Roundtable Discussion; The Future of Mineral Sands. Watch the video here.
More paraplegic locked-in syndrome dolphin.
Apologies if we have any of those on this forum, I mean no offence.
this is a bit of a s*** show isn't it
physical no-mask touching allowed from 19 July Bigsmoke xoxo
the light was only on in the office, not in Steve's head.
lol, bigsmoke
Ah classic Richard Beach, doesn't engage in a sensible conversation, ignores any objective chat, only ever arrives to moan. Such a great forum, spoilt by a narrow minded few.
Yes, flailing around like a disabled dolphin right now.
But don't forget the story of Jesse, a street kid, who befriended Willy, the killer whale, and went to great lengths to free Willy from the exploitative owners who wanted to kill it (the drip sellers, the shorters, the paper hands).
Willy here is a metaphor for LoopUp. And Willy WILL be freed.
They need a low average now for the options and they'll have a price point in mind.
After that, it looks like there's going to be a large buyback of shares - the resolution was for a huge amount.
Many ducks being lined up in a neat row here.
Still partially signed up to the "plan to take the shorters by surprise" philosophy here.
Anyway, JTD, I am firmly sat within your Camp of Optimism
My name is Richard Beach, real news is only new news. Old news is dead to me.
Richard is back... with that attitude history must be an irrelevant topic to you where the past does not influence the future.
Who's with me
"I doubled down this morning"
Riley is wise. Be like Riley.
It's flailing around like a disabled dolphin right now, but wait until we have some clear direction and boom.
TIME
HURRAY
LoopUp was downgraded by analysts who believe that - similar to Zoom - their revenue has enjoyed a "Covid" spike that will now come to an end. In other words, the party was good while it lasted. That's looking a bit daft and here are five musings on why that party is likely to go on:
(1) We're still in the midst of work-from-home and, if not in "lockdown" anymore, varying degrees of restrictions exist across Europe and, with international travel at a standstill - this company's core business should be thriving! 19 July is Bojo's new "unlocking" date, but with a legal right to work from home now being consulted upon + "generation flex" (part-office, part-home) being another option on the cards - think Michael Gove's conservatism about the status quo - this should continue to be a cash cow time for LoopUp;
(2) Yes, vaccine rollouts, but there's uncertainty abound as to where we'll end up - effectiveness as things stand, effectiveness with new variants.. Not being a scare-mongerer: even good old Chris Whitty warned today that there will be a tough winter ahead. Now, I don't want to get into the "what will be" argument, it's more the point that businesses will be, should be, or might inevitably have to plan for this eventually and have an integrated system that will cope with all eventualities;
(3) Has Zoom reached that covid-cliff-edge that analysts were predicting - no, it doesn't look that way as things stand. They have warned of a slowdown, but not a cliff edge. In other "are we returning to the office news" - IWG plc (the world's biggest serviced office company) were quite gungho a few months back but, last week, had to warn the market that the recovery is coming through slower than expected: the great return to the glass cathedral isn't occurring;
(4) Bigsmoke recently shared a BBC article on this chat predicting a "full" return to the office is at least 2 years away. To add my own pinch of salt, opinions in my (virtual) office range from "never" returning as we did before to "at least five years away." Even if we go with a cautious 2 year prediction, work is still going to be taking place in the cloud for a long time yet;
(5) Just from a pragmatic perspective, think of all those people who've moved out to the countryside. Even if we do go back, it doesn't look like we'll all be going back all of the time - companies need to plan for that eventuality and keep infrastructure like LoopUp's in play, catering for the different ways of living and working that might prevail within the organisation;
Just to be very cheeky I shall add an excitingly unexpected sixth point: christ, how much time is passing here?! We're going over the hump now of 2021. The more time that passes, the more "prime time" for Loop to be securing business. And regardless of these musings, I desperately hope they're working flat out here to get their ducks in a row. Silence is golden if it's because they've had their heads down delivering stellar performance
If it went as far as 50p I would be joining you all in topping up! It's annoying when you're trapped in the threshold where it drops, but not enough where topping up will affect your average much. A sort of "share limbo land." Reassuring how many of us here are agreed on Northbound being the ultimate destination. Really enjoy this particular share chat btw, has a lot of characters.
You were saying 64pence yesterday Paddy, now it's 60. 56 pence prediction tomorrow for Monday is it?