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One of those trades at 9.97 is mine, and it was a buy. With that in mind, it does seem odd that they are posting such a large spread whilst taking buys under mid. Patience.

A few decent size buys in the last couple of days. Not sure about the trades today, may be MM's shifting. 10p to buy at the moment. Watching for now.

Quoted 14.37 on a dummy buy, and it would let me buy now.

They keep messing around with the Bid when surely they should raise the Ask and get some buyers. All hard to read, but good for anyone buying at these levels IMHO

Does give the impression that the MM's are holding what they have prior to update. Those buys at around 9p sure look good now. Fingers crossed. ATB

Very well done, shows the value of calmness under fire !! Am also enjoying the rise of BHR. Hopefully the silly Lloyds selling is behind us here, and the paydown of debt is continuing at the same pace or better than the last report. Lots of upside here IMHO

Brilliant day. You are right, the company have confidence in their own performance. They also reduced borrowing substantially, and hopefully will have continued to make progress there. Too early for a return to dividends? We can but hope. ATB

Lovely to see more activity again here. The Lloyds selling was never justified on any trading grounds, simply a change of policy having acquired a similar fund along with HBOS. Now that seems to be complete, hopefully we can begin to see the true value of this company. ATB

More buying now ahead of report. So undervalued at the moment IMHO

Very manipulated, a look at the sp suggests a lot of buys, but the 100k was a sell, looks to me as if the Lloyds overhang is still with us, cant be much left hopefully. Looking forward to getting the update. GLA

Great research, many thanks. I looked on their website, and as they were a bit cryptic about the price I thought they might be a tad expensive. Outrageously expensive is a better term. Seems to me that it is another green dream that has no mass market. Not for me, but of course, DYOR

Another good rise today. Pleasing to see, clearly this represents a great gain for the brave who bought a month ago. Still a long way to go before the sp is fair value for the company, at this level they could still be a buy out target IMHO

Great call by you on this one, only thing I differ on is that I believe mid to high 30's is more achievable given the low number of shares in issue and the good movement on relatively light volumes. Well done on your buys, wish I had bought more but ecstatic with todays action, and indeed the last week. ATB

A 50k buy, and a 28k sell on Plus. Do agree though, looking up here. Would only let me buy £500, but sell as much as I want, to me that is significant. GLA

Lovely rise, and not before time IMO. Did you see the large trades go though last week? Could it be that the LLoyds selling is now finished,allowing the sp to rise on modest trades as it did before. Hope so. My new neighbour is in marketing in the same area as Mission, never been busier, taking on new staff to cope with demand. I have continued to add, averaging down nicely, but I am kicking myself that I didnt buy more at the 10p range.

Really excellent financial results. Note that FOGL is factored in much lower than todays sp, so even more strength off balance sheet. Increased activity in the Falklands area makes FKL a very strong mid to long term hold IMHO

I see what you are saying, but IMO having a rage against someone who presents an opposing view can sometimes make one blind. The facts that I (and Bar rat) state are real, the problems faced by specifically the tile market are very clear to anyone. Major multiples such as B&Q have massively increased market share, Wickes run a very successful TV ad campaign, St Gobain are upgrading builders merchant displays to better than tile shop standards, Tile Giant continues to expand, as does Al Murad with highly aggressive pricing strategies. Topps have commanded super high GPM in the past, unsustainably high IMO, because the in costs, being almost all imports, have risen so fast due to sterling depreciation. Unless they can drastically cut costs, or increase sales, Topps are caught in the crossfire. and now the sp is beginning to reflect that. This is my calm and considered view, not a rant. I answered my own question because I am certain that bwell has done no research at all, and doesnt understand where the tile market is at present, but I would be happy to study any alternative views.

Your post is objectionable. If an industry pro feels he has valid points to make, they should be taken on board IMO. The fact is that the tile industry is suffering from a fall off in sales, over competition, and massive cost rises caused by a depreciation of sterling. Do you have any research or valid opinion to counter that argument? No, thought not.

I am in agreement with Goldenarrows. The difficult period is now behind this company IMO, and my many small top ups have brought my average within reach. I look forward to the next update as I believe in this company. ATB

Odd isnt it !! Great results, but bad timing to release them on a crap day. There has to be loads of upside here, just keep reading the update, so undervalued at this sp. ATB