tallsiii
- 11 Apr 2005 15:28
This appears to be a good one. Profits are just about to start happening and there is a lot of growth to come.
grevis2
- 23 May 2005 12:32
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smartFOCUS Group PLC
23 May 2005
For Immediate Release 23rd May 2005
smartFOCUS Group plc
smartFOCUS secures high value contract with Cendant VRG
smartFOCUS Group plc ('smartFOCUS' or the 'Company') (AIM : STF), the specialist
supplier of software for direct marketing, has secured a contract in excess of
0.8 million to supply CRM Solutions to the Vacation Rental Group (VRG), a
leader in the European holiday home rental sector. VRG is part of Cendant Group,
the foremost provider of travel and real estate services in the world.
The solution, based on the smartFOCUS Intelligent Marketing software platform
and managed services, enables VRG to improve the productivity and efficiency of
its marketing operation and customer management in the UK and Europe.
Commenting on the win, smartFOCUS CEO Chris Underhill said, 'We are delighted to
secure VRG as a new customer. They are typical of our expanding base of
customers who want to get more from their customer relationships, increase the
return on marketing investment and drive sales performance. VRG will benefit
from our integrated approach to delivering solutions that combine database
management with high performance analysis and campaign management applications
deployed in the hands of their marketing teams'.
smartFOCUS will hold its Annual General Meeting at 10.00 am today.
Enquiries:
smartFOCUS Group plc 0117 943 5800
Chris Underhill, Chief Executive
Steve Kirk, Finance Director
Emma Chablo, Marketing Director
Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000
Lisa Baderoon / Charlie Howard
Notes to Editors
smartFOCUS Group plc -
www.smartfocus.com
smartFOCUS (STF) is listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the
London Stock Exchange. Our headquarters are in Bristol, UK and we have offices
in Stamford, CT, USA. We are ISO 9001:2000 and TickIT Certified. Our employees
are experts in data, marketing and technology. We develop, sell and support a
portfolio of leading data integration (smartDATA), descriptive and predictive
analysis and campaign planning, management and marketing automation
(smartMARKETER) solutions that integrate on our smartSERVER technology platform
to deliver Intelligent Marketing. Intelligent Marketing enables our customers
and the customers of our partners to improve marketing effectiveness and
productivity.
A large number of leading global companies including AC Nielsen, Avis Europe,
Boots, Comet, The Carphone Warehouse, David Lloyd Leisure, Provident Financial,
First Choice Marine, The Guardian and Zurich Financial Services have integrated
smartFOCUS Intelligent Marketing solutions at the heart of their marketing and
CRM strategies. As a result they continuously maximise customer insight and
intelligence to acquire, retain and grow profitable customer relationships and
deliver marketing ROI.
grevis2
- 23 May 2005 12:33
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smartFOCUS Group PLC
23 May 2005
Immediate Release 23rd May 2005
smartFOCUS Group plc
AGM Statement
smartFOCUS Group plc ('smartFOCUS' or the 'Company'), (AIM : STF), the
specialist supplier of software for direct marketing, is holding its Annual
General Meeting at 10.00 am today. At the meeting, John Charles, the Chairman,
will make the following statement:
'smartFOCUS has made a positive start to the new financial year. Trading
continues to be strong reflecting improved market conditions and reinforces the
Company's growth strategy. The number of projects that continue to move from a
competitive, to preferred supplier status continues to increase and underlines
the Board's confidence. The conversion of prospects into orders continues at a
substantial rate, including a recent contract signing with a major holiday
company, the Vacation Rental Group, part of Cendant Group (announced separately
today) worth in excess of 800,000. The Company has also recorded strong growth
in its new managed services offering with over 200,000 under contract.
'The Board views the prospects for the Group as very encouraging. As indicated
at the time of the preliminary results, the management and the Board remain
active in looking for new opportunities, including earnings enhancing strategic
acquisitions which have discrete, but complementary offerings.
'smartFOCUS intends to report interim results for the 6 months to 30 June 2005
in September. The Board anticipates that these results will show a further
improvement in the Company's financial performance.'
Enquiries:
smartFOCUS Group plc 0117 943 5800
Chris Underhill, Chief Executive
Steve Kirk, Finance Director
Buchanan Communications 020 7466 5000
Lisa Baderoon / Charlie Howard
grevis2
- 23 May 2005 12:42
- 5 of 8
Taken from Barclays Stockbrokers website today:
Forecasts
Year Ending Sales (m) Pre-tax (m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-12-2005 4.10 0.20 0.30p 40.8 n/a n/a n/a 0.0%
31-12-2006 6.40 1.60 2.10p 5.8 0.0 +600% n/a 0.0%
Covering analysts: Sarasin
grevis2
- 23 May 2005 14:57
- 6 of 8
Going up!
andrewbertram2003
- 10 Nov 2005 15:06
- 7 of 8
Tipped in Shares Mag and one good contracts in H1....full year could see the P&L and BS turn around for this small cap....?
PapalPower
- 17 Jan 2006 16:37
- 8 of 8
Put a new thread up on smartFOCUS, trading update due this month, things are looking positive and its looking undervalued.
New thread as per below :
http://www.moneyam.com/InvestorsRoom/posts.php?tid=9319#lastread