23 June 2026

After initially brushing off Kier Starmer’s resignation, the market is moving lower today as investors try to guess where that leaves them.  Will Andy Burnham have any opposition or will he be PM by this time next month? And what will be his policies? Generally there seems to be a fear that if Ed Milliband is made chancellor the City will not like it. So some nervousness is to be expected.

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Ocado – 219p

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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...

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Cash in with Ramsdens!

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Further growth seen at Bison.

17 June 2026 - 96p The marketing group has issued a positive trading update for the first half of the year with revenues up by...
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Ride ahead with Tandem!

17 June 2026 - 175.5p The company has issued a reassuring trading update ahead of its AGM with group revenues to 31 May up 2%...
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Disappointing i-Mpac-t at the packaging group

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Times for Smiths News

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Speedy by name as well

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Middle East affecting McBride

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A good bet for the World Cup?

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