Whenever I go into Smiths there is sea of Anoraks that one has to elbow aside, to read Old Steam Monthly ( I get it for the nostalgia) - and HHO has plenty of such Titles including some for the missus.
They also run the Model Engineer Exhibition at Sandown Park (the 2.30 was won by 4-6-2 also known as Lucky Jim)
Howcome there is zero interest (ie Postings) here? Don't you chaps read on the train, or are you armed only with a crumpled FT to fend of Muggers and Poor People?.....

Mindyou as a corporate business HHO are pretty laid-back with their sales efforts....something that might just improve their performance now that Smiths has culled the marginal Mags....... this doesn't include "Shares" which is still available at my local high-street shop.
Chuff, chuff.

how much is worth buying at this stage guys..

how much is it worth buying at this stage guys..

Buy,take a chance, you can always av./down later,if necessary.

i have taken a chance on this stock- as i am optimistic this is a med term recovery.

Just announced a few minutes ago that Kelvin Mackenzie has recently purchased a huge chunk of shares so.............................


hold on and enjoy the ride !!

Highbury House Communications PLC
12 August 2005



Highbury House Communications PLC
(the 'Company')


The Company received notification on 11 August 2005, that Kelvin MacKenzie
acquired 4,453,706 and 15,200,000 ordinary shares in the Company on 8 August and
9 August respectively. This combined figure of 19,653,706 represents 6.2 per
cent. of the issued share capital of the Company.



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

Have you all seen Todays Sunday Times?!!!!!!

NO whats in it?
if you dont have much trouble can u let us know?

8 million T trade gone through as a buy, does that look interesting.

Mention in todays Teleagraph

Looks like a future take over - I am buying on Tuesday :)

From todays Scotsman. http//business.scotsman.com/media.cfm?id=1853842005

We don't want McKenzie going in through the back door - we want him to make a take over please!

only a matter of time imo!- i am sure he has the necessary people around him to make this happen.

I think this is going to be my 2005 Iomart and I am going to enjoy Christmas - fingers crossed anyway. I am surprised this thread is so quiet. But then Kelvin McK has been clever acquiring stock at the most quiet time of year - the week before August Bank Holiday when every man and their dog Spot and kids are in the South of France. Clever stuff.

I spent the weekend with a publisher friend and we went through the mags that HHO have - they have a few which can be really built up and sold for a fortune and the rest are dogs which need to be binned.

We can see what Kelvin is going to do and it is not difficult. HHO's websites are terrible and their subscriptions website is a disgrace - you have to work really hard to part with your money.

Look forward to this and wonder when others will join us Lizard and John50.

Fonty......i have been trying to work out their market cap, but can't find much on their website.......any idea what it is ?? (post restructure).

I assume that the final part of the current restructuring is the Board changes which are supposed to take effect at end of next month....

fonty what will you think he will do ,a full take over or a place on the board?

Belisce6: I calculate they have around 317,330,979 shares so you can work it out from that.

Woodie - I think he will really develop the lad mag Front and develop some of the prosperous titles - anything to do with boats etc and dump non lucrative titles like Old Steam Engines!

If I was him and I had the opportunity I would take the whole sad affair over completely and make a killing. Get a brilliant team together, marketing team, attractive leggy blonds with brains on board to develop the 'sexy and powerful' mags and hand it over to my friend. He would turn it around in a couple of years and make a few million.

Alternatively, he could try and get a place on the board but let's face it - a man like Kelvin McKenzie - would he really settle for that? If I was him I would want to get rid of the existing board and be the Chairman and create my own Board. I can't see him playing 2nd fiddle - he's not the sort.

B6 - Market Cap is 9 mil - all the best