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interims: Christmas trading highlights · Focus on driving profitable sales over the Christmas trading period · Strong Christmas trade in the two weeks to 5 January 2014: like for like Franchisee retail sales* up by 2.8% · Strong Wine Rack performance, like for like retail sales increase of 21.8% (two weeks to 5 January 2014) · Encouraging Wine Rack web site performance sales up 15.3% on previous year · Franchisee average margin improvement 0.4ppts Half Year Highlights Financial · Group profit before tax excluding exceptional items increased by 13.6% to £2.2m (H1 2013: £1.9m/FY 2013: £7.1m) · Gross profit margin increased by 0.3ppts to 7.8% (H1 2013: 7.5%) · Like for like Franchisee retail sales* up by 1.5% · Average retail sales per store up 4.9% year on year · Total wholesale sales* decreased by 5.1% to £183.7m (H1 2013: £193.4m) · Franchisee average margin improvement 0.3ppts · Debt free - net cash balance of £11.9m · Interim dividend declared of 2p per share

Nice RNS.

no trades yet so marked up.

seems the answer is yes. Up 14% on open.

NAV was 45p last year and didnt get there... see if 30p is broken.

"The Directors intend to increase the value of the Group by making investments in businesses where they have relevant expertise but may not necessarily be operating in the textile industry and, in order to maximise funds available for this purpose, do not propose an interim dividend."

NAV 50P - Price 28p. Think this may rise today. But then again POL released RNS about being way below the NAV and they dropped. Who knows with AIM but Id expect an up day here.

Very nice. Doing all that and reducing loss! Also note the comment about both new and existing shareholders getting return on investment. They are going places. £1b market by 2017...

Guessing I will regret not buying again. But hey. Look at the £100k delayed trade too...

5 min to buy Before results.... Hmmmm...

Results will be out Wednesday (unless a typo in the last RNS). Will be watching closely. Could break 40p strongly before then - tomorrow is key.

Another lovely RNS for you. Well done for holding :)

Key Highlights · Revenue up 7.3% to £3.46 million (2012: £3.22 million) · Profit before tax increased to £0.22 million (2012: £0.01 million) · Net assets rose to £2.81 million, underpinned by cash balances of £2.36 million (2012: £1.22 million) · Online revenues increased by 22.5% to £1.49 million (2012: £1.21 million) - representing 43.9% of total revenue · Like-for-like revenues at physical locations increased by 12.9% · 'Win Any Car' format incorporating a broader range of cars and ticket prices has been successful and well received by new and existing players

The joy of low circulation shares...

1 trade... :D Results RNS next week so will come true! :D

is 2 vs 1 with quite a chunk onm 31p bid. Watching closely. It was "spiked" yesterday but didnt get to 52 week high. Dont forget results next week (brought forward from the 29th to the 15th). Sellers are profit takers worried about eroding profits but lots of buys in there today. GL.

Does look good... added to watchlist for now.

Nice delayed reported there. I wish I was in here... will watch closely! Last thing I need is to be spiked. May wait for results next week before dipping in - depends how my other shares do too!

2nd chance? Or selloff for the afternoon?

Another big riser with no news...wierd.