Member Info for bigsmoke

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prospect-of-building-boom-boosts-construction-shares-dk32f3xch

Projects in the £5bn investment plan includes:
£1.5bn for hospital maintenance, eradicating mental health dormitories, enabling hospital building and improving A&E capacity
£100m for 29 road network projects including bridge repairs in Sandwell and improving the A15 in the Humber region
£900m for "shovel ready" local projects in England this year and in 2021
£500,000 - £1m for each area in the towns fund to spend on improvements to parks, high street and transport
Over £1bn to fund a schools building project, as announced on Monday
£83m for maintenance of prisons and youth offender facilities, and £60m for temporary prison places.
The government says it will bring forward funding to "accelerate" infrastructure projects in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak will provide an update on the economy next week and in the autumn the government will publish a National Infrastructure Strategy.
A Downing Street statement said that "while in the long-term the government must set a path to balance the books, the prime minister is clear that we will not do so at the expense of investing now in the productive potential of the economy, or at the expense of the resilience of the UK's public services".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53226906

Boris Johnson will promise to "build back better" as he unveils government plans to soften the economic impact of coronavirus.
Speaking in the West Midlands, the prime minister will say he wants to use the coronavirus crisis "to tackle this country's great unresolved challenges".
As part of a "new deal", Mr Johnson will set out plans to "bring forward" £5bn on infrastructure projects.
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In a bid to boost the country's financial outlook, Mr Johnson will pledge to put jobs and infrastructure at the centre of the government's economic growth with a commitment to "build, build, build".
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Mr Johnson will say he wants to use the coronavirus crisis as an opportunity to "to build the homes, to fix the NHS, to tackle the skills crisis, to mend the indefensible gap in opportunity and productivity and connectivity between the regions of the UK".
"Too many parts of this country have felt left behind, neglected, unloved, as though someone had taken a strategic decision that their fate did not matter as much as the metropolis.
"And so I want you to know that this government not only has a vision to change this country for the better, we have a mission to unite and level up." “

That was in answer to me speculator’s question

SP was £4 per share then

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Lot of pumping join on , tread carefully.

Yes, lots to say why someone might want it - but they ain’t paying the shareholders top dollar imho. They have all the bargaining strength.

correction: Boris' Big Building Billions Bonanza?

yes

adding ahead of Boris' Big Bonanza?

"need > 84p to go blue."

well, go on then !!!

exactly :)

.. as in no new 0.5%+ entrants.

so not sure how some of the guff spouted below is going to be achieved.

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too risky methinks.

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SP tightly controlled here. as with other places..

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Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd METRO BANK PLC GB00BZ6STL67 0.96 11/06/2020
ENA Investment Capital LLP METRO BANK PLC GB00BZ6STL67 1.64 19/06/2020
ODEY ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP METRO BANK PLC GB00BZ6STL67 4.30 12/06/2020
Voleon Capital Management LP METRO BANK PLC GB00BZ6STL67 2.81 25/06/2020

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https://techcentral.co.za/amazon-like-future-awaits-the-banking-industry/99121/