millfield has risen 15 points over the last week from 21 to 36.what i dont understand is todays rise 30,000 bought, 300,000 sold and its up 2p does any one know how this market works,and an explaination for todays rise

afraid I do not, but am also very interested to know why?

well i can see this going much higher,once the results of there
restructure start to filter through

ake144, how long have you been in here. I was sucked into share after the inter alliance fiasco, interesting to see where this could lead me. Still gonna hold out till they pick-up to the 1.00 they seem to think is a fair price.

good luck

watcher

watcher

i am just going on statistics,
before the alliance they were 59p (down from 90p)
of course the merger with a company in trouble caused the slump
down to 20p, but there has been a lot of restructering,
and as the effects of the restructure start to filter through
we will,or should see a much healthier company than in the past,
so i think it will climb quite a bit higher yet,
although things might not happen too quickly,

MIL looks like a breakout with supporting volume. MACD seems to have turned positive which could indicate a rise to 60p short term.

Pleased to read that this one is beginning to pick up, I bought in after hearing that this is one the fund managers are buying with their own money so they must expect good returns!! That'll do me!

a bit of an up and down day today,
but not bad on the week as a whole,

startd the day 38p-42p now down,but the bid is the same 38p-39p
more buyers too!

It's time to get in at below the 40p levels before they shoot up! (I hope & imho).......:)

yes its broken 40p now,the rise is not too dramatic,
which is good,as it has time to absorb the profit taking,

Looks like it want's to visit 60p ;-)

yes a nice steady rise

can anyone one tell me about milfield has i used to hold shares in ial?????????

millfield have taken a right pounding over the last few weeks
taking several millions of sells with no buys in sight
but still the price is holding firm,so it appears to me some
investment company in the background are willing to absorb
the shares for themselves, as a matter of fact they opened today
taking another pounding,and against all this they have just been
tipped as a buy today,

http://www.britishbulls.com/StockPage.asp?CompanyTicker=MIL&MarketTicker=FINANCIALS&Typ=S

The following may be the reason for the sells.

Millfield Group PLC
06 April 2005

SCHEDULE 10



NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Name of company
Millfield Group plc


2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Goldman Sachs Group


3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-
beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18.
As in 2 above


4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number
of shares held by each of them

Goldman Sachs & Co - 45,995
Goldman Sachs International - 3,999,646


5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
500,000


6. Percentage of issued class
0.04%


7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A


8. Percentage of issued class
N/A


9. Class of security
Ordinary 0.175pence shares


10. Date of transaction
01 April 2005


11. Date company informed
05 April 2005


12. Total holding following this notification
4,045,641


13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
3.4%


14. Any additional information
None


15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
John Crehan 020 8604 2637


16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making
this notification.
John Crehan
Deputy Company Secretary

Date of notification: 06 04 2005




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

Anyone know why there are two large trades totalling 500,000 today? Is there some imminent news?

There's no way of telling for sure but it looks to me like it was just a rollover. Rollovers sometimes come thru as looking like two buys. The give away is that the buy prices are slightly different(the lower price is probably the sell and the higher proice is what they have bought them back again at)
I think you're only allowed one rollover at a time...
Whoevers doing this rollover (if indeed it is a rollover) is banking on the price going up over the next 2/3/4 wks... results/news due soon ?

Looks like someone's got 100k bet going on here that this one'll come good very soon!

I think the results released today look impressive.. bodes well for future perfromance/next interims.... of course MIL now has to deliver but looks to be shaiping up good...

Anyone have any views ?


Turnover up 103% to 85million (2004: 41.9million)

On a proforma basis, including twelve month's results for
Inter-Alliance, the group generated combined turnover of 123 million

Gross profit up 76% to 26 million (2004: 14.8 million)

Operating loss before goodwill amortisation, impairment losses and
exceptional items of 8.9 million (2004: 9.3 million loss)

Loss before amortisation and tax of 18.1 million (2004: 10.8 million
loss)

On target to achieve operating profitability from the fourth quarter
2005 onwards

Lifetime's sale to Norwich Union expected to result in an exceptional
gain of at least 4.9 million

Three major business initiatives launched

26% reduction in the run rate for overhead costs from 49 million at
time of merger to 36 million now

Further annualised savings of 4 million expected in fourth quarter of
2005

Any one else in Mil.?.. any one else have any news & views ?
We're now approaching Q4 2005 and the achievement of operating profits beckons
Could be a good time to get in/top up... If we get a good trading statement then sp could take off big time.... imho.... :)

Well, It all looks good to me ......I'm sure it's onwards and upwards from here on imho :

Highlights:

Turnover up 135% to 64.1m (2004 - 27.3m)

Gross profit up 48% to 15.0m (2004 - 10.1m)

Reduced loss after tax and minority interests of 1.3m (2004 - 4.5m)

Cost base reduction initiatives implemented in September 2005 resulted
in significant savings - the annualised rate for the cost base is now 30.8m
(49m post merger) and it will reduce further to 29m by Q4 2005/6

Further efficiencies will reduce the cost base to below 28m from Q1 2006/7

Administrative staff headcount reduced from 509 on merger to 364 at
November 2005

The group is on course for operating profitability for Q3 2005/6

7.3m cash - group operating cash flow has been positive since September 2005

73 new applications in membership to join Millfield Partnership

53 new applications in membership for Sage Financial Services

Implementation of minimum standards throughout MPL national branch network

Relocation of IT operations centre to London Docklands plus switching
all locations to Telstra, the AAA rated carrier, as a single telecoms
supplier

.

Katcenka ? nice post ! can you expand a bit ?

skyhigh - 01 Dec 2005 08:16 - 22 of 24
Well, It all looks good to me ......I'm sure it's onwards and upwards from here on imho :

Highlights:

Turnover up 135% to 64.1m (2004 - 27.3m)

Gross profit up 48% to 15.0m (2004 - 10.1m)

Reduced loss after tax and minority interests of 1.3m (2004 - 4.5m)

Cost base reduction initiatives implemented in September 2005 resulted
in significant savings - the annualised rate for the cost base is now 30.8m
(49m post merger) and it will reduce further to 29m by Q4 2005/6

Further efficiencies will reduce the cost base to below 28m from Q1 2006/7

Administrative staff headcount reduced from 509 on merger to 364 at
November 2005

The group is on course for operating profitability for Q3 2005/6

7.3m cash - group operating cash flow has been positive since September 2005

73 new applications in membership to join Millfield Partnership

53 new applications in membership for Sage Financial Services

Implementation of minimum standards throughout MPL national branch network

Relocation of IT operations centre to London Docklands plus switching
all locations to Telstra, the AAA rated carrier, as a single telecoms
supplier

Market cap rather at a bit of discount wouldnt you say???

Katcenka.. Not sure what you're indicating...not sure how it all works myself but ,,, are you suggesting that the sp is cheap compared to mkt cap and that the sp will strengthen ?

err!!! YES!!!!. I am suprised of the little amount of activity.. the way I see it, these should be at least 50p. if not more, additional cost cutting also.. could put these at 70p quite easily

bloody cheap.. I am IN!!!!

delayed buys.. its going to go up a lot more me thinks

Cool ! .. all sounds good... glad my initial impression is in line with everyone elses views..
I think the mms will put sp up in an orderly manner.
With favourable press reviews and perhaps even new yr tips for 2006 this should go alot higher.imho Hurray! (at last!)

Broker upgrade ;-) should be issued... looks like only three of us in this one.. more cheap pickings for us then ;-)

wakey wakey!!!! smell the coffee

Turnover up 135% to 64.1m (2004 - 27.3m)

Gross profit up 48% to 15.0m (2004 - 10.1m)

Reduced loss after tax and minority interests of 1.3m (2004 - 4.5m)

another 10p rise to go rise to go ;-), its slow but its getting there

still rising... loads more room

Yes, still looking good....slow and steady does it !

nothing in the papers... tomorrow should be even better.... these are way too cheap

Katcenka,,, sorry to be a pain...remind me again... how do you work out quickly if a share price is too cheap or too dear ? - thanks

BUY BUY BUY!!!!

and BUY AGAIN... sky if you dont know, then you should not be trading... its dangerous playing blind

I'm just following your lead ! BUY BUY BUY!!!! and BUY AGAIN... that's good anough for me! Can't go wrong !

more buys going through, about to tick up... I hope this gets press tomorrow... should see 50p quite easily

sky if you want I high risk gain... try SCO... but you will have to hurry, its on the rise after hitting bottom

game set and match ;-) up tomorrow... by alot of %'s

Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number:0131V
Millfield Group PLC
01 December 2005

Millfield Group plc ("Millfield" or the "Company")

Directors' Shareholdings

Millfield was informed today that, following its announcement of interim results
this morning, the following directors bought shares in the Company:

Director Shares Price % of issued Date of Shareholding Total % of
Purchased class acquisition and following issued class
purchased date of purchase of
notification shares

Paul Tebbutt 75,000 26p 0.06% 01/12/2005 1,380,126 1.17%
Mike Duncan 75,000 26p 0.06% 01/12/2005 175,000 0.15%
Bryan Beeston 95,000 26p 0.08% 01/12/2005 1,553,816 1.31%


Enquiries

Millfield Group plc
Iain Leighton, Company Secretary 020 8680 5200


Llewellyn-Slade PR Limited
Mark Llewellyn-Slade - 01444 242792
Francis Higney - 0207 7336557


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

I also hold these - though not a massive amount. Does anyone think they are going to get back to the level they were at in March? I am very encouraged by the recent movement but there is still a long way to go before I make any money.

probably... I cant wait to see what these open at tomorrow, at least 50%

going by there numbers I would say these are worth at least 70p now

Guru... I need 1.5 before I'm making money... however, cool news with director buys..
Should get to 40-50p in not time at all in (imho).
Might even see 1 in the spring,,, but let's not get carried away here... slow & steady (consolidated) rises will be ok for me. I'm not fussy compared to what I have had to put up with over the last couple of years!

Bit of a let today wasn't it ? expected these to fly!

Bit of a let down is what I meant to say!

sorry I sold, I seen more snails rise faster

Bit of a strange one aren't you ? What happened to yesterdays'

"probably... I cant wait to see what these open at tomorrow, at least 50%

going by there numbers I would say these are worth at least 70p now" ?