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Oliver Haill
Oliver Haill specialises in leisure, retail, food, property and technology. He has a degree in Economics & Social Policy from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and has been with the team for over five years.
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Thursday, 12th June 2008 Stuffing knocked out of ScS Shares in bombed-out sofa seller ScS Upholstery have sunk further still, following revelations that a credit insurer has withdrawn cover for the company’s suppliers. Read Companies: SUY Wednesday, 11th June 2008 Imaginatik breaks even Imaginatik, provider of problem-solving software, broke even in the second half of the year, cropping annual losses from £1 million to £131,000. Read Companies: IMTK Monday, 9th June 2008 Nviro raises £10 million for ‘clean coal’ Having pared losses to £1.36 million (2007: £1.52 million) for the half-year to March, green technologies specialist Nviro has raised £10 million of new cash to speed developments, including its ‘clean coal’ lead product, toward maiden revenues. Read Companies: NVR Friday, 6th June 2008 Banks weigh on Patsystems Electronic trading technology specialist Patsystems has blamed worldwide turbulence in the banking sector for a number of contract slippages and an ensuing lower level of profits for the current year. Read Companies: PTS Helicopter firm lands on PLUS Having touched down on PLUS, low-cost helicopter designer Pegasus plans to raise up to £2 million to market its home-assembly kits. Read Thursday, 5th June 2008 China pact lifts Synchronica Mobile email software provider Synchronica has won a potentially large contract with China’s largest mobile telephone manufacturer. Read Companies: SYNC Tuesday, 3rd June 2008 Losses reach a Summit Drug developer and pharmaceutical services provider Summit Corporation trebled both losses and revenues last year, but the AIM-traded business has high hopes for a major deal from its drug pipeline in 2008. Read Companies: SUMM Wednesday, 16th April 2008 Charteris back in the black Business and IT consultant Charteris has reaped the rewards of a strategic realignment in 2007 by turning last year’s half-year loss into a profit. Read Companies: CAE Thursday, 13th March 2008 Plot thickens in TMN takeover Mike Danson, who last year sold his research group Datamonitor to Informa for £500 million, has upped his stake at under-offer internet marketing specialist TMN. Read Companies: TMN TNG Tuesday, 11th March 2008 Tangent makes approach for TMN Marketing group Tangent has confirmed it has made a takeover approach for larger AIM peer TMN and already claims the support of three of the latter’s major shareholders. Read Companies: TMN TNG
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Clapham House HOLD 04/07/2008 Multi-brand restaurant group Clapham House, which foresaw a sustained economic downturn on the horizon back in December and curtailed its previously rapid growth plans, has issued stronger results than it seems the market was expecting. Read Companies: CPH Intellego AVOID 03/07/2008 Minuscule e-learning play Intellego is morphing from a software reseller to a ‘solutions provider’, but doubts surround its chosen markets of retail, property and transport. Read Companies: IHP Terrace Hill AVOID 02/07/2008 A fall in the value of UK commercial and residential properties has dented the performance of developer Terrace Hill during the first six months of its financial year. Read Companies: THG Tanfield AVOID 01/07/2008 Severely punished after warning on profits and slamming the breaks on its growth plans, Tanfield, the electric vehicles and aerial platforms manufacturer, has spun to a three-year low. Read Companies: TAN Kentz – rich in cash and contracts BUY 30/06/2008 Demand for the services of Kentz Corporation, the Middle East-focused engineering contractor, is nothing short of sky-high. Read Companies: KENZ Scott Wilson HOLD 27/06/2008 Engineering consultancy Scott Wilson, recommended by Growth Company Investor at 312.6p in early 2007, has delivered record results for the year to April. Read Companies: SWG Eros International BUY/HOLD 27/06/2008 Eros International, the producer and distributor of Bollywood films, has failed to shine in share price terms, although its financial progress makes compelling viewing. Read Companies: EROS EBTM SPECULATIVE BUY 20/06/2008 A transformational year for EBTM, the music-inspired fashion retailer, saw it grow annual revenues fivefold thanks to its purchase of two clothing brands. Read Companies: EBTM Victoria Carpets AVOID 19/06/2008 Even in the face of dwindling consumer spending, carpet maker Victoria has swum against the tide in the UK and delivered a creditable third successive year of growth. Read Companies: VCP Brulines HOLD 18/06/2008 Beer monitoring specialist Brulines, backed by Growth Company Investor at 169.5p, says it is benefiting from the strife in the UK pub trade, having increased profits 76% in the year to March. Read Companies: BRU