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Echo -also pointed to plans to extend the airport to 5m pax from the past targets of 2m, and some significant discussions taking place with major airlines. Not surprised considering all of the strikes at other major airports (such as Heathrow).

I would expect for this yr Results to start to be better with raised Precious metals prices and some were referring to record levels being expected soon. Political unrest in South America is not new and usually sorts itself out quickly and Hochschild is a powerful man with a powerful company that appears to look after its employees very well and so politically I feel satisfied they are well placed for a recovery and political favouritism.

Spot on chaps and Spot and Comex up up and away today. Longer term we could be rising for a while yet!
Good divis too longer term with cheaper energy costs from Solar power.

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Especially as they have now secured through their partnership the rights to distribute and manufacture Kronenbourg 1664 in the UK -one of the Uk's most popular Lagers.
Would be nice to order some warmer weather too, ha.ha! Fingers crossed!

Seems like Easyjet are expanding and Southend are talking to a number of Airlines regarding further expansion. For Easy this is what was said "London Southend is the most modern, cost-effective airport in London and the only one offering sustainable growth capacity now. Airlines recognise this and our primary focus is to get them here as quick as we can. Watch this space.

3. The partnership with easyJet seems to be paying dividends. Amsterdam will be the fourth destination easyJet serves from London Southend Airport, alongside Malaga, Majorca and Faro. What’s next? What are you doing to tempt easyJet and other carriers to sign on the dotted line with even more flights?

Looks like we were right yesterday China are on the move with a starting 4.5% Growth after recently reopening. See more from where this is going. Good to see metals responding particularly precious ones.
Also see on Bloomberg last night talk of another bank failing soon, and a large property fund manager mentioned today. Not so sure with everyone else that the Fed will keep raising as I have said. Feel they want people to believe it but talk is very cheap! Time will tell. But always good to balance ones portfolio with the banks as well as one or two precious miners in my opinion. GLA and DYOR. as always everyone is entitled to their opinion which makes it all interesting!

Understand they have released a statement today for strong growth.

Chinese economy growing faster than expected -The world is starting to come back post pandemic.

Should have another Investor / shareholder statement update here soon.

Cannot see USD holding higher levels for ever. If the "US" wish to be competitive they will want to devalue soon as China encourages more and more International trades to be taken away from the USD and into their own. The latest I read at the w'end was with the Brazilians. In time one can see the strength of the Chinese economy where production will help precious metals and their own strength and when World hostilities come to an end or if we see another Bank failure the USD will lose strength anyway and Gold will rally once more. We just need to be patient. imo & dyor.

Have not lost it. But nor have Marston's seen they have won more wards :-
www.marstonspubs.co.uk/news/midas-menu-awards.aspx
Maybe Whitbread are seeing an opportunity for our premium team winning Gold? Anyway looking forward to upgrade in sales figs very soon which will bring in more corporate investors.

Understand the firm are expecting a very good weekend for family get togethers, the next sales figures will be very good. We have seen the sector recovering strongly now post pandemic. Seen Wetherspoon and Whitbread figs and we should be near the top of the tree, as the last release showed more sales profit per share here than even M&B.
We can see the small town shorts starting to panic here now, who appear to write a lot, no doubt becoming even more negative with every post, it is nice for them to think of me, but I do not need their help and to be honest they are quite boring. They obviously are starting to lose bad money -I don't even bother to read their comments which are at complete odds with the CEO and BOD of Marston's. Maybe they are on the wrong Company page? GLA with good not bad money lets make the shorts pay! Although the govt is also giving us incentives on draft ale now which will help boost home sales than ever before on reduced prices!

Rates still very cheap I remember when they were 10 to 14%. Most Companies interested in this type of take over will have no problems, in fact more than likely it will be from a source over the pond where the dollar is so high investing in sterling comps looks very attractive. One needs to looks at the whole picture here in my opinion not just be isolated to the Uk! i.e. Whitbread are expanding fast into Garman with 60 new Hotels in the Last year, but many American comps will see this as a very cheap buy. Even the Marstons Management might decide to buy back shares and buy in for a Management takeover but first they will have to reduce the size of the Company ....errrh that's what they are doing now isn't it? Again one needs to think to a wider range of options? here we go again -enough said back to my Gold mining shares that are making a fortune at the moment. Not sure if I should sell them today and buy more Marstons or not. Keep watching!

To me the Sales figs are the key. Sales will be overtaking any loans. Most Comps in the Uk have them by the way, the advantage now is the support we are getting on Draft beer sales (See last budget). Hence the cheaper price in Supermarkets, etc, plus new investment in plant/machinery, etc fully tax deductible, not sure if all of their Elec. Lorrys are paid for yet? We hear sales are now above pre-pandemic levels (I am not surprised by this). Most would rather be in a Marston's pub than queuing for days at Dover for what? A holiday abroad? Erh? Most are enjoying life post lock down in the Uk to be honest with better Beer, and a good Marston's pub for a good carvery (fair value too) for the family. This pub chain is strengthening in my opinion and next sales figs/updates will be very interesting (surely due out soon for the 1st qtr of the yr?). Then we should soon get warmer weather to help further. All recent Comp. releases not as the doomsters would have liked either. DYOR - worth a read of the past reports Company moving in the right direction, and I have been topping up and will hold my shares for a few years to make the most of the rising value.

Rate this as a strong buy at this price. As someone said if an offer of £1 was refused why not come back again for an even better deal. This Company has been going for over 189 years since 1834 I cannot see anything to suggest it will not be trading for another 189 years. The doomsters who are short tail shorters need to look at the goodwill of the business which alone must be worth more than a quid. Down today for the last day of this years trading and some are profit taking or offsetting their losses from other gains. Good time to buy some more in my opinion!

Who needs Dover Ferry's when you have Southend Airport ready to be opened up further for Euro Pax.Flights and not just cargo!

Rising strongly for the past couple of days and we still have a lot to look forward to with an overdue update very soon! Main shareholders here are not mugs. Infrastructure solid with warehousing expanding. Railway link and own station into London with road easy access via the extensions off the A14/A140 off the A12 for most of Essex, Cambridge and up the East coast to the free ports. Many Locals are waiting for the additional holiday routes to come back. Anything can happen here over night, even Amazon might make a move, as they like sound warehousing and railway/road infra Projects. The govt also are keen to help with tax incentives now being given for investment into plant and machinery, etc. I remain positive with some very interesting news soon, especially with their Star Aviation Service Company now being employed here at a growing number of main UK Airports!

Pick up in flights is not just at Southend it is worldwide post pandemic. As Southend was a beneficiary of internal flights this will also help them going forward.
One needs to look to the future and not always dwell on the past. What we need for the 2nd qtr are the 1 qtr results to show an uptick. Perhaps that is why we rose yesterday as the main owners mentioned yesterday have a sniff of some better news to the Aviation sector that others have not yet seen?
I see ICAG was also given an upgrade today, as was RR. Melrose is another likely to benefit.
What many on here also forget is that S/end is one of the largest private air fields and instructor fields in the Southeast, and even my friend has one their too.

Not such a Hazzy outlook when one looks at the Major Shareholders of the Company itself? I see lots of Corporate backers here who know what they are talking about? Or perhaps Hazzy you know more than all of them, ha.ha. All shares have risk and if one does not take any then there is no real investment for a growing portfolio and capital. The key is to wait and sometimes one needs to wait for a year of three to make the investment pay. I have supported Stobart and hence Esken for sometime. I will continue to do so as the sector they are in are recovering/growth sectors as can be seen below by the real Owners. My ownership only runs into the hundreds of thousands at this price but not the millions the fund managers have who are "on risk" :-
Major Shareholders
Name Type Amount Holding %
Toscafund Asset Management LLP - 285,077,383 27.80
Strategic Value Partners, LLC - 94,101,386 9.18
Harwood Capital - 81,870,883 7.99
Schroders PLC - 57,279,110 5.59
Richard Griffiths&controlledundertakings - 55,587,027 5.42
Cyrus Capital Partners, L.P. - 53,763,529 5.24
Invesco Ltd - 39,460,550 3.85
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management - 36,850,510 3.59
Tetragon Financial Group Ltd - 33,170,440 3.24
Royal London Mutual Assurance - 30,755,391 3.00

Must make us an even stronger buy now even before the new sites coming on stream.

Earnings should not increase and Silver up too. New mines online too so we should see increased production and with increased retail nos. more good things to come here. IMHO.

Happy days!