3 July 2026

The FTSE 100 rose sharply yesterday helped by aerospace and defence stocks.  It rose by 174.53 points to 10,652.87 although it has given up some 40 points this morning. Nevertheless, the market goes into the weekend in a positive mode.

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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

Get on yer bike at Tandem!

23 June 2026 - 175p Non-executive director Simon Bragg has added to his holding in the company, acquiring 50,000 shares at 165.25p.  This takes his...

Cash in with Ramsdens!

23 June 2026 - 600p The financial group has announced details of a recommended offer for the group from FirstCash Holdings Inc., a leading international...

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...

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%...

MAIN MARKET

Carclo shares look cheap

1 July 2026 - 33p The specialist precision engineering group has published its results for the year to 31 March, with revenues down 5.8% to...

Further growth at Mears Group.

30 June 2026 - 410p The provider of services to the housing sector has issued a positive trading update for the six months to 30...

Smiths News increases delivery!

29 June 2026 - 70p Smiths News has announced yet another long term contract, this time with Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail...

Get motoring with Halfords!

25 June 2026 -  210p The motoring and cycling group has announced annual results for the 53 weeks to 3 April and these have come...

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