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Great news if it is leaked news . Either that or someone knows about the moves recently made will pay off big time within the next 12 months to 4.50 plus and want to get in big time before it’s too late .

TSB customers are tweeting and posting on Facebook they want to leave their bank , as they had a severe tech problem the other day that blocked the use of online accounts and then showed other people’s balances and other terrible glitches. Then apparently TSB WERE NOT ANSWERING THEIR PHONE LINES APPARENTLY FOR AGES when people were calling in to complain. After the Virgin London Marathon, I’m sure that Virgin Money was one bank they might consider switching to . Thank you TSB

Apparently there is no sign of the Gin revolution slowing , which means with the growth is fevertree . Had to laugh at Schweppes sprab in the dark to try and put a hole in fevertree. Apart from a few adverts , pssshhhhhwoooodrooop Flat fizz . Looked over the counter in the bars and everything still , if not more fever tree . Still massive growth in USA and Asia as well as Europe and Australia etc

1. Going for SME MARKET 2. GOING DIGITAL. 3. Getting paid £40 million by a huge provider and joint venture with LARGE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY 3. Tweaking the buy to let lending criteria to boost their market share in mortgage market also a way into commercial and SME market by the back door by stealth. I would suggest there will be more clever deals to come . Barclays have said new target £3.60 , raised from their old target of £3.20 . This ship is turning around and is gaining speed in my opinion

Yes . I think that is sensible. Also, quietly making some super deals and building safe and strong foundations etc. As for Virgin Media. Worked with my students every time they rent one of my properties for a year at a time and worked with me as their white flyer always stuffed in my door was the thing I picked up and booked in . Also very helpful and reliable compared to other companies. Having been an estate agent many years ago , continuous letter drops / leaflet drops work . Unfortunately you might p of some people , but if they get annoyed with a bit of paper , do you really think they will be worth having as a client. Probably not and they can quite often be the person who moans about absolutely everything . So I am sorry to say Virgin get my vote as good marketing . If Richard does decide to sprout wings and meet his maker , then i will be hopeful for a takeover then etc . Sorry to sound like a callous capitalist .

With the Move into SME one step at a time and a move to digital banking and now this , the undervaluation of Virgin Money is getting massive. There is bound to be a huge breakout when people finally see this potential huge share price could move massively up to �4 or more as some of the more switched on analysts / brokers have mentioned . Even the motley fool has ear marked this as a potential doubling in value this year only the other day . Definitely one to hold and not get put off by negative analysts who may want to get in low and help push the price down etc. Had the same / similar doom sayers push the price on Fevertree , but now it has jumped up from �19 to almost �30 within less than a year. So look for the real news on deals being done behind the scenes and the jump in profits as has been happening with both Virgin Money and Fevertree , as that is where you should be looking for where a share should be going in my opinion . Good luck all

Tue, 20th Mar 2018 08:57 RNS Number : 2608I Virgin Money Holdings (UK) PLC 20 March 2018 THIS ANNOUNCEMENT INCLUDES INSIDE INFORMATION 20 March 2018 VIRGIN MONEY HOLDINGS (UK) PLC (the "Company" or "Virgin Money") VIRGIN MONEY AND ABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS AGREE TO ESTABLISH A NEW JOINT VENTURE FOR THE PROVISION OF ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS � The proposed joint venture will combine Virgin Money's brand and retail distribution expertise with Aberdeen Standard Investment's (ASI) strength in asset management together with access to the market-leading technology and digital expertise of ASI � The joint venture is expected to transform Virgin Money's retail investment proposition, driving significant growth in assets under management and capital-light returns � It is anticipated that ASI will acquire 50 per cent of Virgin Money Unit Trust Managers Limited1 with the transaction expected to complete by the end of 2018 Virgin Money and ASI are delighted to announce that they have agreed in principle to enter into a new strategic joint venture for the provision of asset management services to Virgin Money customers. As part of the joint venture, ASI will provide fund management services and access to its state-of-the-art digital technology. Virgin Money currently has over 200,000 retail investment customers and �3.7 billion in assets under management. The proposed joint venture with ASI will broaden Virgin Money's retail investment proposition. It will also extend ASI's strength and depth in providing customer focused diversified solutions to Virgin Money's existing investor base and leverage the strength of both brands to increase assets under management over time. Jayne-Anne Gadhia, Chief Executive at Virgin Money, said: "Our new partnership with Aberdeen Standard Investments will bring together two outstanding innovative brands. We look forward to using our brand and customer reach, combined with ASI's strength in asset management and its digital capability, to provide a market-leading customer proposition. "This mutually beneficial relationship will give our customers a broader fund choice and the tools and capability to invest for the future with confidence. As a result, it offers a compelling proposition for our customers and offers excellent value for our shareholders. It is expected to generate significant growth in assets under management, drive additional capital-light returns and to be game-changing for our investment business over the longer term." Martin Gilbert, Co-Chief Executive at Aberdeen Standard Investments, said: "We're delighted to be partnering with Virgin Money to develop their retail investment business. Their customer focus mirrors that of Aberdeen Standard Investments and we look forward to working together and sharing a strong and profitable relationship over many years t

So cheap , so much growth potential and safe solid brand . Someones going to swoop in and buy this company in 2018 in my opinion . Brokers and analysts rate this around �350 to �480 . Aldermore was taken out last year with a dawn raid virtually . It was still purchased way too cheap .

got close to this figure last time last year and business is obviously booming with major growth still out there in many countries . Also think these guys should start diversifying into bottled water , coconut water , soya milk , juices etc . All upmarket versions of course.

After decades in the business, they are hardly going to get it right within a few weeks. I think it's 10 million pounds down their toilet . So they can pay for a few tv ads with that money and the product bottle hardly looks classy in their bling bottle . So their other tonic is for the poor and their premium tonic for the classy drinker, which is bound to taste c........ is suddenly going to win back their huge market share. I doubt that very much.The proof is in tasting the pudding in this case rather than eating it. I really doubt schweppes can do it after selling a rubbish tasting product for decades and getting away with it. They do not take a pride in their product and are not passionate enough to personally go around the world and picking each ingredient and making a wonderful product. Viva la Fever tree.

in my opinion . We pulled back from £25 and have been hovering around £22 for a while awaiting news. I have been checking out the deals in the drinks news around the world and keeping an eye on fever tree employing new sales positions , so all looking good . Honk Kong was doing really well in the on trade news on blog usage . Their growth was expected to be well ahead of predicted sales from the last news drop a while back and all the snippets of news I have dug up support that . It looks like europe is being conquered completely on and off trade . America and China , Australia etc are the next vast markets to conquer . Fever tree are trying to promote winter festive use of their mixers as well . Tonic is great , but the other mixers are making good headwind as well from the various news snippets . Poor britvic (not) perhaps they should make a bid for fever tree asap to save themselves all that trouble in closing down their factory to reduce their costs . Why fight us , when the clever thing to do would be to buy us

there were further sales rep jobs being advertised for fever tree european operations. They seem to be expanding their team with a good logistic iron fist step by step . Fever tree every where and every drop for drink . Fantastic guys. Now do the same in US and China and we will be huge. I see britvic are suffering as a result and are cutting their costs etc . The way fever tree has been built , our fixed costs are low and can be scaled up with no real expense but with the benefit of the continued economies of scale. This is a marvellously designed company and product. I think fever tree should look at the coconut milk craze and move into that as well. I believe we are going to be very happy with the next profits and a further dividend growth

there seems to be a lot of fast takeovers at the moment and this company has left itself wide open . The pound is also still very weak , so it looks very attractive . The move into Hong Kong and mainland China with tonic and premium dark spirit mixers is looking good from the news reports by various drinks reports and bars etc. The worldwide and European logistics and demand appears to be growing very fast. This share has been with a lack of official news for a while , so for those who don't research are in-depth to find out what is happening in the bars and shops worldwide regarding fever tree demand and use on and off trade , then naturally they will be scared into taking profits when the mm's move the price down . I personally believe from my findings that we are going to see massive growth worldwide excluding UK. I think as from last jump we could go as far as �30 and then drop back to �25 and �27. Personally I am really interested in dark spirit growth in mainland china and china growth full stop with tonic as well. It is noted in research that hong kong like gin and tonic to a far greater degree than mainland china, although the trend for dark spirits in mainland china is slowly changing to gin as well. Huge market in hong kong and china. That is where some huge income could come from over the next few years. Also don't forget the report that europe could now have regular heatwaves . Nice for fever tree . Not so nice if your air conditioning fails

Wow. You have made some very strong and possibly very slanderous accusations there. Shouldn't you show proof of these to all, as I personally find it rather disturbing, especially as i was thinking of investing here . I can't see any record of tencent dumping their shares in this company ! There are also no legal fca notices relating to this company on false accounting . Really i would like you to prove your claims with some evidence please.

The profits are growing dramatically already and haven't reached anywhere near peak for market share worldwide and that excludes normal tonic. If they can hit the hong kong and mainland china markets and others with the dark spirits mixers, as they are trying to do now , the growth and profits will be absolutely huge. So any buyer with better economies of scale and marketing networks will be buying a large income stream now which can be bolted on immediately at no other real costs. Companies need new income streams to bolt on. So if they can save in billions of marketing costs by bolting on income , its a no brainer . If they buy fever tree with a 10 year game plan now and the profits increase with ferver tree to have profits growing to £500 million per year within the ten year period their purchase becomes cheaper within the 10 years to recoup their money within 5 years or less and without having to spend promoting their own products with huge marketing costs to compete against fever tree with their inferior products etc. Its how and why takeovers like this occur . Why else to companies buy other companies .

Fevertree has been tipped for a takeover by analysts etc numerous times . It is growing worldwide rapidly. It is making fantastic profits and growth is worldwide now and their products are first rate . I even had a conversation with a lady who said she loved the fever tree low cal , which to me is amazing as most low cal are disgusting. Also all the supermarkets in different client price bands are selling it at the premium price , so why drop the price. The cost os the infrastructure for a takeover is exceedingly low and very easily to incorporate. A big boy would recoup their money very quickly even if they pay 4 billion . The number of staff are few and the logistics are fantastic. This will be taken over most likely . I am holding till then

just these markets alone could make the profits stratospheric . Anybody that can get a chinese market share alone can make massive profits and Fevertree have already done distribution deals with suppliers etc to ensure the logistics are in place. I think that fever tree are going to give us a massive surprise in growth and profit. Also , by pushing into Australia , the season for drinking is the opposite to europe due to their weather being hot at christmas and cold during our summers . This brand is truly becoming a worldwide winner and there seems no sign of it stopping soon. Come on hong kong and china . Show us the money

There was a move into hong kong and china at the beginning of August by fever tree and with just tonic water for the gin demand in hong kong is massive and with a move also into mainland china with gin and tonic growing is going to pay big dividends in income and profit growth . However, with the demand in mainland china consuming 80% approx dark spirits , the fever tree cola only has to make a small dent into that market to see big profits. The demand in spain for gin and tonic is massive now and fever tree are making big jumps into that market . Japan also is being targeted as well as Australia . Every article with tonic mixers seems to always be with the use of fever tree. This combined with the week pound makes fever tree cheaper to buy . I see a massive jump in profits coming at least for the net few years with growth in hong kong and china being a huge payout over time . Here comes the next jump possibly once the holding pattern on the share price is broken for the next move up in my opinion.

Not to be too rude , but I think your grasp on Economics is seriously flawed . You have confused a luxury good with a premium good. A premium good is desirable due to its quality and functionality and has an inherent quality above others. This means people want to buy it because it is the best. For example would you like to taste real genuine coke or a cheap generic copy that is foul like tesco cola. So the answer is obvious . No mater how available coke is worldwide , people will always buy more coke at a higher price because it tastes better . Just like fever tree , the product is better and tastes better and to use any other tonic water spoils the experience . So fever tree needs and will benefit by being the coke of tonic water . Simple. A luxury good , which i believe you have confused a premium good with , is only expensive for no good reason and a classic example is a diamond , where a cartel has to restrict the supply to keep the price up . This company will be taken over sooner or later and in the meantime if the pension funds aren' t filling their boots , then a big boy will be quietly hoovering up these shares. As soon as my friends try fever tree , they don't use the cheaper brands . The product is that good.

You know why I purchased these shares after tasting fever tree. Because I can remember Innocent Smoothy and thinking wow , this tastes fantastic when i wanted a lunch snack drink and guess what ! Coke purchased innocent smoothy . So i feel this share will 100% be taken over like innocent was because the product is fantastic and the profit margins are massive and the overheads are low. Simples meerkat in my opinion