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I see now he's retweeting Mrs.McMillan's. No harm in that at all!

That's £3m plus profit of course.

Thanks. That's great every time they reiterate - they were spot on for the last set of results and it's confirmation of their existing forecast of £3m plus for the current financial year. With Castleton's business model there is good forward visibility, supported by recent moves to other sectors/geographies.

Haha. Didn't notice that. Ciara - seems to be smokin! Truly predictive text? I think so. When we move up from here it may well be fast.

Ciara McMillan MBA Retweeted Paul Taylor Dec 8 She's picked up the article was written by award winning Steve Ellard, of big Castleton customer Yorkshire Coast Homes, who will be speaking at the Castleton Group Customer Conference. Paul Taylor ‏@PaulBromford The future of housing requires disruption, ambition and taking some risk http://saellard.tumblr.com/post/154200314801/disruptive-behaviour … via @saellard

Just an indication in passing of the way in which the customer base is expanding, into the private sector, with all large landlords having a need to manage their businesses through technology. "Legal & General has raised a further £170m from institutions for its build-to-rent fund, taking its total investment in this field to around £1bn. "The insurance giant has raised the cash for its Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Real Assets arm, and says the new open-ended fund would attract long-term pension and institutional investors to the rental market. It will sit alongside £600m of investment this year by Legal & General Capital – another division of the company – and Dutch pension fund PGGM. LGIM Real Assets’ total investment in build-to-rent programmes now stands at some £1bn with more than 1,000 homes under construction or in the planning process in Bristol, Salford and Walthamstow, and with a pipeline of projects in Birmingham, Leeds and London. The company said it would build homes for the long-term that delivered a rental income to pension funds, meet housing need and create an economic stimulus in areas undergoing regeneration. Mike Barrie, director of fund management at LGIM Real Assets, said: “We have a housing crisis in the UK, and only with institutional funding can we deliver the new homes the country needs. “We are creating new jobs in the UK, and stimulating economic growth, and in 2017 we’ll also have our first new tenants moving into much-needed new homes.”

18 months ago, just a handful of councils had established companies, with 36 councils deciding to set up housing companies within the last year. Councils are using the companies to secure new sources of revenue amid government cuts, and also to build homes outside government-imposed borrowing restrictions. Forty-two councils have published development plans, with 24 planning to build or acquire mostly private rented homes, six focusing on market sale and 12 delivering a mix including affordable rent or shared ownership.

Cross Keys Homes 1h Cross Keys Homes ‏@CrossKeysHomes Our elves are wrapping gifts for our Temporary Accommodation Xmas Party! Thanks for your support @mearsgroup @CastletonTech @MBCaterersLtd

And a bit more. New CEO starting to get his feet under the table. With M and A as overseen by MXC and integration done, his new appointment may prove really positive at this new stage in company development. Ciara McMillan MBA ‏@Ciara_Castleton First team meeting done! #implementationteam Guest appearance from CEO Dean Dickinson #Vision #Motivating #Future #ITHousing

I think that's right. Been sold down by somebody wanting out, seemingly not for company performance reasons, and Kestrel one who's agreed to take advantage of that. But people hesitant for now. And then there's the Weaver/MXC/RCN business to be tidied up. I think that's also hanging over the whole group of MXCP companies, for no practical reason. We now have new CEO, results authorised and out, and moving on. I see CTP tweeting about the latest merger - don't know if it's particularly relevant to the company or indicative of a change in their social media policy.

Ciara McMillan MBA 27m27 minutes ago Ciara McMillan MBA ‏@Ciara_Castleton Off to visit @YCHscarboro tomorrow. #agile #letsdothis #projectmanagement

Ciara McMillan MBA Ciara McMillan MBA – ‏@Ciara_Castleton Great demo today of @CastletonTech Castleton Housing, Castleton Financials and Agile. Systems where reporting is made simple!!#result 9:55 AM - 6 Dec 2016

Brand new job being advertised as of today for consultant/trainer in Australia.

Not sure what to make of it to be honest. Especially now 59 now appearing for small amounts. What do you think on buys/sells front?

Doug at Castleton ‏@CastletonDoug Great turnout at HousingBrixx Southern user group meeting @CastletonTech

Seems some progress on something with Aspire. Ciara McMillan MBA 4h4 hours ago Ciara McMillan MBA ‏@Ciara_Castleton Great catch up with Jen @Aspire_Housing today! Looking forward to meeting you next week! #makingprogrsss

We know the products are selling everywhere else they have a presence, so I think it was in the ability of the reseller(s) So I'm pleased they have their own team on the ground in Australia, and maybe we can expect them to create a better set up in Holland now. In the meantime the core UK cross selling continues with opportunities arising in the public and private sector generally, and further room for optimism in the Australian market.

There's still 3 resellers there but ViaDuckt was master reseller. That whole aspect been disappointing.

No wonder we're getting nothing out of Holland. If you look at their website it appears they've packed in as of today. Hopefully the company can now do something proper there, if they still have the inclination.

Just to mention she's opened up a separate business Twitter account. Maybe a little insight from that. McMillan MBA – @Ciara_Castleton Strategic Project Manager @CastletonTech This is my Business Twitter Coventry, England·Castletonplc.com 139 FOLLOWING28 FOLLOWERS