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SWOT Analysis Strengths: Growing own brand hotel higher margin, lower levels of debt, new deal with Expedia secures large hotel distribution. Weaknesses: terrorism reduced holiday demand, increased competition, rising fraudulent holiday claims. Threats: could be hurt by uk consumer squeeze and staycation, Monarch collapse may have to help fund ATOL bill, Chinese joint venture slows. Opportunities: new Spanish licence, Condor now back in profit, new financial services division could attract customers.

The group said its current trading was in line with management�s expectations, with total bookings up 5 per cent, supported by demand for holidays in the Canaries and holidaymakers� renewed interest in visiting Egypt. The British foreign office has continued to advise tourists that terrorist attacks in the North African nation are �very likely�, but also says the number of incidents has reduced significantly following strong anti-extremist actions by the Egyptian government. Thomas Cook also said that bookings and pricing for holidays this summer were running ahead of this time last year. Average selling prices in the UK were six per cent higher than 12 months ago, which the group attributed mainly to �input price inflation�.

Air Berlin is gone, Monarch gone, Ryanair struggling to retain pilots so the results not that bad imo plus 2018 promises to be a better year as the company can sell longhaul holidays both to the UK and EU market. Will other competitor airlines fold in 2018?

Do not know but could see no bad news to justify it so bought some a few mins ago.

Small illiquid shares are more volatile, market makers got it wrong, a bit of manipulation or perhaps a speculative big buy? Once the agm is done, financing sorted, production started then sp will see less spikes.

I hold Cameco whose sp is doing nicely since "stopping production" while BKY is down 6% today. Another good rise for Energy Fuels so disappointed by the lack of sp progress here when the sector looks to be on the up. Next big event? Politically Trumpy waking up to Uranium One, Hillary, the Russians, Honeywell closing down their plant at Metropolis and a big push by him to secure Uranium Fuel for the USA.

Anyone got any idea what the Net Asset Value per share is as of today? I would guess at more than 36.50p hence like others a bit disappointed that the sp is flat when the oil and gas market is on the up.

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Bookmaker William Hill is fancied to extend a recent run of good results, writes Matthew Vincent. Analysts at Investec reckon the FTSE 250 group�s low level of hedging on the recent boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor will have helped it to outperform rival Ladbrokes Coral. Analysts at Barclays reckon a less draconian government crackdown on fixed odds betting terminals could mean it loses nearer �55m than �284m in revenue � and the odds are shortening. And all analysts are looking forward to 2018�s quadrennial festival of punter stupidity known as the football World Cup. Expect an extremely �low level of hedging� on any England victory. Or even a goalless draw against Costa Rica. In fact, get a result in the government review, and William Hill may be off to the races. This morning, ahead of that political decision, it has reported another quarter of growth: retail net revenue rose 3 per cent in the 17 weeks to October 24, in line with bullish analyst estimates. Online business proved most rewarding, with net revenues up 6 per cent, slightly below the most confident analyst expectations of 9 per cent.

Among other issues the coalition talks are not going well in Germany and Merkel's days may well be numbered if another election is called. Although exasperated with the state of play I hold some hope of sanity returning to EU Energy Policy and political acceptance that Nuclear Power needs to be part of Germany's supply network. With Cameco squeezing uranium production some global political common sense on energy security might transform the uranium market.

Dear Tom Due to the good news unavoidably published this morning we were unable to prevent the little people from buying more shares and as a result the price has risen by nearly 3%. Rest assured we are hard at work and by next week normal service will have been resumed with a corresponding fall in the PMG share price. Yours Faithfully Aim Market Makers inc.

I also hold Cameco and Energy Fuels and their sp seems to follow the uranium spot price perhaps because they are producers with contracts and inventory. BKY has great potential but until it is a producer the sp will be volatile and the antics of a few eco loonies will worry investors. The plus side is that when investing early there is more risk but also more potential upside.

Both shares up this morning. I remain investsd but sceptical about the sp here. POS is a bargain at these prices so why 59p? OK illiquid share easily manipulated and I still believe a risk exists that someone will take POS private on the cheap. The marketmakers playing games with the little people? Time for an email to Mr B?

If the sp drops tomorrow I will buy back in. Imo 200p is cheap based on cash, reserves and the possibility that in Aug 18 they might get a tax rebate from Indian Gov.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/EE-Anti-nuclear-Germany-is-Europes-biggest-GHG-emitter-13111701.html How could a country run by a woman with a doctorate in Physical Chemistry do something this stupid?

Not ungrateful but stupid greenies. This is from the news and reveals the idiots who closed down their nuclear plants in favour of coal and renewables emit the most greenhouse gases. Germany's Energiewende policy has made things worse for the climate by shutting down carbon-free nuclear capacity and locking in the dependency on coal burning for decades, despite hundreds of billions in investments and subsidy-schemes. This is the conclusion of the European Climate Leadership Report 2017, Measuring the Metrics that Matter published last week in Bonn, Germany, at Conference of the Parties (COP) 23 by the NGO Energy for Humanity. Energiewende, or energy transition, was introduced after Germany's government decided to phase out nuclear power in reaction to the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in March 2011. At the time, Germany was obtaining around a quarter of its electricity from 17 nuclear reactors. The Energy for Humanity report was issued on 8 November, during the UN Climate Change Conference being held in the German city until 17 November. Germany hosted the first UNFCCC COP - 1995 in Berlin. This is the second time Bonn has hosted the event - COP 6 in July 2001. A non-profit organisation, funded by philanthropic donations and advocating for climate action and energy access, Energy for Humanity said "COP23 host" Germany is Europe�s "worst offender" on climate change policy. Its new report ranks European countries on their climate leadership using official Eurostat data and exclusive data from ElectricityMap.org. Largest emitter Germany is "by far the largest emitter" - accounting for 18.3% of the total greenhouse gas emissions of the European Union, the European Free Trade Association and Turkey, which is why their strategy �matters so much� for net greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, according to the report.

Yep and since they have no significant debt this is a good place to be invested. Some time back the family rejected a bid because they felt 888 was worth 300p a share. I agree with them, it is well run business, the sector is a bit out of favour because of the uk gov. Investigation into FOBT and problem gamblers.

The IEA also said the growing importance of electricity in the energy market should support growth in demand for gas, which is a cleaner and more flexible source of power generation than coal. This would be good news for large oil and gas groups, such as Royal Dutch Shell and Total SA, which are betting heavily on gas on the assumption that it will continue growing after oil demand eventually goes into decline.

This pric cdid not make sense at first then a nasty thought occured to me. Are the owners looking to shake out the small investors before Plexus is bought out by private equity? Screw the little people by offering a crap price then leverage the business and pay the owners a fat dividend?

https://www.ft.com/content/487741c2-c560-11e7-a1d2-6786f39ef675 ULCC ultra large crude carrier at sea for a couple of years off loading as owners think oil market demand firming up. That and an impending war in the Gulf could be very good for oil resources anywhere else.