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http://ir.endurance.bm/phoenix.zhtml?c=137754&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2257053 Looks like this acquisition deal is complete. Nice to see both Charlie Chichester and Steffan advising on this deal. Not sure what money Porta made from advising on this deal. Hopefully they will continue to advise this much larger firm now.

http://www.logisticsmanager.com/eddie-stobart-flotation-to-fund-e-commerce-growth/ The 550m is the value of the company. They expect to raise 130m. They are beating March last year by quite a distance now. They only raised 5m in March last year. Only 10m or so in April 2016.

I would not worry. Most of the SP movement will be due to funds in the background. Question is are any of the major holders left buying or selling? I suspect at least one may be buying here. Must be many below the 3% mark trading shares. What was your opinion on the results? Were you happy?? The overall PBT looked good? Something to build on as Grayling recovers? Assuming they don't sell it off? It is holding back this share right now. I also wonder if they plan to shift more to the US?? Most revenue in the US now? See what happens.

https://www.appc.org.uk/register/profile/?company=Newgate%20Communications Useful link. Looks like Newgate has less Public Affairs clients since 2014 when it's main Public Affairs consultants left. Hopefully they are gradually rebuilding this client list given Simon Gentry only arrived in September. They have 9 listed public Affairs staff now.

Looking at these figures Aberforth Partners LLP has acquired nearly 700k more stock since last announced a year ago. I don't recall them doing an RNS for this? It's possible they could be one of the buyers here. In other news a client win. http://www.gorkana.com/2017/03/maxis-chooses-citigate-dewe-rogerson/ Plus Numis have put a target of 63p on the share. Pound is starting to regain some ground now albeit it has a long way to go. I do think interest rates in the UK need to rise as they are doing in US and likely Europe too soon. Pound is far too weak.

http://www.prweek.com/article/1428194/brief-ex-hammond-spad-joins-newgate-cow-wins-micro-scooters-mercieca-its-weetabix-energy-briefs-fti I mentioned this a week ago after finding her on their staff list. PR Weekly has just posted the news in brief. DYOR!

Welcome back Riverman. When did you buy back in? Last 2 days have only shown sells. 50k sold on ISDX today. Huntsworth results are out. Due to exchange rates their revenue increased 14.1m. Albeit they have suffered from Grayling closing offices and a huge 30.5 goodwill impairment. Although their overall Gross profits were up to 16m before the big goodwill charge. This could be very good news for Porta. As Porta turned over 8.8m in Asia last year. We know this grew 11% in H1. So H2 could of easily see revenue increase by 450-600K+. With Profits in Asia rising at least 10-15% due to exchange rates and strong revenue growth? Albeit they are still paying out to non controlling interests here. If they can sort out the debt issues here this share will rise. Main downside is the 1.9m loss in H1 due to D and A and the borrow 500k. I do think they are turning things around here. See what happens in 2 and a bit months. I doubt share will fall much further here. Still some buyers in background. Was quite tempted myself too.

Interesting. 52% of revenue in US dollars. Revenue increase of 14.1m due to exchange rates. If the pound soars here revenue/ profits will be impacted next year. At present pound is more likely to fall? That is a big increase due to exchange rates. Likely impacted profits too in a big way. 30.5M goodwill cost all attributed to Grayling. This is purely a paper based exercise as debt has actually fallen 5m or so. 'In the Interim Results announced in July 2016, goodwill was impaired by £15.0 million, in respect of Grayling. A further impairment of £15.5 million was booked at 31 December 2016 following the restructure of the US lobbying business, including the post-year end disposal of Whiteboard Associates.' They need to draw a line under Grayling as these diverging businesses and other closed buisnesses(Swedish offices/ American lobbying) are hampering what would of otherwise been respectable results. Like for like sales up 1% overall but mostly because of Grayling. If they have turned the corner here than 2017 could be very strong for Huntsworth if the Dollar maintains it's strength. It is a case of smoke and mirrors as exchange rates really do hide the real numbers here. The movement of SP today will have been impacted by funds in the background. If the funds like the results then this will surge as the sellers clear out. Of course if i was selling I would wait for the surge and then sell. So need to see where the Sp settles here. No real reason for it to fall here.

http://www.huntsworth.com/investor-relations/shareholder-services/major-shareholders/ Unclear if any of these values have actually changed. A few of the companies that sold out have been removed with 1-2 new ones added. If a seller is clearing out here it's possible they will sell quickly if new buyers liked the results. The idea that there is ever just one buyer and seller is never true.

So dec 2015 they had PBT of 13.3m. Compared to 16m in 2014. They are suggesting ahead of 15M this year. They turned over 168.4m last year. Citigate and Grayling both lost 7% last year. Going to be a lot of number crunching tomorrow. See what happens here and if the margins at Grayling have improved for 2016. I forget the H1 figures. If the figures show a return to profit and strong growth then share should rise. If the improved PBT is mainly due to currency I would be concerned. I think all the directors buys here is a good indicator. This is a very lack lustre forum for Huntsworth. Mainly due to fact the funds control well over 70% of the shares if not more. (Many funds below 3% too.) So less PI posting here.

https://twitter.com/Citigate?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Congrats to our Manchester office for winning this! @Citigate "For integrated corporate and financial PR in North" Always worth following their twitter. Won't shift the SP but always good to win awards.

I follow a number of PR firms including Cello too. Albeit I mainly post on PTCM. Not got round to posting here lately. Albeit it looks like Huntsworth revenue should be ahead of last year. SP is up 10-15% above it's low here. I think start of 2017 will be strong for HNT too given continued currency exchange rates plus recent trading update. http://www.gorkana.com/2017/03/green-park-search-firm-appoints-citigate-dewe-rogerson/ Grayling promotes Joseph Zeratzion http://www.gorkana.com/2017/02/grayling-promotes-joseph-zeratzion/ PTCM is interesting as it is a start up which has grown from nothing to a business turning over £35M. Albeit they have had 1-2 big setbacks in recent years including many large shareholders selling up. Porta have just announced a big contract win for F and F clothing from Tesco. I think, if Porta can resolve debt issues, the share will climb quickly. We have been waiting on real debt news for 6-8 months now. Quite frustrating. Porta have also been making a lot of big hires who could help increase contract wins in the future. I see HNT more as a finished product. They have shown no signs of being interested in acquisitions here. They seem to be relying on organic growth. Where I think Porta is looking to grow quickly once they reduce their 12% loans. See what happens. The consistant director buys for Huntsworth here point to no discussions ongoing either. If you look at Cello they have recently announced plans for growth and SP soared nearly 20%. Let's see what the results bring tomorrow. I suspect a mix of mainly good and some bad news. See how Sweden office closure affects the results.

Adastra -Was good to finally meet you and your friend at the AGM last June. Did you read my previous question? df1976 - Everyone on this forum is entitled to an opinion. 100% not the same person as Adastra. His writing style is very different to mine. If your average is 30-40p then you will struggle to get that back short term. As one of my friends told me this weekend. 'Porta has a degree of risk but the reward could be huge if they manage to turn this around'. You only have to look at IQE to see a share that has risen 184% in a few months. Hoping Porta can do the same.

What are your questions?

Thank you Adastra. Are you likely to email someone on board again? Would love to get update on debt and trading update.

Looks like porta have hired a new associate partner Sian Jones. This is on top of the 2 new hires added to website last week. Sian appears to be public affairs related having worked in many areas of government.

I know the 4p ones today and yesterday were buys as I did a test buy. The 3.65p trade was a sell. As was the trade on isdx. Read previous posts on why I am positive here from last 3 to 4 months. I have no agenda. I am just a shareholder like you. I have posted hundreds of posts about Porta. I have a good idea about this firm. They are holding back on us.

Well all the 4p trades today and yesterday are buys. You sold against the market.

@mazz Dyor. Don't just go by forum boards. I still think Porta is under valued here and the company is doing well. Probably a mistake selling. Albeit the share was stressing you out. So maybe right on a personal level.

Which is why I suggested Adastra. I don't think they will want any reply put on A forum. RNS. 300k payout to 2 employees. Paying half in shares now. Half in 2018 in cash or shares.