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As Piley01 has answered you, and as it only reinforces my argument, and what angers me, that Mouchel left the best bits to chase the peripheral activities. Building 9or re-building) a sustainable future on servicing local councils back office (which may be contracted out to India for all know for peanuts) in no way compares to the solid foundation of a civil engineering core. The managers should be squared and quartered.

FTSE rallied today, but thin trading in MCHL. Obviously, everyone is waiting for news/announcements.

That's news to me. The Indians are for ever prevaricating on their decisions. They will purchase from whom if bot the Typhoon from BAE? Russia Sukkois? French Rafales? The share price is ticking up nicely right now.....

All the best to you for having the courage of making your own informed decision. I hope it pays off for you handsomely.

What Mouchel needs, and the managers should be concentrating on, is more civil engineering contracts and work, and less of this back-office sheite. That's the ingredient needed to move the share price significantly north. We all see it presently parked at 5p. This must be the traders' holding position pending release of statement or results. Turning this ship around is going to be a very long haul. And it needs a growing economy to give it a deserved kick-start.

I think I'll pass on the offer. I will recommend you in my place. I just hope you have both the heart and mind of an engineer, unlike some I could mention.

As someone sitting on substantial (paper) losses, I wish you all the best. I really do. But for me, too much uncertainty to act. Hence sit and wait.

I don't believe you bought more stock. The spread today is terrible, and the volumes minuscule. Any wise person would just wait and see. Conclusion: I don't buy it, pal!

The touted 30 million to be raised emerged from rumour, not from fact. The rights issue would raise less than that, essentially just enough to maintain interest payments and running costs and other ongoing commitments. Basically, I am referring to having a sustainable cash flow balance. It must be obvious now that the future of Mouchel is not in the managers' hands, but in the state of the general economy. With export markets a bit dry at the moment (I am referring principally to the middle east and the Emirates in particular) the best hope for Mouchel is to wait out this horrible saga, and wait for a general uptick. Even a donkey knows that their civil engineering side can save the day, given enough time. The other parts are an awful distraction to this really solid and enduring core. The other way to raise funds is to sell off some of that solid core (ill-advised in my opinion) to try and find a takeover partner (not likely in the present market conditions) or mortgage some assets. It will be touch and go for some time to come, I fear.

Let's hope that the PMI data today indicates that the British economy is at least stablizing. It would be a gross shame if the really good core assets of Mouchel were to be cherry picked by rivals, as these are functioning solid assets. In themselves, and given time, they can rebuild this company. Talk of a rights issue (which I see coming) and a lamentable drop to less than 3 pence a share is is a magnified indictment on those ****ing managers who drove what was a great civil engineering firm into the ground. Utter shambles these managers are. There should be a gallows for such fellows.

Times have changed. Permanently. No one of sound mind give a **** any more what brokers and analysts think. The whole marketplace is littered with redundant sheep and goats. Personally, I am not in this stock at present, but will look to buy if it falls. Does this fall reflect fundamentals? No. Nothing does. It's just the state of play. And we're playing a game here, not investing (alas!).

It is clear where all the trouble emerged - in the sector dealing with these service contracts, and not with the core operation. If the managers can find a way to isolate the core engineering part from the other parts, recklessly appended by flawed previous management, then there is no reason why this company cannot save itself. It just goes to prove the imperative of good management. That will be the first thing I will look for in future. Any sign of a chancer on the board, and that company is to be avoided.

Realism is always the best guide to appraising the situation, and realizing where everyone stands. Losing money, seeing it decimated before your eyes, and one knows that Mouchel does have creditable assets, yet so much has needlessly gone awry. This company should be at 175 pence per share at least. and this prize was stupidly (criminally) squandered. This is an awful time for shareholders, and no escaping that fact. Markets are crazy at the moment, for sure, but Mouchel management did itself no favours at all, and compounded the decline in the share price. - I hope you have a prosperous new year!

So I talk a load of 'pish' do I? Thank you for that. Perhaps you ought to join the management of this company and demonstrate to us proles how to turn this ship around. That there is something amiss with this firm is blindingly obvious. And to contend that everything will just turn (north) of its own accord reeks of delusion of the worse kind. The fact is, like most investors, all have lost faith in this management. Just about every investor, given the chance of a decent price, would bail out. This company at present is in no way an investment vehicle. And wishful thinking is the worse kind of delusion.To paraphrase Hamlet 'There is something rotten in the corporation Mouchel Parkman'. Let's hope this does not end in tragedy like the forgoing.

Will Mouchel survive this 'recession?' Well, this company still has some worthy assets that are recession proof, and these are on the engineering side, the part built up over the years and accumulated as reputational capital. This is solid and I don't see that fading away. The company as a whole is a different beast. My bet is the management will try to hold on to as much as possible, to plug the financial holes, and wait the 'recession' out. Anything too complicated is too risky. It's good luck to everyone involved, and let's hope there are no more 'surprises' because these would really prove a fatal blow. - Time for me to clock out now.

It all depends on how much they need to raise. If what I have been hearing of around 30 million, then anything like 3pence looks likely if not a bit optimistic. If this scenario eventuates, then this company will resemble the billion share companies each valued at a fractional amount. The gamble is worth the effort if the director can manage a recovery in the company's fortunes, then it should bounce. But a great deal of this is outside of Mouchel's control, as the macro economy must play a part in tugging such companies along. The alternative to a rights issue is to sell assets. But then Mochel will be left with a truly hollowed out rump. No one appears to be jumping to the rescue (i.e. the banks) and I think a lot of people (traders) are pricing in that there will be more casualties over the winter months. Survival is maybe the best option in the short term, and just hold out for a macro recovery which should pull all companies along. So much, alas, is not in Mouchel management hands. Their fate rests with the rest of the economy. And you have to be your own best judge of that.

Rights issue imminent (in all probability, that is). The only things rising are managers' salaries, alas! Happy new year to all!

Good post. The best we've had since the crisis started. Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year!

Would that the posts were about the fundamentals of the business, than the distractions of accurately registering buy or sell orders. The market makers who control this show know what position is each and every micro-second. The rest is ....a wee bit pointless, really. The fact is, only the new year will show in which direction this company will go.

The games is up. Move on. (See Reuters report) http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/12/23/uk-blacksleisure-idUKTRE7BM0BS20111223