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I should add Stilo Intenational doubled my stake from 3p to 6p but its all about holding on . Toumaz is the share I've topped up in seven times, really banked on this one but I need 3p to break even, currently 1.75p so anything over 4p and the wife and I will share a bottle. Inspired Energy is back where I started and Touchstar is down after issuing new shares for old. Aukett S****e is the only design firm to float and is down a bit on what I paid.Tyratech is not strictly a green company but is in that broad playing field and slightly up on what I paid. The Banks and Taylor Wimpey plus Premier Foods were my 'bankers' for retirement , the rest is speculative investments.. In fact the lads on the Shop Floor must have thought I was an accountant, they often said here comes the banker...I think?>

I haven't sold yet, I bought my first shares at 28p , just checked my spreadsheet, then at 38p,54p and 57p.My dividends have just cleared my first purchase of shares in 2010.However, I also bought into the Banks!!!! and although I bought Lloyds between 26p and 67p its been a bumpy ride, RBS still not achieved anything and Barclays up and down. So my track record is like most people, probably average but House Building has been good. I'm still planning to offload Traf, and Premier Foods but hold Stilo ,Toumaz, Touchstar ( previously Belgravium Technologies), Inspired Energy Aukett S****e and Tyratech. Plan to buy into Sirius or Equatorial Palm Olive but not yet, waiting to see what happens to these two. If you know of a Cyber , internet company that provides security would love to know, not found any of interest in the last four months but its a growth industry.. Good luck

I have been invested in here since 2013 and will bail out at 3p . The last four years have been a disaster , luckily I bought into Taylor Wimpey at 26p so the Housing market has been good to me. I'm not sure about the London Housing market but I have a feeling the indications are pointing down and building unit cost's still high .I sincerely hope you all get your profit and even at my expense in the years to come but with evidence of the last four years my money will go elsewhere.

Thanks for the information, I will make a decision but will have to decide between Equatorial Palm Oil and Sirius. I'm sure you are right especially as the 'port' facilities are now in place. I had been looking for a 'cyber protection' firm. for over four months but most are privately owned, Sirius certainly look well placed for the future all their ducks in a row. Todays news from Toumaz is good in as much as at least the direction is now set. Health monitoring equipment is certainly a growth area but its fast become a crowded field so offloading the division looks a good move.Good luck in the future.

I'm not certain where you get your facts but most refugees in the middle east are in Jordon, Lebanon and Turkey. Most of the persecuted enlighten founders of modern thinking from the late 1400's used work from Arabic scholars to continue their work. The church Catholic or otherwise did not promote research at all. All the leading western discoveries came from people that rejected the church and its unelected position in society and forced decades of ignorance to be confronted. We don't have democracy for women because of the church but inspite of the church. The church rides with power , so as history informs us royalty and its sins were ignored, working people faced condemnation. We have what you call western democracy because people stood up for civil rights, gay rights votes for women. You wont find the church supporting these issues only a long slow retreat to enlightenment. Look further and you see churches covering up child abuse, denying women the right to represent the church or even decide their own future on child birth. Read Digges .Keppler,Galileo, even Bruno burnt at the stake for supporting Copernicus and the birth of Christian belief in Egypt. In your church don't dare argue....your a heretic.

I agree research is worth the effort but I have failures which might make you smile. I once sold shares in Christie Group on a Friday for a small loss , on Monday the shares shot up 9p!. I got out of Fastjet at the same price I paid only to see the share price collapse even after a revalue and bought into Trafalgar New Homes at 3p and I'm still waiting for the share price to reach 1p. However I will hold on to Toumaz,Stilo, Aukett S****e,Inspired Energy, Tyratech, Toushstar of the small firms and plan to invest in Equatorial Palm Olive or Sirius materials...but not yet, going to wait and watch.

I have held shares since 30/12/2013, and have mixed views. For a company that stated it was looking forward to paying a dividend in 2013 I have had three years of failure. TFN had a simply Business Plan, insisted it stay and concentrate on the Southeast , and then ....nothing but excuses. The dividend promise disappeared, one sub contractor went out of business. While other builders have prospered over the last three years TFN has at best stood still. Finally it has stated it is verging on making a profit which in the Southeast is long overdue. My plan is to recovery my investment at 3p and get out.

Luckily I 'swooped' on the banks at cheap rates, bought my first RBS at 22p ...a real risk at the time now £2.20p due to revalue , First Lloyds at 26p and even persuaded my son to buy some and Barclays between 1.62 and 2.95 so I'm lucky compared to many. Taylor Wimpey between 28p and 57p but I'm still down from year end about 33% on all my shares but that's life. Builders need some research, your right new homes are in demand but only last month the supply chain seemed unbalanced with some sites stopped for lack of bricks , yet two brick kilns being mothballed?, unit cost's rising due to lack of skilled workers so wage rates rising, so I think a real adjustment is taking place. Still, you could be a footballer on 150k a week and have all that worry on how to spend the money!!!!.As a Coventry City supporter I'm a long way short of overpaid footballers, don't even have a ground .

Look on the bright side, you could be in Banks and Builders like me. Its all sit tight and wait for the dust to settle.I'm sure the Health side will be resolved but its all about having to wait for other people . Normally you would have a 'what if' plan. Having confidence in the Sensium is fine but there is always someone on your bumper with some alternative. Without a major hospital giving the thumbs up any announcement would be premature. It is possible to have a 'gold plated' product, but if no one is willing to buy into it , its a great product but too expense or complicated. I know how many times I was involved in cutting cost to make a product viable, my ears are still ringing from the meetings .

Equally very sorry you felt unable to hold on. I fully understand the frustration of 'jam tomorrow' but I'm sure revenues are growing. I'm heavily into Banks and Builders on the FTSE so its 'tin hats on' and hold on for me. I don't go to church but if you do...say one for me. Good luck in gold, I'm going for Equatorial Palm Olive....but not yet.

I'm not an expert at this but when I've attended question and answer sessions with Vice Presidents and Directors they would be adamant if a 'City' announcement was pending that they would not comment or respond even to press reports on performance.t . Although you have asked 'non sensitive' price questions its all interpretation. Could be good news pending?>

I have topped up in Toumaz seven times now since 2013 and have the confidence that the company is on the right track, but, the two main issues is the debt which is currently manageable and any 'Contract for Sensium' needs to be large or with ongoing potential. Any small contract will just eat away at revenue.. I worked on projects, some big , some small. The smallest was Concord. Manufacturing one set of spares a month was a great deal of effort and expense for scant return. However the project was...so important that flying six planes only out of the UK was a must to keep going .As investors we need a viable Health Division or call it a day before it eats even more cash.

Thanks for the info. I have added this to my 'watch list' . I'm listing a few cyber 'defence' company's as this is a growth industry but its outside my comfort zone so , I'm having to research carefully. Also, a friend of mine went to the NEC recently to a 'drone' marketing event. He was asked to go as a marketing guy with knowledge of these events. He was so impressed he agreed to go to Farnborough this year to arrange the marketing of Drones. I can't afford or respond to all the options but definitely one for the future. My friend as even come out of early retirement to get involved....me? happy to have toast and coffee and a quiet life.

Bought my first tranche of shares on 9/4/2013 plus six top ups. I'm still only a small shareholder but I have bought and sold until I'm content to build around the firms I have now. I plan to offload Premier Foods as soon as its financially sound to do so and Trafalgar New Homes, but the rest I will hold . If I buy into any new company shares it might be Equatorial Palm Olive, not yet 'sold' on them, but the first re planting was in 2011 and this company is taking the right steps to keep locals onside. As for Toumaz, the debt is still manageable and if the future of the Health side is determined soon this company can and will start increasing revenue.

Bought more shares yesterday only for it to show as a sell?. Have read about this before but it is really odd.

Had a windfall today from Belgravium Technologies , now Touchstar.( wasn't expecting any ) Have been invested in this company for some years. Due to the windfall I decided that I will top up more in Toumaz.. Share price is very low and if I stand by my views I might as well put this money into Toumaz and wait and see if my view is rewarded. Been having to babysit all week with the wife so I don't have a lot of time for 'share gazing' but top up I will by next week. Hope your' next month' pays off and good news follows..

Just returned from a long break with the wife. Difficult time for all shareholders as the general slide has been on going since last October with a few peaks . I'm still in for the long term in this and all my shares except Trafalgar New Homes and Premier Foods. Stilo and many AIM's listed company's are rarely going to take off but make steady progress as they attract interest. .I don't understand the Cotton Eye Joe reference and I hope everyone stays polite, after all discussion and views and part and parcel of the world we live in.Got a sun tan ( I get one sitting in the shade)but avoided the nudist beaches...look better with my clothes on..

I agree this share is below expectation for now but making statements without foundation is tricky when dealing with a 'listed' company. The Health research has been under review from last year . If it fails to attract takers Toumaz can sell off the best part of the development if any exists , become a partner with someone else or ...call it a day, admit there's better options out there and wind down. I expect revenues to rise after last years contract, so, if we are left with half a company at least its the best half. Know its frustrating but the whole market is sliding down and this is not the time to expect many shares to gain, but after the referendum at least we will all know where we are going....wont we?

After looking at and investing in Tyratech, I thought I would mention Equatorial Palm Oil Co...worth a read up.

Staplehurst has raised this problem before but I'm not close enough to know why TNH is still trying to get Detail planning approval. The process is normally once you have outline planning permission you talk to the local planning dept, find out what is or is not acceptable to the local Plan and submit along those line. Its not unusual for local councillors to vote against Officers advice but too far removed from the local Plan and you are entering legal appeal area.