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Appreciate the info - I don't have a level 2 view, so often use dummy buys/sells to try to get some insight into the strength of an SP.

12.88 is only available for a small quantity of shares? That's what I get when I dummy buy for 50 shares. I only have about £20 cash in my trading account.

Looks like it's trying to break out. Last trade at 13.5p

i'm also expecting a run up for the simple reason that holders will be reluctant to sell at the moment, and new investors may be looking to take positions. There's also a new ISA allowance available (I think on the 5th April?) which may see investors buy in. I've no target price until we see results, but would slice above 20p.

Hoping results confirm that STY is looking like a good turnaround/recovery story. Given the diversification into new sectors, it's a vastly different proposition now than in the past.

Best of luck. I hold to my view that from such a low mcap of just over £7m, the potential % upside medium to long term is compelling. Results now this month and trading update in may.

We know results should show a decent profit before tax on increased revenues over last year, this in a difficult year economically. We've also had 2 very good framework RNSs over the past few weeks. Roll on those results!!!!

Motowntommy - I think we've got a fortnight or so till results, based on when they were issued over the past couple of months. Great to see resilience in the shareprice on a down day in the market generally.

Let's hope so ... Robust results, a more upbeat outlook and even the possibility of more contract/framework news in the coming weeks could see a fairly strong rise from the current price.

Especially nice to see the buy through above offer, and a couple of ticks up. Roll on tomorrow, and roll on results.

Yes, nice to see some blue on the screen here at STY. We know results should be broadly in line, and we know that this should mean a decent improvement over 2010 full year results. Good luck here :)

... or so till next results, then the probability of a May trading update. Looking forward to reading about how STY are getting on.

http://england.unitedkingdom-tenders.co.uk/16935_brShirehall_Abbey_ForegateShrewsburyUNITED_KINGDOM_2012_Shrewsbury Confirmation of the £150m value of the Shropshire framework - I imagine each contractor will be 3-way bid by the 3 contractors, one of which is STY. Could be a nice earner if the margins are ok.

The selling pressure seems to have eased for now, even on a down day for the markets like today. Looking forward to those results, tradey.

... results are maybe 15 to 20 trading days away, having been mid-April for the past 2 years. Good luck all holders.

I'm anticipating a run up to results here. Given the forecast is for £1.6m underlying profit before tax and that STY have paid back the loan from cash resources, it will be interesting to see what this means in terms of the net cash position excluding pref shares. Volumes thin again as you say, but they'll pick up on announcement of the results date. There's also the possibility of another contract or framework in the meantime to galvanise interest whilst we wait. It's mid-march already, so not long to go, and we should see a trading update in may. All the best.

Infinite, I'm hoping that results spark a "hold on this looks cheap" reaction from the market, and some earnings growth expectations to start to feed into the shareprice. Results should show STY moving to making a decent profit on growing margins, containing costs and continuing its drive to diversify. Not far off now. Expectation could well drive the SP higher pre-results.

Another dead board I see. I've been buying here since the results, and added more upon seeing the director buys. International expansion seems to be progressing at a very fast rate, and pays a good dividend too. Not the strongest balance sheet in the world, but huge turnover which could see profits increase dramatically with any increase in gross margins. I was alerted to ISG as I have a large holding in STY, and liked what I saw here.

Supermarket refurb announcements within the last month: http://www.prweek.com/uk/go/consumer/article/1116342/asda-reviews-public-affairs-ahead-major-2012-expansion/ http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jzAOjVbosSA6TjiUAIqjFiKoPiFg?docId=N0895921330861886348A http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/03/08/uk-morrisons-idUKBRE8270DE20120308

It looks like the major food retailers are recognising that they HAVE to invest in their existing stores in order to maintain competitive advantage. The article clearly highlights the sales improvement achieved as a results of this investment. So that's tesco, asda and morrisons that have recently announced refurb investment programmes. Hopefully there's work for STY here at the sort of margins that makes it worthwhile. My hope is that any substantial pick up in demand for refurb will see margins for supermarket work improve, simply on the basis of supply and demand. Incidentally, ISG worth a look too if you like the sector.