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Whats everyones thoughts on this. I read UK pension funds only invest around 4% in the UK which I was quite surprised about. Mandating a minimum amount would add billions on GBP inflow to the UK stock market but is it right?

If fund managers and our pensions don't perform well will the FTSE be blamed as we only see small growth or will this help propel the current low valuations of the UK stock market.....

I would see Lloyds as a big beneficial in this if it did happen

I've been holding for a while now and whst not too stressed about it very surprised we are not back at the 2gbp mark with so much positivity.

Looking forward to the next update.

Stagecoach

It's going to be an interesting period for the UK. Personally I see many people continuing with life not really understanding what high interest rates mean to their mortgage and credit card debts. I suspect this will start to play out more when mortgage renewals start happening. I also see less businesses starting up and investing until rates start to reduce.

Whatever happens I just don't have confidence at the moment in the BOE.

*panic

Agree with the first part and believe the impact is still yet to be felt.

US inflation came down considerably whereas UK has remained stubbornly high so be surprised if we did see a pause.

Current BOE don't seem to have a clue and making it up as they go along. Not that long ago creating pa is by saying we were heading to a deep dark recession. Should have stepped down for making silly remarks like that.

More fool you. Now it's down here and you think it's going to fall because u lost money...

Do the maths. Buying down here is a long term great strategy. Better you go back to your Wizz

If you are flip flapping for those reasons better you fip flap out of here

The trouble is you are only looking in through a tinted window and see what our eyes want us to see. MA is a shrewd man and I am sure he would have added several clauses into the terms which the board would not want to agree with. Have you seen the terms of the agreement to say with certianainty he was offering a good deal?

I would suspect there would be a large number of clauses we would not want to agree too and would only benefit MA, after all he is a business man.

In therms of 12gbp offer you are looking at the now with hindsight. Given the price was at over 60gbp, the company was not in stress and providing you saw a positive outcome why would you sell at 12gbp?

He is a billionaire and knows his chickens. He knows where this could take him. Looking at the captured audience and market share the business has who can blame him for not taking 12gbp.

Relax, read through the trading update and again, listen to the presentation and be a bit more positive...if you still can't after that ask yourself why you invested and if its still relevant.

Https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/1017037/woodbois-reaches-agreement-with-sydbank-1017037.html

I'm more interested in why this story has leaked now and who really leaked it. The SP is in a low point, seems maybe a little desperation to breath some life back considering the approach was back in Dec. Hope I'm wrong

Again against the grain here. Think Sunak had a very hard place to start from. Think he has rolled his sleeves up and just got on with the job. Tackled a few issues and seems to be knocking them down one by one. He is making progress

I have properties and capital tied up in various investments and really looking at removing investments the closer we get to election as I think if labour win they will be looking at taking it all or at least making it difficult with high taxes on those they consider wealthy.

It's a difficult place to be right now but whoever wins needs to invest in the UK and look for growth. For me reading articles where Poland are going to be wealthier than the UK in several years is just heartbreaking and shows how dire this country has been to invest in.

I know this goes against the grain but if its only 6k paying 3.4% and you can easily afford the repayments then I would look at getting interest on the 9k with current depressed markets share prices and high divi available you could make both much better capital gains and money from divi.

However you should always choose what's best for you. Weighing out worse case scenarios for both and taking your own circumstances into consideration. I. E age and health

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This one reporting 1b which is a great start if true

Market cap of 350m gbp for a company that was worth

Billions not that long ago, what a drop!

Seems a little extreme. The private sector needs houses for rental purposes. I never understand the stigma towards landlords.

Yes immigration needs reducing however I still think all these million and billionaires hiding their wealth in offshore accounts needs a better look. The Panorama report a few years back was really shocking.

Most of this wealth was made in the UK so why can't it be taxed using UK tax rules??

SUFC - I'm down Leigh on sea.... does that count for a free beer?

How does everyone feel about Nationwide paying their customers 100Gbp.

Am I being daft, because if I was a shareholder, took the risk of holding them especially through the turbulent few years with no dividend and then when an excellent profit finally gets reported find out they are paying 15% of profits to account holders who have not held any risk seems a little daft to me. I would rather that money go to buy backs or divi.

I hope this doesn't become a feature for other banks!!

Went against everything I planned, sold a trading tranch at 525 and yesterday at 519. Now just sold the lot at 509.

Just feel its gonna keep sliding. Hoping to buy all up again around the 480 mark. We will see if I have played the game well or not

I have a relatively straight split. Iag is a strong brand can make better margins and the p/e is extremely low if they managed beating the 2.3b profit. However they are and will be held back by debt.

Ezj for me are trading at a high end but they are effectively debt free, I beleive the holiday segment will really grow into something special and they are a very good brand with good slots. I actually think they are run relatively well and hope the margins keep improving. My eyes are on the holiday segment for rapid growth.

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