#MER On a typically quiet Friday Mears win the Award for the greatest number of RNS’s with 5 🏆

Share buyback completed
Transaction in Own Shares
New 5% shareholder Dimensional Fund (US)
Deferral bonus share plan
Grant of LTIP

Perhaps I need to get out more 🙄

#ZTF From trainers 🏀 to body armour as ZTF sign an exclusivity agreement with Design Blue

Their ZOTEK foam will be used in helmets & body armour for defence and law enforcement customers by Design Blue

No financials given but interesting news all the same given the sector

#DNLM I’m sorry to see a mild Profit Warning ‘broadly in line” from Dunelm as I think they’re well run

Outlook “While there are signs that the outlook for UK consumers may be easing in some areas, it remains difficult to predict when this might translate into better conditions”

#FOXT Perennial bid target Foxtons looks to be doing most things right ⬇️

Suspect this won’t do anything to quell those rumours…⏱️

#AJB Q2 TU Lots and lots and lots of info on customers numbers and inflows but not a single mention of profits, EPS, balance sheet for AJ Bell itself….

As a finance company/ investment firm surely these things are as important to their shareholders as the AUM? 🤷🏻‍♀️

#CARR Agriculture business remains challenging so it’s putting the engineering business (which is going well) up for sale

Seems a bit strange to sell off the good bit but suspect the presence of Christopher Mills as the #1 shareholder may have something to do with it

2.35p divi

#SONG Another Day Another Takeover Bid

And this time it’s for the perennially troubled Hipgnosis Songs Fund

Offer $1.16 equivalent to 92.32p

The shares closed at 70.5p last night

What will we find to talk about now in that sector (apart from #HOME that is)? 🤷🏻‍♀️

#IDS More juice on the potential bid rumour for IDS

The Board confirm they’ve rejected a 320p potential bid from EP Group

The shares responded well to the intra-day rumour rising +18.67% to 254.2p

Suspect we’ll see more tomorrow too voxmarkets.co.uk/rns/announceme…

#SFR I’ve not looked at Severfield for a while so it’s good to read that they expect to be slightly above expectations for the FY 👍

Europe strong

Record order book £511m

Debt c£10m, also ahead of expectations

Confident outlook, could be worth a look 👀

#HTG EBITDA (grrr) to be marginally ahead of expectations is almost but not quite my favourite expression

Offshore & international going well

Working capital/ inventory up but confident that will lower during the year

Steady as she goes, I hold

#EQLS I have been corrected as there are 2 now potential bidders, “received indicative non-binding proposals from both MDP and the Consortium.

So shareholders patiently wait …..

#EQLS Quel surprise (not)

An extension to the extension to the extension to the extension of the PUSU for Equals

Are they going for the World Record 💽?

Now May 15th 🤷🏻‍♀️

Is it safe to come out yet?

🍪🛋️

#DOCS Tale of woe continues 🤦🏻‍♀️

Shares may get a further kicking 🥾 today as wholesale orders decline, costs rise and the ongoing US warehouse saga adds another £15m cost

One piece of good news is that Kenny Wilson CEO has announced he’s going 🙃 voxmarkets.co.uk/rns/announceme…

#CTO Well now there’s a surprise

Take over bid for T Clarke at 160p + dividend

The shares closed at 125p

Given the excessive pay of directors I doubt this one will be missed from the stock market 🤭 voxmarkets.co.uk/listings/LON/C…

#SYS1 nice to see my favourite expression ahead of expectations for profit pre tax
Plan to resume paying dividends is also👍

Confident outlook “we will step up investment in attracting, winning and retaining customers in order to continue our growth trajectory”
Top of my 👀 list

#MTO looking mighty (see what I did there 🙃) with record revenue

Impressive increase in profits to at least £200m, up +23% on last year
Margin 4.5% reflects the competitive industry

Another £50m share buyback

MITIE is one that got away fish 🎣 for me but well done to holders

#SYNT Appears to be having a half price sale as it sells its latex compounding business

It’s been sold for €27.5m but has gross assets of €56m 🤔

Matco getting a bargain as Synthomer judge it be non core & pay down their debt

#RNO A nice TU for shareholders to wake up to with my favourite expression, profits to be materially ahead of current market expectations 👍

Debt also reducing, now at £24.9m (from £29.8m)

Good to see

A better week +1.9% to be +2.1% YTD

#W7L #XPS #HTG & #AVON helped

#WNWD #SHOE & #JUST hindered

I see that events in the Middle East are likely to impact markets this week 😳so the sofa 🛋️ is on standby

Room for a little one if you BYO your own hobnobs 🍪…

#SlavaUkraini