12 October 2026
A strong start to the week with the FTSE 100 up over 50 points in late morning trade at over 10,600. The strong oil price has seen Brent Crude move to over $103 although a deal with Russia on diesel has helped keep a lid on the price. There are seemingly more commentators becoming more cautious which we believe is a sensible approach
JD Sports looks cheap! 78.5p
28 September 2026 - Shares in the sportswear retailer JD Sports Fashion (78.5p) fell back on the announcement of its interim results last week. These covered the 26 weeks to 1 August 2026 and revenues for the period declined 0.7% to £5.9bn with adjusted pre-tax profits falling by 19.7% to £282m. Earnings...
Drink up to Marston’s
Fall in Qinetiq shares an opportunity?
On a Mission!
Synectics seeing improving trends
6 October 2026 - 193p The security and surveillance group Synectics has issued a positive trading update for the financial year that ends on 30 November. Revenues...
Hercules getting stronger
5 October 2026 - 37.5p The AIM-listed supplier of labour to the construction and infrastructure sectors has announced that it has won new contracts worth...
The future is Spode not Portmeirion – 50.25p
30 September 2026 - interim results The homewares group has confirmed that it will change its name from Portmeirion to Spode with this due to...
Billington growing strongly – 455.5p
29 September 2026 - interim results The structural steel supplier which also provides safety solutions to the construction industry has announced impressive interim results for...
Positive progress at VP
12 October 2026 - trading update 524p The specialist equipment rental business has issued a positive trading update covering the six month period to 30...
Encouraging progress at Telecom Plus
6 October 2026 - 850p We tipped shares in Telecom Plus in July at 868p and within a month the share price had risen to...
More director share buys at VP
5 October 2026 - 510p Regular readers may recall that we tipped shares in this equipment rental specialist in August at 464p. We reiterated our...
Director buying at VP – 490p
30 September 2026 It is interesting to note that non-executive director Ross Paterson and his wife have bought a total of 10,010 shares in the...
Disappointing news from Speedy Hire
Growth continues at Kelso.
Speedy by name as well
Speedy Hire – 19.15p
