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Whilst agreeing that it is the disposal of plastics that is the problem and not plastic in itself, certain items obviously can be made just as easily and cheaply from other materials, drinking straws being just one example.

The main problem with plastic disposal is the fact that 86% of used plastics isn't recycled. whilst accepting that a large percentage of this is due to people not caring, an equal percentage is because the material is contaminated or too small. Some of that contamination can be by paring it up with foil linings and other materials. Then there are polystyrene's and the harder rigid plastics that go into the manufacture of items such as cups/beakers and many children's toys that the recycle'rs do not want.

Then there is low density polyethylene used to make thin plastic bags, zip lock and grocery bags.

When these items go to the 'tip' they eventually become micro beads of plastic, the type that causes so much damage and poisoning of soil and water, including of course the worlds seas.

Whilst the world needs plastics, we also need more re-cycling and more importantly a way of clean disposal, this of course is equally relevant to rubber.

So it's not one or the other, it's a partnership of both.

Not AFC related, but just to say it's nice to see so many previous posters on here from iii, a site where I no loner post. My posting name on there was 'pond'.
regards to all.

I agree that AFC is unlikely to be taken over, but as they say, money talks.

Any takeover will be determined mainly by how many contracts AFC sign up within the next 2 years.

I have seen a few AIM companies that have had so called world beating technology that they have failed to sell/push to the markets, that a far bigger big brother that has taken over has succeeded and pushed far deeper and far quicker.

I have seen an equal number of AIM companies that have held all their cards tight and grimly held onto the end, refusing to accept that independently they will struggle to survive.

I do not believe AFC will be in either category, but never say never.

As to the share structure being difficult to negotiate any takeover, remember how big a percentage, Ervington Investments hold and they are out of their none selling agreement (I think).

So AIM companies tend to be taken over when they run out of money and struggle to get their products to market and also when the opposite occurs and they start to look a juicy target for the bigger players.

There is no sentiment in the markets and my main fear is AFC will turn into one of those juicy targets and us PI's are run over. Mind you a £2 sell out would as someone said, not be too bad at all.
As to De-nora, I fully agree they are not a take over company, but wheels within wheels as they say.

So whilst agreeing any takeover is unlikely, it is not always ramping/deramping to discuss the issue.

From the results which are absolutely full of figures. Whilst I appreciate the company has stated that these figures are to make it easier for the investor to fathom out where the companies best areas are, my brain almost started to smoke whilst perusing said figures, mind you it is early in the day. Just a couple of lines jumped out at me, 1 'The Company's key priority this year is to get the business past the cash break-even point at the operating level and reverse the historic cash burn'. A good intention but I am sure they stated similar aims in the 2014 results. 2 'Revenue broadly flat at £6,405,000 (2014: £6,507,000)'. This is on quite a good increase in sales and the amount is not that big for a company that has been trading for 10 plus years. Although gross profit is good relative to revenue, there is still an operating loss of nearly 3.5 million. Whilst not taking anything away from the companies progress namely in the USA which looking at the improvement on 2014/15 figures, I am still concerned that the money will run out before the company becomes cash break even. I do appreciate that a large proportion of this loss is down to roll out costs. If they do manage to break even before the money runs out, I am sure that the only way then will be onward and upward. Its that word IF that's always the fly in the ointment and I think it will be touch and go! I think the market will concentrate on the cash flow and not on the sales increase.

RNS this morning showing yet another fund raising, mind you as the last recent fund raising fell short it was not unexpected. Often dilution of share value due to fund raising is not always a bad thing if the raised funds eventually result in increased company value. As Deltex have been down this road several times, I leave it to others to speculate as to what value this latest fund raising and dilution will bring.

Hi Darrant, KC does have a monopoly in many areas, although it is in a way by default. I live in a village near Beverley and no other provider will supply because they can't do so via the KC line, even PlusNet which is a Yorkshire company. The only way I could get a different provider is via a BT line which would cost a few Hundred Quid to put in (confirmed by BT). I have directly contacted Sky, BT, Virgin who have all confirmed the above. I do though feel that apart from price KC is a good provider, with a reasonable speed and a very good free IT advice dept and customer service. Like others I am waiting for fibre Lightstream which KC inform me is 2 to 3 years away.

RNS with excellent news. It looks like DigiFabTM is a great improvement on Roche's Digitalis Antidote(R). Also with a nice close working relationship with Roche, it makes an even more viable future for PTI. Roche AND AstraZeneca. Protherics is now really playing with the big boys.

NHS TO ADVERTISE, According to the news the NHS is going to be allowed to advertise. Just watched an advert for a hospital in the USA. It was slick and smooth. Obviously as USA hospitals are run for profit, out there advertising has to be. Whilst in general I think that in this country it will be a waste of our money, as if you need treatment and cant afford private, its the NHS or the NHS, I do feel competition, because that is what it will be, could be the push that makes hospital trust management get their heads out of the sand. If one trust can show they can bring down recovery times and therefor overall hospital stay times it must surely bring more customers/patients to that trust. Competition is a great motivator. Lets hope these managers look to developments such as the CardioQ as a strong selling point. No doubt the trusts will put their advertising out to the professionals, who I am sure will look at every selling angle there is. No doubt statistics re operation, success rates, recovery times, quicker discharge times and lower re admissions, all documented by the CardioQ trials as better if CQ used will be publicized. Although it has not yet been decided what these adverts will be allowed to contain, it has already been stated that the more patients treated, the bigger slice of the money pot they will receive. Can any NHS trust risk lagging behind.