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and the first commercial malaria sales have been achieved: Http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/ODX/13091477.html "ISO accreditation for manufacturing facility in Pune, India Omega (AIM: ODX), the medical diagnostics company focused on allergy, food intolerance and infectious disease, announces that its fully owned Indian subsidiary, Omega Dx (Asia) Pvt. Ltd has received certificates of accreditation from BSI confirming its Quality Management System is compliant with ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485:2003. The accreditation covers the manufacturing facility in Pune and ensures that product originating from this site is designed, manufactured and supplied to internationally recognised quality standards. This milestone is an important pre-requisite for CE-Marking the malaria and pregnancy tests produced at this site. CE-Marking is still expected to be achieved by the end of the current financial year. Accreditation also means that products can be supplied for the Indian domestic market with immediate effect and the first commercial sale of one of the Company's malaria tests has now been achieved. Andrew Shepherd, Chief Executive Officer of the Company commented: "We are pleased to have reached this milestone on schedule and look forward to generating a return from the investment to date in this facility."

News - it may only be an RNSNON because it's financially non-specific, but the strategic implications of a tie-up with the mighty Xerox are surely enormous. Could it eventually lead to Xerox swallowing XAR whole? Http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/XAR/13091544.html "XAAR SIGNS INKJET PRINTHEAD PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH XEROX Xaar ("Xaar, "the Group" or "the Company"), the leader in industrial inkjet technology headquartered in Cambridge, UK, has signed an agreement with Xerox Corporation to partner in bulk piezoelectric (piezo) inkjet printheads. This partnership capitalises on each company's considerable expertise in bulk piezo printhead development, will deliver substantial benefits to the market through leveraging both companies' market-leading technology, and enables Xaar to bring to customers a broader range of bulk piezo printheads. "Continued investment in technology and product development, together with strategic partnerships, are key elements of our 2020 vision," said Doug Edwards, Xaar CEO."

Good vibes this morning from CAR's VR315 partner Vectura: Http://www.londonstockexchange.com/exchange/news/market-news/market-news-detail/VEC/13091493.html "An important part of our news flow for 2017 remains VR315, our generic Advair® Diskus® programme partnered with Hikma. This programme remains under FDA regulatory review and we continue to work closely with our partner through this process. VR315 has a GDUFA goal date of 10 May 2017 and is one of only two generic Advair® Diskus® ANDAs publicly filed and accepted."

Finncap have released their top 10 stock ideas for 2017. IDEA is one of them (I also hold CAPD - not impressed with most of the others): http ://www.iii.co.uk/articles/381415/top-10-small-cap-share-tips-2017 "Ideagen Providing highly regulated industries with software that specialises in enterprise governance, risk and compliance, Ideagen (IDEA) has a strong record of coupling organic growth with strategic acquisitions, and delivering on its forecasts. There is now another certainty in life in addition to death and taxes, says finnCap: compliance. With momentum behind the software group, earnings are expected to jump by over 20% this year, which could underpin a leap in its share price to 78p - 16% higher than current levels. Ideagen's market value has already surged from £11 million in 2012 to over £110 million, which should attract bigger investors."

Finncap have released their top 10 stock ideas for 2017. CAPD is one of them ((I also hold IDEA - not impressed with most of the others, as too expensive etc): http ://www.iii.co.uk/articles/381415/top-10-small-cap-share-tips-2017 "Capital Drilling Using the downturn wisely by increasing capacity in its rig fleet, Capital Drilling (CAPD) is well prepared for the next phase of its cyclical story. Despite low activity levels, it's managed to stay profitable and has used its cash pot to pay out above-average dividends. Further contract wins should drop straight to the bottom line. Largely exposed to African gold mining contracts, the swing in sentiment towards the yellow metal underpinned the group's share price turnaround, further supported by the bounce in other minerals like copper and iron ore. Not only are 80% of its revenues multi-year contracts - so there is turnover visibility - but nearly half its customers are cash generative mining giants with strong balance sheets. Capital shares surged by nearly 200% last year from their low of 20p in January 2016, but are still changing hands for less-than half their previous peak. Luckily for Capital, geopolitical risk is unlikely to ease in 2017, so gold should benefit from its safe-haven status, although a rise in US interest rates could weaken the price somewhat. An 85p target price gives the shares 42% potential upside from their 60p share price."

Finncap have lifted their target price to 254p (from 205p). I suspect this is an initial reaction which will enable them to further lift their target price once the prelims are issued. Canaccord also being rather cautious, again presumably leaving room to upgrade later "1237 GMT Somero Enterprises Inc shares trade 10% higher at 240p. The manufacturer of laser-guided equipment expects 2016 earnings to exceed current market expectations and has raised its dividend payout ratio to 40% from 30%. This prompts Canaccord to lift 2016's Ebitda expectations by 6.5% to $24M. Somero also said cash reserves has exceeded the targeted net cash level and adds that it will review its cash and consider a special dividend later in 2017. In addition to the potential payout, Canaccord expects the group to review its needs for further investment and has raised net cash expectation to over $18.4M from $16.2M for FY16. Keeps a buy rating and 250p price target on stock"

Good to see the Astles acquisition approved - and the Chairman and CEO buying £32,000 and £10,000 more shares respectively: Http://www.investegate.co.uk/scientific-dig-imag--sdi-/rns/result-of-general-meeting/201701101205038053T/

Wow - 98,015 shares bought at 25.5p :o)) Plus a further 97,000 shares bought at 23.13p. Very keen.

and buying at the full 107p offer price, which augurs well. Yet still on an ex-cash P/E for 2017 of only 7 or 8.

Good to see a move up already today after some early buying. There's still a lot of upside to WH Ireland's 340p target price. At the least, the current year P/E of 5.7 based on 30.05p EPS consensus for 2017 is just far too low for a global leader in its sector.

Good to see BLTG filing for two more secure data erasure patents: Http://www.investegate.co.uk/blancco-tech-grp-plc--bltg-/rns/filing-of-two-new-data-erasure-patents/201701100700107326T/ The IP is what really gives BLTG core value and will contribute to BLTG being acquired in the fullness of time imo.

Marvellous stuff :o)) As usual... - "EBITDA comfortably ahead of current market expectations" - cash pile "significantly ahead of market expectations" - possible special dividend - big hike in the annual dividend - very strong outlook for 2017 - higher margins - healthy trading in China This warrants a good uplift today.

Late Buy trades yet to be reported?

Lunchtime has brought the buyers out....

More from Cantor re today's upgrade: Http ://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/171332/gama-aviation-upgraded-after-bullish-trading-update-171332.html "Gama Aviation upgraded after bullish trading update 12:04 09 Jan 2017 Cantor upgraded to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’ as Gama said revenue growth was more than 10% higher Gama Aviation PLC (LON:GMAA) took off on an upgrade from Cantor Fitzgerald as the aircraft maintenance and management group reported good revenue growth in the year just ended. Cantor upgraded to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’ as Gama said revenue growth was more than 10% higher year on year on a constant currency basis, driven by a 12% increase in aircraft under management and an improving European business. Growth was primarily organic and weighted towards the second half with the US Air business seeing revenue growth of over 20% and US ground up over 10% with three new maintenance bases added. The bullish update follows on from last week’s joint venture agreement in the US with BBA Aviation (LON:BBA). That deal will involve 200 aircraft and create a market leading platform for maintenance and aircraft management services, according to Cantor. On a 2017 earnings multiple of just 5, the shares trade at a significant discount to its business aviation peers, said the broker which has a 200p price target."

Continuing to creep up slowly, with buying at 137.56p today. Every independent analyst says Buy now - forecasts for the year starting soon put CAR on a near single-figure P/E and a very good value PEG of only 0.8: 2017 2018 Date Rec Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) Pre-tax (£) EPS (p) N+1 Singer 06-01-17 BUY 10.60 11.13 12.60 12.45 FinnCap 05-01-17 BUY 10.70 11.30 12.60 12.80 Edison 05-01-17 None 10.66 11.60 12.75 13.10 Peel Hunt 09-12-16 BUY 10.70 11.73 12.97 13.34

Five small buy trades today have widened the published spread to a ridiculous 5p. But online you can sell at least 30,000 at a premium at 39p, whilst you can only buy a maximum 3k at 43p, so I think any buying would cause a further decent move upwards.

Tom Burnet (the CEO) mentions cruise liners and ski resorts here as potential users of ACSO's new Prism device here: http://blooloop.com/articles/accesso-unveils-prism-wearable-device/ So it's intriguing to see that the cruise line Carnival are introducing a new Ocean Medallion device this year which is of a very similar ilk to Prism: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38504219 Carnival's device doesn't use ACSO technology imo - it's apparently the "brainchild" of a former VP at Disney who now works for Carnival. He "was one of the chief architects of Disney's MagicBand bracelet". The point is obviously that with Carnival unveiling and debuting the device this year, all the other cruise ship companies will need to show they're doing the same. ACSO will surely be in the frame for such a device, and having already stated these as likely new markets we can presumably be sure that ACSO are targeting them right now.

Cheers chaps. Up nicely today, but plenty more to come imho. Cantor have upgraded to a Buy today (from Hold). Their target price is a conservative 200p, but this will likely be increased after the results in March. Meanwhile WH Ireland have a much more realistic 340p price target - double the current share price, yet still reasonable given the forecast 29p EPS this year and a sound Balance Sheet, with more acquisitions in the pipeline.

Finncap have today increased their target price here to 85p (from 70p): Https://sportsperspectives.com/2017/01/09/capital-drilling-ltd-capd-pt-raised-to-gbx-85/