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A bank offering "favourable terms"......wow that would be something new ....
Advise and input from the likes of Dr Muller and Dr Reilly are all part of Avion´s wish to reduce the probability of failure to the minimum possible thus safeguarding their trial investment .... and..as everyone knows...with these things every detail counts even the smallest ..and I doubt Avion will want to start the trial until they feel every detail has in fact been covered
There is no such thing as a bad market, just bad decisions ..... shorting merely a long decision in reverse during a poor period...it is no different , just the mental approach to things
Private investors only bet long and dont hedge ..so they hate shorters ....amateurs trying to play in a professional game and crying when they lose
IMO Labour are going to bring an initial sense of hope ...hope of change ...but ..with budget constraints they will make small and gradual changes knowing they must not frighten the City or Foreigners wanting to buy UK debt
I dont see anything to shudder over .... they will have their spending desires somewhat capped and Starmer knows it , and has already admitted it
The Tories are at a dead end with no where to go....no future in that
Home robots are big in Japan mainly as a result of the huge ageing population
I think there will be a big need for such things .....and the tech to build them is already here
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1065135/japan-automating-eldercare-robots/
NigeCo
I suspect the approach was more to start the possibility of the two companies merging and whether there was any kind of merit in that and any worth in having a conversation ...... very,very,very early stage conversation
NigeCo
It wasnt an Offer ...it was merely an unsolicited approach bid ...it never got as far as the Board or them even having to make the bid Official ...I dont think the BOD took it with any seriousness
I could ring them up with a approach bid of £800m ...doesnt mean I will actually formally Offer that
I think waiting until after a UK election and US election and "hopefully" getting to a year within 2025 of having some economic direction and stability would be a better option for making any decisions to split and sell these divisions
..and if China pulls through economically then Germany will improve too
Wealth
I dont know, but would be interested to see the margins for driving buses around the likes of Lisbon and Oporto as opposed to driving them around the West Midlands
" He's seen a brighter future elsewhere."
even though he wont be leaving for another 12 months .... all kind of ridiculous this "insight" into what he thinks and sees
Even if they announced a new contract, it would not affect the next H1 results , these contracts don't return revenue for some time, and the guidance for this year is pretty clear in terms of working out guided expected earnings , simply as a result of the contracts they are currently working on
" If he knew upcoming large new contracts to be signed by Ocado then he would be motivated to stay."
not if he knew NatWest would financially compensate him anyway ..which is invariably what happens
Wealth
whatever business you are in, you become tied to something ...and for UK Bus there at least seems to be a current agreement with both the Govt and West Midlands with regards the level of support/subsidy ..and it is a political issue which does help stabilise the support levels
The business is always going to be a lowish margin and dependent on volume number of passengers ...but that is true of many businesses
For now what is needed is the current performance with regards to customer numbers after last years 12% price increases
Ge0rge123
look at the cash flow statement in the Results ..it tells you everything you need to know about how the net debt has increased .... negative free cash flow, drop in year end cash level, repayment of certain borrowings with new borrowings ...it is all there
Pathetic petition by people who have no understanding of how markets operate ....
they don't realise that the big share buyers and sellers would all walk away if the transparency disappeared ...and the liquidity in the market would disappear too
a very silly idea
Car hire still creates a lot of pollution and the EU targets mean these pollution levels have to come down..... one way is to provide electric buses and move people at volume .... increasing tourist numbers using car hires or even taxis are also causing increasing traffic issues
" But from what I gather the owners of the shares aren't asked for permission? "
if you mean private investors ...then the permission if so... is written within the terms and conditions you sign up to when using a particular broker .... a lot of brokers do not actually lend PI shares
Mole_man99
you are talking nonsense !!
they are investing huge amounts with Microsoft and invest huge amounts every year in R&D and system maintenance ...
The debt is on low average interest rates
Buybacks remove any obligation to pay a dividend on them and supports remaining shareholder returns .....
supporting shareholder returns supports the share price , which in turn brings in those willing to invest in the shares such as pension funds, investment funds etc
Wealth
the last 18 months or more they have invested a lot of time and money into setting up Lisbon and Oporto bus services ...both of which are now in operation.
so... you would expect the financial outlay to now be much lower within 2024 and beyond , which will show on the accounts
Wealth
Tenerife and the other islands get subsidies from the Spanish Govt and Alsa have plans to expand .... apparently Car rental companies have fleets of 70,000 vehicles and there are plans to tap into those users by providing better bus services, thus reducing the number of cars
https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/islas-canarias/2024-01-02/transporte-regulado-viajeros-canarias-millones_3801156/
There is also all this talk about a consortium with Mobico-Cosmen-Alstrom etc to run high speed trains ..London to Barcelona, Madrid to Lisbon on the new line etc etc