would be interested to hear from anyone who is holding COFFEE REPUBLIC or wishing to add to their portfolio etc. I understand that they have a big demand for the new franchise model that they are about to roll out across the UK etc.M y company hold a position in the shares and will be taking a franchise for a store down here in Devon. Looks like a winner if the franchise model becomes a hit. Shares up 30% plus recently with a bloke called Trevor Brown raising his stake from 4% in May to 10% last week.Also Julian Richer holds 17%. Any thoughts.
Cheers Barty.

it would seem that bobby has a small problem on his hands after a real rally yesterday, and the news paper reports. at least 40% share holders think he has not performed. any thing could happen now. any ideas?

No idea at all but not complaning and sp is strengthening all the time..

skyhigh
YES, excellent sp progress, in for medium term though,but just set a stop loss at 1.47p.
looking at the graph, it looks like seasonal thing, where the sp always reach 1.50p
and by the end of august start coming down again. this does not bother me because i will buy low and wait for maturity. nevertheless the business itself is now renewed and the future can be bright. the balance sheet needs to be strenghtened at this stage.

A good day again, sp up yet again, one must think some thing is going to happen in the near future, far to much activity for this time of year, any thoughts ?

today's sp performance is eagle wings phenomenon. what's the cause?
may be the franchise strategy is going high places.

Market sees reason for Bobby to step down as he indeed should. Shares are cheap if and only if there is new management in place with a clear and transparent growth strategy.

It was this article on Sunday that kick started this latest move:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-2291135,00.html

thanks SNIFFER AND WINPIK
sp now at 1.94p, i've just push the stop loss to 1.85p. no doubt they have excellent product but like every top quality car, excellent driver will be perfect.
best luck

forgotten the major shareholders name, but i read the article in Sunday Times ..... looks like another but cheaper version of Mr Timmis and well worth a detour!

Anyone else in CFE ? It's doing well. Long may it continue !

SKYHIGH

I BOUGHT CFE at 1p sell some at 1.5 because of the historical chart, and at 1.6 but still got more left with a stop loss at 2.70p. not bad

Nice one george.

Well detoured cynic.

SNIFFER

YES, IT IS A NICE ONE BUT I WOULD NOT BUY MORE AT THIS STAGE TILL WE GET SOME NEWS. HOWEVER CFE remains a top banana

Good to see others here... I got in at 1.3p so have doubled my investment. Didn't buy very many.. wished I'd bought more, always the way isn't it.?

sp looks to be taking a breather. wonder if it'll go thru the 3p level ?

skyhigh
it is not easy to tell but it is not far from 3p, since that article in the sunday times
pointing out that cfe is undervalued and so on, eagle eyes investors become aggressive buyers. maybe is just a quick breather before another spectacular run.
will see, fingers X

cfe reached 3p today, wow, what is next ? A mbo,

Spot on!! Proplinks. However, is not going to go through on the cheap side...

How far can this goes? resilient performance. they say the economic power is in the number of the network. best luck

many bailed from this one

Barty has "secure" voting rights over a relatively small proportion of the stock unless he has gained voting rights from some major holders. Everything else is from a loose coalition of small holders who may or may not follow through with their support.

With so much riding on the outcome of the EGM, Barty needs security which means stock.

Hash by default has voting rights over a high percentage of the stock, again assuming some major holders have not fallen into Barty's camp.

For Hash to beat Barty he simply needs to temporarily spike and maintain the price beyond Barty's reach. As its so illiquid now, it will not take much buying.

For me its simply a trade and I wont be backing Barty, I much prefer he buys on the open market. To be honest I hope Hash follows suit. In fact anybody who is trading this and not in for the long term should NOT fill the form in,simply sit on the fence and let one or both of them buy the price up.

Barty's options are limited. He can not sell the volume he has aquired. He could sell a few and try to shake the price but I for one would buy. He could just sit on his holding but would then be diluted by Hash until he sells or becomes irrelevant.Or he must keep buying.

Its not often traders get such a public situation to profit from.

Dont commit......Withdraw your support

Force buying on the open market

If Barty wants control through his appointed Directors then make him pay the price.
If Hash wants to retain control then make him increase his holding.