20 July 2026

A quiet start to the week on the market with the.main news being Spain’s victory in the World Cup and the appointment of Andy Burnham as PM.  Investors are understandably nervous about this with potential tax changes on the cards.  However, it remains to be seen w hat action he will take with news of Cabinet appointments expected later today.

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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...

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AIM MARKET

Funds continue to fall at Premier Miton

17 July 2026 - update on assets under management - 36.85p It is disappointing to report that the fund management group Premier Miton has reported another...

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...

MAIN MARKET

Sales slowdown hits Foxtons

17 July 2026 - 40.7p Shares in the estate agency group Foxtons (40.7p) have fallen back following a disappointing trading statement covering the six months to 30...

More bad news from Ocado

17 July 2026 - 168.3p - interim results The technology and retail group continues to provide mixed news to its investors and this has continued...

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...

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