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paying themselves increased salary and benefits totalling over £1.24m for the privilege of losing more of investors money year on year? Having read through the latest Annual Report, I can see no mention of any BOD strategy to turn in an actual net profit or even any timetable for doing so. Are the BOD operating this company as a registered charity, providing subsidised services to wealthy customers at the expense on their own hard up investors? That's what it looks like me!

surely, as this is so undervalued at current SP. Any news anyone?

being sustainable for long, as the damage done to the tree stock will take years, and massive amounts of cash, to rejuvenate/ replace. ACHL have been very unlucky with weather incidents and, unfortunately, will not recover from that just because the weather turns favourable again. It will be almost like going back to square one again, but rewards will come, in time, for the very patient investor, providing the elements remain favourable along the way. This could all happen all over again.

It would have been nice to see a swing into profit rather than an increase in loss this time around. The huge cost of sales in comparison to revenue for this type of company should be falling in proportion, rather than rising or remaining constant. It is comparatively easy to increase sales when making a loss. The trick here is to make a profit on what we are doing so as to get a return on our investment! SP improvement is welcome although spread is ridiculous and trading slow.

or am I missing something? Might just wade in!

This share is set to GROW!

Anytime soon for Y/E Jan 2015

Thanks for the reply

This looks to be finally waking up!

alb1on, I take on board everything you have responded with and agree to a point. However I am almost certain that a large number of employees that have been paying into a final salary scheme for more than 20 years, have now been switched over into defined benefits/pension pot schemes on an accrual basis. They used to quote their fantastic final salary pension scheme in almost every recruitment advert they put out. It should be treated the same as other pension changes as you have indicated. They should agree to split the pension payment, on retirement according to how many years you paid in under final salary and how many under newer scheme. E.G. worked 44 years and for first 33 years paid into final salary scheme, then 3 quarters of pension should be based on your actual final salary and the rest according to the new sheme arrangements. Seems Dick Turpin rides again!

THAT'S how you get to be a Times Top 100 Employer! Goodness knows what a Bottom 100 Employer must be like!

Regarding the huge pension deficit...... As with many other companies carrying huge deficits, it would not surprise me at all if RSA, or its constituent companies before merger, had benefitted for extended pension contribution holidays, whereby they made no contributions at all, as they felt there was already plenty in the pot to cover all future pensioner commitments. That should never have been allowed as it was a direct raid on the surplus generated by successful investments that would become the future pensions of its existing employees. As a result of the current deficit, RSA have diluted the previously agreed pension terms that employees signed up for and paid into. So you sign up for a great pension and agree the payments and just when you are about to retire, the rules are changed and you end up with bu**er all, while the execs fill their pockets and pension pots with obscene amounts in comparison to what the average Joe will get

LOL! I just looked up the umbrella type agencies they use and one is called................... PARASOL!

It is also noteworthy that RSA have watered down their employee ShareBuild scheme massively reducing the incentive for staff to invest in their own company. RSA will now only match monthly ShareBuild purchases on a basis of 1:5 as opposed to the usual 1:1 offered by the majority of FTSE companies that operate the scheme. It is a real kick in the teeth for loyal employees who would have to hold onto the matching shares for 5 years to get the full benefit. I expect the top executives will still keep their additional bonus benefits intact rather than have them reduced by such plundering. They are also employing more and more people on these punitive temporary contracts at arms length via agencies, that act as the pseudo employer, treating the eager workforce like dirt with so many unfair working practices it is unbelievable. "I have to be at my desk with my computer up and running, having read all my emails and work messages, ready to take a call at my exact starting time. I do not get paid for the preparation, and must take calls right up to the very second my session finishes, even though calls can take a minimum of 2-3minutes and can last for up to 30 minutes. So ifI get a call 10seconds before my signing off time, I have to take it and finish it. I only get paid if it runs more than 8 minutes into my own time and I must contact my leader, before signing off to request the overtimact up to e to be logged, which is very difficult and time consuming to do in itself. So I end up getting away 20 minutes late with little chance of being paid" Companies can extract up to an extra 10% unpaid work from employees via such sharp practices and do it without any qualms as "they" are not the employer, that role is undertaken by an "umbrella" company. There is no doubt, however, who lays down the rules of how the employees will be treated, but who hide behind this "umbrella" arrangement in order that they can maintain their reputation as a "Times Top 100, employer as rated by its (permanent) employees" The way they operate is truly despicable!

I welcome the rise today, as have 4000 shares here, but am not aware of any news out there to indicate why the jump? Any ideas anyone?

to investors like my self, with this stock, is that it will be taken private again. The AIM listing brought in a massive cash injection and the major shareholder can now pick it back up for peanuts without much to stop him. I have received all 3 dividends in cash and now have a low average with an excellent prospective yield. The Camel brand is an upmarket brand and one to be seen with in China and other far east countries where there are many affluent individuals with young children (limited) who get the best things their parents can afford to give them. Camkids is the child friendly brand of Camel. If you look at the clothing offered in my earlier links you can see that there is a lot of attention to detail, particularly the intricate interweaving of the brand name throughout many parts of the garments and footwear. They use western style models as these are aspirational in China and they use bright colours and fun based themes and settings to promote their range. They are suffering a dip in trading as are many retailers but I, for one, am taking a punt on them bouncing back toward the end of this year or early next year. Everything they are doing appears to be sensible from a logistics point of view, such as discounting stockpiles and keeping the cash coming in wherever they can. Clear out the old stock and get ready for the next season. My other small worry is the effect of currency exchange levels. However, if they price their items in USD then exports should take off whilst domestic sales may not generate enough profit once converted to accounting currency.

Many FTSE 100 companies also offer scrip dividends as a matter of course. It is a very cheap and efficient way of re-investing your dividends back into the company and conserves cash. Camkids have offered both alternatives in the past, so why stop now? GLA

If they are scamming, they have certainly invested a hell of a lot of money marketing their brand. Enough for it to be worth counterfeiting in Korea! http://www.dhgate.com/product/korean-version-of-the-cam-kids-girls-down/156817866.html http://www.aweldaw.com/s-camkids http://list.qoo10.sg/s/CAMKIDS?keyword=camkids&keyword_auto_change= http://www.myshopping.com.au/ZM--1233076078_Genuine_CAMKIDS_small_camel_adolescent_boys_and_girls_outdoor_equipment_fitted_jacket_ski_suit_25FWO15 http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=camkids

Just for information purposes, here are a few links to camkids related stuff: http://www.9channel.com/c/Outdoor-Clothing/3641.html?keyword=CAMKIDS http://www.camkids-ir.com/archive/media_coverage/World-Trade-Magazine-Camkids.pdf http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Camkids-male-female-child-twinset-outdoor-jacket-fleece-liner-trench-25fwo41/1327700728.html http://www.aliexpress.com/premium/camkids.html?ltype=wholesale&SearchText=camkids&d=y&origin=y&initiative_id=SB_20150204050808&isViewCP=y&catId=0 http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Camkids-female-child-stripe-basic-shirt-child-100-T-shirt-long-sleeve-cotton-long-johns-355004/1327703658.html

Hi, VG post. I always thought "material" meant significant, so rather more worrying GLA