16 July 2026
With the FTSE 100 still struggling to find direction, takeover offers for both Rotork and Gooch & Housego show that many investors still believe that the UK market is cheap. This continual move to take over UK companies is seeing the UK market continue to shrink which is a cause for concern over the long-term. In the short-term, look out today for the July issue of cityconfidential.
Ocado – 219p
29 May 2026 - new agreement Ocado has announced a partnership with Asda which will see it develop the latter's online business across the UK utilising the Ocado Smart Platform. Asda has a substantial online business fulfilling over 700,000 ecommerce orders weekly and the existing ecommerce infrastructure will be replaced...
Ultimate Products – 50.75p
James Halstead – 124p
Anpario – 455p
Cash boost at Ramsdens!
16 July 2026 - increased cash offer - 665p Regular readers will be aware that the financial group Ramsdens Holdings received a cash offer of 600p per...
Sales booming at Audioboom!
16 July 2026 - 472p The global podcast group has issued its interim results for the six months to 30 June and these have revealed...
Brave Bison on the move!
13 July 2026 - 86.5p Since our tip in May at 84p, shares in the marketing group Brave Bison have been to 100p although they...
Fly away with Jet2!
13 July 2026 - 1495p Regular readers will recall that we tipped shares in the holiday and airline company Jet2 at 1310p last October but...
B&M reveals encouraging trading
16 July - 199p trading update The discount retailer B&M European Value Retail has produced an encouraging trading update covering the first quarter of its...
Resilient trading at Ashtead Technology
16 July 2026 - 428.5p trading update Ashtead Technology, the leading provider of subsea solutions to the offshore global energy sector, has issued a trading...
ME Group benefitting from its laundry operations
14 July 2026 - 106p Shares in ME Group International plunged at the beginning of June after a disappointing trading statement which revealed a sharp...
Excellent progress at Trifast
13 July 2026 - 81p The specialist engineering group has announced its results for the year to 31 March and these have come in pretty...
Growth continues at Kelso.
Speedy by name as well
Speedy Hire – 19.15p
Logistics Development Group – 15.85p
