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Having navigated my way through the insults and ridiculous nonsense that is posted on this board, I feel I must point out the real elephant in the room, the Defence Investment Plan which has still not been published by this utterly useless government. Whilst the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and the Treasury continue to argue over where and when the alleged £18 billion will be allocated, small and medium defence contractors, including Defence Holdings are left dangling in the air. It is almost impossible to announce contracts whilst the funds are in a black hole somewhere between the MOD and the Treasury in Whitehall. If anyone wishes to insult my post, please be aware that I performed the duties of Custody Officer at Hounslow Police Station and was insulted by experts on a daily basis, so the bar has been set very high!

Just watched this programme on Channel 4, it gave a very clear explanation of how important AI is to the future of warfare. To say scary is an understatement, especially a US soldier stating that Ukraine has developed drones with the AI capacity to decide whether to kill or not, visions of The Terminator. If the UK Government do not invest in this technology we are facing the abyss.

So funny gentlemen, talking about Russian disinformation and receiving chats from Cevodniya which is the anglicised spelling of the Russian word for today.

Relevant chat, not prevalent, sorry!

I originally bought Guild Esports and watched the value of my shares plummet whilst Sir, God knows why he was knighted for kicking a sheep’s bladder, David Beckham, creamed off most of the original capital. I have a lot more faith in DH which seems to have recruited a serious BOD and has an achievable goal in a growing defence sector.

So a large quantity of Shahed drones were shot down by Poland in NATO airspace and the share price goes down, really! I smell Medvedev or even worse Patrushev at work, Putin is losing control of his warmongers, I watch Russian Channel 1 (Putin’s channel) they were urging more action against Ukraine last night. This share price is the least of my worries, dangerous times indeed!

Where is Roger, I am really concerned for his mental health? 🤣

I’m not a professional investor and I may have got this wrong but it looks like Blackrock is building a large stake in the company. I posted some time ago that the Norwegians were interested in this company and lo and behold they acquired a large stake, I was aware that a US property company were interested in acquiring Covent Garden, it wasn’t Blackrock, interesting times ahead.

Roger, I don’t know where you get your information from but none of the directors of Guild are involved in this company now. Kermit the Frog had more business acumen than Sir ‘I kicked a sleep bladder about once’ David Beckham, I bought in at 7.5p, so I’m sitting on a massive loss but it won’t be a loss until I sell.

Yes Beevorma, Guild we’re bought by a US sports company, the shares then became Cassell Capital and then became Defence Holdings. I am not a professional investor but I feel a lot more confident with the people running Defence Holdings than a retired bladder kicker who advertises Stella ‘Wife Beater’ Artois. Beckham is apparently soon to receive a knighthood, probably as a reward for draining Guild dry or tax dodging or receiving loads of dosh for endorsing the Qatar World Cup, he did virtually nothing to endorse Guild. I have met him, he is a very nice guy but his light setting is stuck on extremely dim, like most other bladder kickers.

I am not a professional investor, so please bear this in mind with my comment here. I first bought into Guild Esports at about 7.5p, how could an esports company fail, especially with the backing of Saint, probably soon to be, Sir David Beckham. After he successfully milked most of the initial investment and had done almost zero marketing, the value of my shares went from about £7k to about twenty quid, then the news that Guild Esports had been bought out and I now had shares in Cassell Capital. Now the shares are in Defence Holding and I am seeing some of my investment recovering but still a long way to go, the morale of the story for me is never back a company backed by a celebrity but rather a business run by professionals who understand the financial markets. I have attended a number of Arms Fairs in the UK driving delegations from abroad and the amounts mentioned are simply staggering, hopefully my rollercoaster ride will soon finish with it coming off the rails on the way up.

It would be really helpful to the non professional investors here, such as myself, if useful information on Guild was shared, instead of the childish insults being bandied around. I have highlighted the current predicament of Guild to a US sports management investor who may, or not, be interested, never forget Beckham has a much higher profile in the US than in the UK.

Guild is a dog of a share, I bought early at 7.5 but it could be a dog that bites back, all the US investors I know and I know many are investing in Esports, it is the future. Maybe not Guild but definitely Esports, maybe Guild will get dragged up by the bootlaces, never forget it isn’t a loss until you sell it, I’m hanging in there.

Footfall in the West End shops up 10.6% on 2022 levels, according to BBC Business today.

Berenberg issued a Buy recommendation five days ago, re-rated to a Buy to £1.60.

The last Director’s was nearly three years ago, if the Directors had any confidence in the company, surely they should be buying now at this ludicrously low share price.

Interesting that BlackRock have bought a chunk, I know that a US property company were interested but I didn’t know a hedge fund was 🤔

Subway has been sold to Roark Capital, this may be the reason the Subway sponsorship was not renewed, hopefully a renewal may happen in the future when the takeover dust has settled?

Not forgetting the Norwegians who own Regent Street or the Americans who want to own Covent Garden, believe me I know 😉

The numpties at HSBC have downgraded Shaftesbury Capital to a hold at 121, so it’s bound to go up soon!