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Hope you make a good profit there mate.........Doing well with rose got in there in the 0.6s are you still in there aswell.......Did you get to look at last ntog rns by the way T stands for transformational lol.......

Had a think about ORE not going to get back in at this stage.............But if the price of gold goes up substantially and its viable to proceed with deli-jovan i will get back in,but i invested in ore in the past because of deli...............

Did you see NTOG last rns could be the T deal...........

Ntog looks to be changing about time ive been patient there for yonks.....................kibo looks very strong some good assets there.......might get in to ORE with about 4m shares if i do for under 5grand??

Good luck aswell mate you deserve it.

Might have to get back in aswell then lol........ill have a think over the weekend,hope your well mate have you seen badboy lately last time i heard he had asked for his job back but no luck there.............

Vol Sold 3,546,233 Vol Bought 15,304,370............way more buys again today hopefully you are right about next week............

more bought than sold again and the sp dosent move dont figure mate............

Buys flooding in this week again............ 14m+ buys today im convinced something is happening in the background hopefully news soon to confirm our hopes good luck all............

worth a punt mate...........

Positive Points: The world's largest advertising company maintained its full year targets. The group has been aiming for its operating margin to improve 0.3 percentage points this year, excluding currency shifts. In the first half, the group's margin rose in line with that target, up 0.3 percentage points to 13%. WPP said net sales grew at a similar rate in July than in the first six months of the year, with all regions showing growth. In the UK, net sales were up 6.5% on a like-for-like basis. WPP saw continuing strong growth in the group's media investment management businesses, with growth accelerating in the direct, digital and interactive, public relations and public affairs and specialist communications agencies. Central and Eastern Europe also delivered a robust performance with like-for-like net sales were up almost 14% and double digit growth across several markets including Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia performed strongly despite the current political tensions, added WPP. In line with the group's strategic focus on new markets, new media and data investment management, WPP completed 36 transactions in the first half, 20 acquisitions and investments were in new markets and 29 in quantitative and digital. Of these, 13 were in both new markets and quantitative and digital. WPP maintained its progressive dividend policy. It said it would pay an interim dividend of 11.62 pence per share, an increase of 10% from last year.

Negative Points: WPP's global footprint has led to difficult headwinds in the form of currency translation allied to the strength of sterling. "The strength of sterling has ravaged… our revenue figures and profits figures on a reported basis," said founder and CEO Martin Sorrell. The group highlighted a number of global concerns including, a China or BRICs hard or soft landing, the fragile state of the Eurozone, the US deficit and a record level of $16 trillion of debt, and the political decisions in the UK on Scottish devolution. More recently, the crisis in the Ukraine and the consequential Russian sanctions, and the most recent conflicts in Iraq and Gaza. Each WPP company operates in a fiercely competitive sector and this level of competition is unlikely to abate. The company receives a significant portion of its revenues from a limited number of large clients. The loss of these clients could have a material adverse impact on WPP's future prospects and financial position. WPP is subject to strict anti-corruption and anti-bribery legislation and enforcement. The group could be subject to regulatory and legal restrictions in the 110 countries in which it operates.

Financial Highlights: The company reported a 1.5% rise in headline pre tax profits to £532 million, but when currency movements were stripped out the rise was 15.6%. WPP saw group revenues advance by 2.7% to £5.47 billion. Share buy-backs increased significantly to £390 million in the half year, equivalent to 2.3% of issued share capital versus 1% a year earlier. Average net debt decreased by £348 million to £2.76 billion. WPP declared it would pay an interim dividend of 11.62 pence per share, an increase of 10% from last year.

Interim results: WPP has maintained its positive momentum from the first quarter, with an interim update which again defies the doubters. In particular, net sales showed strong growth, the operating margin figure remains stable, whilst UK revenues posted significant gains. In addition, this display of cash generation has enabled WPP to reduce net debt further, whilst also ramping up the share buy back programme and maintaining its progressive dividend policy - the company is slowly becoming an income stock, in addition to a growth stock, with the current yield of 2.4% leaving room for further expansion. Less positively, WPP's global footprint has led to difficult headwinds in the form of currency translation allied to the strength of sterling whilst, inevitably, broader geopolitical concerns are unhelpful to corporate sentiment. The company operates in a sector which is famously aggressive and this level of competition is unlikely to abate. The share price has struggled to keep up with the weight of expectation attached to the company, having risen 3% over the last year, as compared to a 4.5% hike for the wider FTSE100, after some recent weakness. Nonetheless, WPP continues to play its part in the UK growth story, and the current general market consensus opinion of the shares as a strong buy should remain intact for the time being.

McColl's investment case looks good on a paper. Problems pounding the wider food retail sector are an issue, and margins are thin. But the half-year results show the company is on track to meet its full-year profit targets, while like-for-like sales growth looks decent, despite the headwinds. Throw in a low rating and high yield, and McColl's adds up to a compelling addition to your shopping trolley.

Of course, the big caveat is the execution risk with this strategy. We're not out of the economic doldrums yet, and consumer spending remains weak. The food retail sector is in upheaval and completely out of favour in terms of investor sentiment. Even by the standards of food retailers, McColl's margins are slim: the group's 2013 operating margin was a meagre 2.6 per cent. However, like-for-like sales grew 2.1 per cent in the half-year, and operating profit rose 15 per cent to £10m, putting the group on track to meet full-year growth forecasts of 8 per cent. Despite this, the shares are trading at just 11 times expected earnings for the current financial year dropping to 10 times next year's forecasts. It's also set to be a generous dividend payer, based on its policy of distributing 60 per cent of underlying post-tax profit.

It’s hard to find a compelling investment case among retailers these days. Either they come fully-valued or without any sort of decent growth prospects. That's why convenience chain McColl's (MCLS) has caught our eye. It offers a low rating, respectable growth forecasts and an attractive yield. Yet, since its initial public offering in February, the company has somewhat struggled to gain investor interest, perhaps overshadowed by the sheer number of retailers vying for the limelight in the IPO craze at the start of the year. But, judging by its maiden interim results - which were bang in line with expectations - this might all begin to change. McColl's opened its 750th convenience outlet in June and is on track to run 1,000 by end-2016. It also operates a further 544 newsagents. The plan is to grow the convenience division through acquisitions - with roughly 35,000 independent corner shops across the UK, there are rich pickings - and convert roughly half of the newsagents into convenience store formats. Many existing convenience outlets are also being upgraded into 'premium' layouts, offering a wider range of fresh food. This is important because conversion usually results in a 2.4 per cent sales uplift. The wider trend towards convenience shopping is a further tailwind. Even for the large supermarkets, the sub-sector remains one of the few categories still growing strongly. McColl's is a convenience specialist, so it's extremely careful about choosing sites with potential for maximum footfall. Coupled with this is a focus on providing value-added services for local residents, giving them reason to enter the shops. That includes Post Office counters and CollectPlus, both of which are benefiting from growth in online shopping. CollectPlus allows shoppers to arrange to have their parcels delivered to local shops for collection. As for the Post Offices, McColl's is adding branches to its network and, under a new agreement, is converting 191 existing Post Office counters to a new "local" model that offers services at the retail counter. That means shoppers can use the service for as long as the store is open. While not hugely profitable, Post Offices bring people into the stores and McColl's gets a cut of every transaction.

There is little to fault with Atkins at present. As with many UK companies, strong sterling is an issue. But the recent trading update confirmed that trading was in line with expectations despite this headwind. The calendarised 2014 price-earnings multiple is 15 times, which is still at a discount to the global peer group. That looks undeserved given the obvious quality on offer. Recent M&A action in the sector could help close that gap, either by highlighting the valuation upside or by giving Atkins the chance to participate in a transformational deal.

The energy division, meanwhile, grew revenues by 12 per cent to £170m. Atkins has a well-established presence in the oil and gas and nuclear markets, both of which are growing strongly. And the acquisition of US nuclear engineering business Nuclear Safety Associates, which is in the final stages of regulatory approval, will fulfil Atkins's long-held aim of establishing a US nuclear footprint. The UK remains the group's biggest market accounting for just over half of its revenues. Atkins has strong market positions in road and rail and is benefiting from a healthy backlog of projects, as the government ploughs cash into infrastructure investment in an effort to keep the economy moving. Atkins is involved in work such as the UK's rail electrification programme, early-stage design work for the London to West Midlands high-speed rail link and maintenance of the M25 motorway. The UK water sector has also been busy as water companies step up spending in the last year of their current regulatory period. Atkins is, however, preparing for a quieter time ahead when the new water pricing regime kicks in next year. The group has 'right-sized' the business in preparation and has also redeployed resources from its aerospace business, which is seeing a slowdown in work from major customer Airbus. Ultimately, the aim is to reduce dependency on the UK to less than a quarter of the group. One quick way to do that would be through acquisitions. The net cash pile and impressive cash generation - Atkins increased its net cash by almost a third last year - certainly give it some headroom. And Atkins could potentially be on the brink of a transformational deal. Press reports suggest Atkins is in the running to buy Balfour Beatty's (BBY) US engineering business, Parsons Brinkerhoff. The deal is complicated by the fact that Carillion (CLLN) is itself trying to merge with Balfour, but if it comes off it would propel Atkins into the big league. Broker Peel Hunt says the acquisition of Parsons would put Atkins in the top 10 global design companies and could, based on a £600m purchase price, deliver 12 per cent earnings accretion in its first full year.

Engineering consultancy WS Atkins (ATK) is a quality outfit. The group's top-class design and engineering skills see it involved in iconic building projects around the world - the Dubai Metro, the London 2012 Olympic games, the Hoover Dam bypass. And its skill in managing its own profitability and cash generation is just as sharp. Many of the UK's listed engineering consultancy companies have slipped on banana skins in recent years as the stop-start global economic recovery has thrown up challenges. Not Atkins. The group's underlying earnings have continued to grow, as have dividends, while a push to improve efficiency has lifted the operating margin towards the best-in-class 8 per cent target. In large part, that is due to shrewd management decisions on where best to focus the business. Atkins has exited businesses that no longer make strategic sense. The UK highways services arm and loss-making US construction business Peter Brown were both sold off late last year. Atkins, which also exited its UK asset management and PFI businesses in recent years, said at its recent full-year results that its 'portfolio optimisation' was now mostly complete. So Atkins can now fully focus on sectors where it sees the best growth and margin potential. Last year, the best of the top-line growth was in Asia Pacific and the energy division. It's no coincidence that these are key focus areas for the group. Asia Pacific revenues rose 14 per cent to £101m. Around £9m of that came from Singapore-based Confluence, which was acquired by Atkins in October. Confluence, which has worked on high-profile projects, including the Singapore Grand Prix and Marina Bay Sands mega-casino, boosts the group's presence in the region and also adds key programme management skills.