorship of UKA’s sprints programme which began in 2004. Marc Hope, Director of Rights Marketing Fast Track, said “We are thrilled to have renewed for the third period running Spar as a significant sponsor of UKA and its Sprint initiative. Fast Track is bucking the trend with a series of successful multi year renewals for UKA – of which this is the first to announce”. Niels de Vos, UKA Chief Executive, said “The deal is a further illustration of the strong position the sport finds itself in as it builds for the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012 and beyond. “The SPAR UK deal secures another major part of the commercial legacy for the sport beyond 2012, and I am delighted that such a strong brand is to continue its successful association with UKA.
Seem to have put the kiss of death on this one. As I mentioned previously any buys/sells seem to move the share quickley,so a couple of buyts should send it back over the £1. Recent news about Chime being in talks regarding a takeover of rival Next Fifteen seem to have affected the price. I guess investors are unsure whether or not this is a good or bad thing. Personally having researched Next Fifteen, I would see it as a great long medium/long term acquisition. This is a brief summary of Next taken from their website. Next Fifteen Communications Group plc is the holding company for a group of worldwide PR consultancies. It owns five independent subsidiary PR brands that operate as autonomous businesses. It also owns two research businesses and has an investment in a policy communications business. Between them these businesses have 39 offices in 18 countries. The majority of the Group's clients are in the technology industry, and include global names such as IBM, Apple, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Cisco. Over the last few years our strategy has broadened and we began seeking non-technology clients. This strategy was particularly helped by the acquisition of Lexis Public Relations. The Group now works with brands such as Coca-Cola, Whirlpool, TOTAL, Dove, Nokia, MySpace and the Barclays Premier League. So some pretty big clients to add to Chimes portfolio, if they are successful. Huntsworth another PR company are also interested in acquiring Chime
We wish McCann Erickson good fortune with their appointment. However, our involvement in 2012 remains high. We continue to advise LOCOG and its partners on the development of Team 2012 and through Fast Track we are already handling sponsorship for two tier one LOCOG sponsors. Fast Track also has a long term contract with UK Athletics (athletics is the centrepiece of the Olympic Games) and is organising the BT Paralympic World Cup which takes place in Manchester in two weeks time.”
Another 22% up. This really is a great company. Chime Communications plc, the leading marketing services group, is today publishing its Interim Management Statement relating to the period 1st January 2009 to 6th May 2009 (as required by the UK Listing Authority’s Disclosure and Transparency rules). Lord Bell, Chairman of Chime Communications, said: “We have had a strong first quarter and we are confident about achieving our first half year expectations. There has been such a large amount of interest in the first quarter results of the major marketing services groups, we thought it would be helpful to report our first quarter experience. Unlike these groups our operating income for the first quarter of 2009 was 13% higher than the first quarter of 2008, pre-tax profits were 18% higher than 2008 at £4.8million and the operating profit margin increased to 17.2% The Group's financial position continues to be strong, we are cash positive and there have been no material events or transactions affecting the Group. Much has been made in the media about the invitation by The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to a marketing communications agency to become a tier three sponsor of the 2012 Olympic Games. We had held the marketing communications contract on a fixed one year term. Although we are disappointed not to have renewed our contract it would have required us to invest up to £10 million. We wish McCann
Bought these on 30th January at 48p and watched them make a steady rise. Pay a divi as well in to the bargain. Bell Pottinger's clients include the likes of Disney, MTV, BSkyB and all the leading UK supermarkets. Meanwhile the recently acquired Fast Tack include UK Athletics, The National Lottery and Aviva amongst their portfolio. I'd expect them to pull of some scoops for next years World Cup and particularly the 2012 Olympics. I don't think their steady rise is about to stop.
The Brokers are agreed this is a strong buy and hold, the company seems positive in its note some weeks ago and the Group doesn't appear to have too much/any client exposure to either retail or consumer PR or Banks. Looking forward to a great set of results tomorrow and an upward share price.
this one will be a winner... what a bargain.. a dark horse!!
's sp is down on boredom. Company is excellent, but it just doesn't excite investors. Happy to be out, unlikely to be coming back.
"is the kind of company my mother would invest in. It's not getting the recognition it's performance warrants!" so I sold my entire holding yesterday (at a tiny profit). May come back to this if trading volume ever picks up.
is the kind of company my mother would invest in. It's not getting the recognition it's performance warrants!
Share consolidation 1 for 5 agreed by AGM to try and stop small day traders, £100 or less, shorting the stock. The company cannot be subject to a takeover - WPP hold 20+% of the issued capital and have done for over 20 years (since management buyout). It is a friendly stake and Chime is shown as an associated company on the WPP website - it is unlikely that WPP would acquire as the companies have significant conflicts of interest.
Just very strong 1Q earnings? Or is there a takeover in the works?
"results day", by which i mean AGM. jeez louise...
some heavy buying (true blue?) at the close, someone is building a position. results expected soon. the sp is very cheap at below 30, having been higher on anticipating of good results alone. priced in? i doubt it. come on people, take an interest!
another good entry price. (this stock is hard to follow, it's attractive but everything happens in slow motion!) i'd say anyone who is interested in this stock but has been waiting for a time to move, there are worse times than this precise moment...
Finals 14th May. Expect higher trading volumes in the interim?
This is a long one, so, see you all in October or so.......good luck!
New to this chat, but in at 25p. It took me a long time to secure this price, for shares are thin on the ground. For the time being, it's the one stock I hold that doesn't affect my peace of mind (compare TAN ;). The sp may not move much again for a week or so, perhaps dropping a little below 30p as people lose patience before the next big move (be it up or down). I'm looking for this, and will look to buy some more if and when that happens. Holding on to what I have for the long run.