19 June 2026
The news that Andy Burnham had won the latest by-election in Makerfield came as little surprise. Clearly this will cause serious political uncertainty as he looks to make his move to be PM but so far the market seems to have taken the news in its stride. A weaker pound caused by his win will actually help many companies but we suspect that the main response from financial markets has yet to be seen.
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...
Ultimate Products – 50.75p
James Halstead – 124p
Anpario – 455p
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%...
Disappointing i-Mpac-t at the packaging group
9 June 2026 - Mpac Group - 210p The packaging and automated solutions group Mpac has issued a disappointing trading update, revealing that the uncertainty...
Is Premier vulnerable?
9 June 2026 - Premier Miton - 38p We commented on the disappointing results of Premier Miton last week although we continued to rate the...
Times for Smiths News
18 June 2026 - new distribution agreement Smiths News (69.7p) has announced that it has secured a long-term contract with News UK, the owner of the...
Speedy by name as well
Speedy Hire - 20.3p The UK's leading tools and equipment hire group has announced its annual results to 31 March which have demonstrated the difficult...
Middle East affecting McBride
12 June 2026 - 150.25p trading update We last commented on the private label and contract manufacturing group McBride in April when the company announced the...
A good bet for the World Cup?
10 June 2026 - Entain - 590p With the football World Cup set to kick off tomorrow night, it is worth looking at those companies...
Speedy by name as well
Speedy Hire – 19.15p
Logistics Development Group – 15.85p
Kelso Group Holdings – 3.05p
