GW, you gotta have a laugh at that RNS, JG; "This financing will give us the resources to take the business forward towards the commercialisation" That's what he said four years ago pmsl.
It's being worked behind the scenes, seen it before only eight trading days left for this. Bid will collapse when the first few start to sell, if they can that is.
Stalin, big changes also from the retailing side. You don't have to qualify the customer as such now which removes the ten stage structured sales processes which used to be in place at almost every big dealer group. Advanced dealer management systems, Electronic Diaries, Kerridge, Dealerweb etc and it's completely different to what it was ten years ago.
22nd Feb some lunatic bought 503,182. The next day sells 203,182, 200,000 and 100,000 (making 503,182) gets sold for £560. £6k lost in a day, what a fool.
You've been busy :-) Listers is indeed a private group owned by Terry Lister. Looks can be deceiving, I reckon if Rob made an offer the group can be bought for less than £70m subject to due diligence. Some key sites and a nice mix of prestige and volume. Would be a cracking asset for VTU and put them in second place behind PDG in actual sites.
There are some uncertainties ahead that's evident by the declining growth 1.5% for first nine weeks of 2017 v 10.5% in same period in 2016. And if sterling stays low that's going to impact on their imported food prices.
That's the million dollar question. It depends on Mark and Nicola Lavery who own 40% of Cambria. Money talks but I cant see them selling unless a crazy offer is made. Camb would be a great acquisition for VTU.
Results should be encouraging and 10% is achievable imo. Might get a delayed reaction, it took a few days for the market to react when VTU and PDG announced their results.