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Safestyle UK “demand has been much stronger than anticipated” says Zeus Capital

Since the recommencement of Safestyle UK plc (LON:SFE) operations in May (14th) demand has been much stronger than anticipated. For the last eight weeks order intake has grown 23.2% with..

Strix Group “H2 should see solid revenue growth YoY” says Zeus Capital

Strix Group plc (LON:KETL) first half performance has been impacted by the supply issues in China in Q1 and the lockdown in Europe and North America during Q2. Despite this,..

GYG “encouraged by the ongoing trading momentum” says Zeus Capital

GYG plc (LON:GYG) has delivered robust 2019A results following three earnings upgrades over the past year, regaining growth momentum and delivering improved margins. Despite some short-term disruption from COVID-19, the..

City of London Investment Group Market recovery boosts FUM

City of London Investment Group plc (LON:CLIG) has announced a pre-close update for FY’20. While the third quarter of the financial year was tough for markets, the final quarter saw..

Arbuthnot Banking Group 2020 interim results: credit robust, rate sensitivity

To be resilient, a bank needs three things – low risk assets, strong capital and surplus deposits. Arbuthnot Banking Group plc (LON:ARBB) has all three. The low-risk assets are reflected..

Allergy Therapeutics Record sales and a COVID-19 wildcard

Allergy Therapeutics plc (LON:AGY) is a long-established specialist in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of allergies. Pollinex Quattro (PQ) is an ultra-short-course subcutaneous allergy immunotherapy (SCIT) platform, which continues to..

Purplebricks sale of Canadian business “strengthens the Group’s financial position” says Zeus Capital

What’s new: Yesterday, Purplebricks Group plc (LON:PURP) sold their Canadian business (acquired in July 2018) for all cash proceeds of CAN $60.5m (i.e. £35m or 11p a share). Following the..

City of London Investment Group “Business As Usual”

What’s new: On 13 July, at its EGM, shareholders approved City of London Investment Group plc (LON:CLIG) all share acquisition of Karpus Management Inc, “KMI”. On 14 July CLIG’s update..

Palace Capital Encouraging full-year results

The healthy liquidity position of Palace Capital plc (LON:PCA) takes risks down to a modest level, as does the overweight to regional offices and minimal shops. The Hudson Quarter mixed-development..

Vertu Motors “is well placed to emerge stronger from this downturn” says Zeus Capital

Vertu Motors plc (LON:VTU) has reported a strong performance for the month of June, following the reopening of all showrooms in England from 1 June and 12 Scottish showrooms reopening..

Yew Grove REIT Strong strategy, tenants and total returns

Yew Grove REIT plc (LON:YEW) invests in office and industrial assets in RoI. Tenants are creditworthy, 95% multinational or governmental; this RoI regional-income REIT invests in assets that support rising..

Non-Standard Finance FY’19 solid; outlook – broad range of outcomes

Key takeaways from Non-Standard Finance PLC (LON:NSF) results and presentation were: i) solid underlying 2019 with normalised operating profits up 20% and lower impairments to revenue; ii) £60m cash now..

ICG Enterprise Trust Outperformance through every stage of cycle

ICG Enterprise Trust plc (LON:ICGT), the 39-year listed private equity (PE) investor, has delivered a total NAV return of 178% over 10 years (comparable FTSE All Share return 61%). Since..

DWF Group “positive momentum during the first two months of the new financial year” says Zeus Capital

DWF Group plc (LON:DWF) has issued a trading update showing positive momentum during the first two months of the new financial year. We are re-instating our financial forecasts assuming modest..

Boohoo Group “clear commitment to the highest standards of ethics, compliance and transparency” says Zeus Capital

Independent review launched: Boohoo Group plc (LON:BOO) has announced the launch of an immediate independent review of its UK supply chain, intended to identify any areas of risk and non-compliance..

OnTheMarket agents “welcome” new contract says Zeus Capital

What’s new: Since 27 April 2020, when OnTheMarket plc (LON:OTMP) started offering new “welcome contracts” almost 500 estate agent branches have signed up, with each business owner receiving welcome shares..

Advanced Oncotherapy funded through to clinical events

Advanced Oncotherapy (LON:AVO) goal is to deliver an affordable and novel proton therapy (PT) system, called LIGHT, based on state-of-the-art technology developed originally at the world-renowned CERN. Over the past..

CentralNic’s potential upside from acquisitions may be underestimated says Zeus Capital

CentralNic Group (LON:CNIC) CMD gave us new positive insights into the company’s investment case. CentralNic’s organic growth is stronger than we thought, the Direct division generates high ROI, the monetisation..

Serinus Energy ‘continues to have a strong production profile’ say Arden

Serinus Energy plc (LON:SENX) is the topic of conversation when we caught up with Arden Partners analyst Daniel Slater. Daniel you’ve just published a note on Serinus Energy regarding a..

Sumo Group focus on quality acquisitions says Zeus Capital

Sumo Group plc (LON:SUMO) provided a solid update, stating that trading was “comfortably in line with market expectations”. Sumo plans to accelerate acquisitions since recruitment is expected to “remain challenging..

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