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Suf, I dont have your address for the postcard but pigeon post might say Standard Chartered!

Glad you enjoyed your trip have a quick look at Ebay, you might find your nighty! Good job they didnt get your diamonds, shares or stones. Mrs G just had to get her's valued again so they can be insured outside the house, she did loose a set of diamond earring's on a cruise once. "So is it time to stop day trading and short selling debs and start long term investing for a nice divi?" Cant you do all three? Hopefully all the negativity is in the price but I suppose anything could happen. I'm happy to collect the divi now over 6%. I expect the pension to be the topic although Im sure the board might prefer to talk about online. I dont see BHS demise as a biggy. I thought the channel island vat savings thing has been scuppered. Anyway UK PLC needs you to pay more tax for all those nurses we need.

Kenny100, One thing that we might agree on is that the brokers cant agree. Nice to have the divi in the "pot" Not sure what to do with it right now having done x2 top ups recently. It might have to find a new home.

At last a ray of hope. Debt free sound good but ................... Its still the same management!

update looking positive

giving away 2 hours free parking for the opening of Leeds new shopping centre. I suppose he hopes they all come back again the week after ...... and pay up. Well if it adds to my divis

Sorry Queeny, just my bad sense of humor. Didnt get my trip to Alderney this year didnt go ahead as the weather wasn't good for the sailing trip but maybe next year. New upmarket shopping centre opening on BBC news in leeds, saw them building it when I went for my tour de France visit a while back. No Debs in there though but JL has a store. One of the fewer JL stores being built after their own setbacks. Debs does have a store but maybe debs isnt upmarket enough for the “Knightsbridge of the North”. SP ticking up again for the traders!

Easy, all the sort of things I was hoping for. Nice to see things as low as $40. I wonder if this might get pushed one day

beatrootjuice, I agree that the divi will remain, well in the near term at least but not for the reasons you mention. I dont see that paying a divi to a particular investor either me or a royal member is an issue as its paid per share whoever owns it. Also I am unsure of being able to borrow in decent amounts at negative rates otherwise they would be loading up on debt and buy back shares to cover it. Debt will rise, as expected whilst they get leaner and once the new era POO and shells costs sort themselves out, only then will any change take place. Im hoping they use the time to become more profitable whatever the poo thereby continuing to pay my and the royals divis. Divi growth might be limited until the balance is sorted. I suppose the real question is on the rate of change and time needed to adjust because it can go on ad infinitum. Im sure there are bigger holders than the royals but suspect the royals hold A's not B's

take on pension issue is to downgrade from 95 to 70p As its only 54p now is that really a buy in disguise. Although to be fair they seemed unsure if it would be as big "and the bank said it could be wide of the mark due to a lack of visibility on the underlying assets in the scheme." Guess we will get some real figures soon ........ unless this has been leaked so that when the real figure is announced we all say phew! it wasnt that bad.

Wenty -More articles coming out on the pension issue but all seem to be a copy of the same thing. Some funny comments by readers in the Daily Fail version. Bond rates increasing so some hope maybe for the future, not just here but most company pensions. Nothing will change until the next review anyway. rbrand - Maybe Debs could employ Ed Ball's to dance around those figures, he was always good for some anti common sense ideas. Could you run your household like that.. Queeny - Glad click n collect sorted and I doubt its the chamber maid that has "moved" your nightie. You are on holiday and the King is looking for some romance. Well worn nighties dont go down much on holidays. You will just have make the best of it in the super moon's glow.

They seemed happy with results but forewarned some added caution. He seemed to have gritted teeth when talking about the CMA helping pick the shops to sell. They also cautioned on overseas earning/lower £ due to growing market share. So investing the money rather than bring it back then. Previous headwinds already mentioned so I suppose its wait and see mode and hopefully the savings can be better than expected ..... only time will tell.

I thought shorters borrowed the shares to short rather than bought them plus most buys have an offset seller but maybe I'm mistaken. What happens when it gets to 100 percent short?

The Directors are "piling in" well ok they are buying some shares. Then again if you get as many free shares as those that you buy I would too. Tesco slammed for doing BOGOF as it causes too much waste. Hopefully not the case here just dragging us along on their coat tails.

There seems to be a history of advising against common sense. Endowments were the same. They were forced out of risky shares at the bottom. Can you imagine pension funds having to invest in negative rates because they are "safe" Yep markets fall and often its fast and furious ...... waits for Vin Diesel to swing in ......... but its often one of the best times to buy for the longer term. I suppose like most investors, pension funds should have a mix that covers growth and income. I wonder if the individuals would have invested their monies better? Debs up a tad but following the market

gary, if you plan on loosing your shirt again can you do it with LAD, to help my divi there. Hopefully the divi here is a bit more "regular" than some of the ups and down you have experienced. Suf banging the drum for 700p although Im surprised he doesn't listen to his parrot who keeps saying "pieces of eight" Maybe Suf can't see it that high though due to his eye patch! Still at least will will here him running off with his pension ..... those wooden legs make a right racket.

Some nice metrics as expected but I think a better feel for things will come from the presentation and the way things are spun. I wonder what the one shop is, that all the deal hinges on? Its probably down to timing of a contract or two. Laters!

Twas a good job it started off in a surplus then. Another positive, if you can call it that is its not a Debs specific issue. Lots of companies with much worse starting points. May/Carney spat might see a change and if bond yields start to rise it wont be a problem. Still I expect this to add pressure on my potential growing divi although without checking I can't remember when the next review is due on pension payments but common sense says they are likely to have to up payments unless its seen as a temporary blip that might reverse in a short ish time

Mike, A share buyback it is then! Actually I can't see a special divi even though I might like one a lot. I suspect they already have an idea where they would like to use the money, and "should there be the right opportunity". means at the right price before the media get hold. They might also have a back up plan like more windmills! Glad you did some figures, couldnt find my fag packet so wont argue ... for now. Maybe they want more $ earnings?

As feared, shops being sold will dilute earnings, well in the short term anyway. I suppose it might take a small while for cost savings to filter through. Shorts have increased at quite a rate, getting up for 12%. Debt, shop sale, Brexit and more Regulations I suppose there might be more to come. Still at least we will get an update tomorrow and get a better idea where management think were going rather than the shorters