blur Group is a technology company reinventing how businesses do commerce at blurgroup.com. Its Global Services Exchange delivers services differently: a new way to buy, manage and pay for core services. As of July 2013, more than 30,000 businesses in 141 countries have adopted this s-commerce platform and changed the way they work. 100 projects per month from companies like Broadridge, Coral, Exceed, HCA, Momentive, Red Commerce, the Financial Times, Berlitz, Butlins, GE Healthcare and Tyco are received. Over the same time, average brief value has grown from around US$1,500 in 2010 to US$10,800 in the first quarter of 2013. By mid-2013, more than 2,200 projects had been submitted with a combined value of over US$35 million. These have come from the US, UK, Europe, Africa and Asia with over 28,000 expert service providers on eight exchanges responding to them


http://blurgroup.com/

dc "if you can't stand the heat.......etc"!


The heat is on you now halifax, I'm nice and cool.
Monday halifax I'm waiting, you have dug a big hole. I'm waiting for the two questions put to you. Please do not ignore them. Again I have answered questions for you, so get my answers.


I WANT POST 123 ANSWERED BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS MONDAY, SO AS YOU SAY LETS SEE IF YOU CAN TAKE THE HEAT. NOT NICE IS IT WHEN THE BOOT IS ON THE OTHER FOOT.

ANY MORE HARASSMENT ON HERE AND I'M GOING STRAIGHT IN TO MONEYAM. I HAVE TOLD YOU.

dc so what?

Halifax. Answer the question or just go away and leave dc alone. Monday awaits you.

david lucas, why have you suddenly got involved in this arguement when you have only recently started posting on this bulletin board. Just curious.

doodle don't worry we know who they all work for.

halifax - 20 Oct 2013 22:36 - 134 of 135

doodle don't worry we know who they all work for.


Now you have entered a different league, slander. This is clearly against Moneyam rules and I would ask them to remove all your posts and take the necessary action with you.

can I remind everyone that personal abuse is not acceptable on this forum. and further breach of this by any poster will result in their removal from posting,

Ian

Thirty five mins from the open SP up 38p if you wanted to be cynical @ £10 per point spread bet up £380 what a shit punt dc :O)

DC , Halifax Bomber won't like Blue is the colour today , so enjoy!!

I am not a holder and don't have any intention to buy this stock, but for those that are interested, this from IC this week:
"Blur is on course to more than triple revenue this year and analysts expect the group, which runs an online exchange for businesses to commission services and experts, to pitch for the work to easily double the top line for years to come. Stunning first half growth convinced us to to upgrade the shares to buy last month and record breaking third quarter metrics justified our confidence. Revenue of $17.3m was 84% higher than the previous quarter.
Seven and a half years since founding Blur and one year on from the IPO, chief executive Phillip Letts has just pocketed £3.6m after selling 900,000 shares at £4 each. Non-executive director Richard Bourne-Arton sold a £380,000 stake too. Mr. Letts has 14.1m shares left, almost half the company and will not sell any more for the 'foreseeable future'. Board member Robert Brooksbank snapped up 35,000 shares at 429p. We still like the story and a forecast enterprise value-to-sales ratio of four in 2015 is in line with the industry average. Buy at 425p.

Do you actually own any shares Halifax and what part of " if it's going up buy it , if it's going down short it" didn't you understand ?

Well Done dc looking good :O)

Cheers Chris and thanks Harry for the update the other day.

It does'nt get a lot better

(from a n other board)

Liberum this morning


blur’s business has been showing three key positive trends which we see as reliable indicators of continued top line strength and future profitability. Exchange usage by larger companies is increasing, repeat usage by existing customers is rising and average project values are growing well ahead of expectations. In combination we believe this puts blur on course to becoming a major player in b2b e-commerce in services. We reiterate our buy recommendation, raising our price target to 700p from 400p.

n Increasing corporate adoption: For blur to succeed in its quest to become a major global e-commerce player, the exchange needs to become the preferred option for larger corporates to source small and medium-sized services projects. Recent trends at blur suggest that such interest and acceptance from larger corporations like eBay (over 50 projects), Momentive, Danone and Tyco is growing rapidly.
n Rising repeat usage: Increased corporate adoption is also leading to more repeat usage (up 288% YoY in H1’13), indicating high levels of customer satisfaction. It is also generating sharp increases in average project value (+42% YoY in Q3). Apart from helping sustain triple digit top line growth, these higher value repeat projects from larger customers helps increase profitability and visibility for the business.
n Heading for the big league: The above trends in blur’s metrics leaves us comfortable with our 140% CAGR sales growth forecast between 2012 and 2016, and positive EBITDA by 2015. In fact we regard our 2013 forecast to be highly conservative. blur remains on course to becoming the market leader and a significant player in b2b ecommerce in services in our opinion.
n Valuation upside: At 9x 2014 EV/sales blur is trading in line with its peer group of listed e-commerce businesses. However on a 2015 basis it is trading at 4.6x EV/sales, a 32% discount to the peer group at 6.7x. We believe this discount is unjustified as it arises from blur’s significantly higher sales growth levels. We therefore raise our price target to 700p, based on 6.7x forecasted 2015 EV/sales.

Blur Group: Liberum Capital raises target price from 400p to 700p and stays with its buy recommendation. :-))

That seems to have gone unnoticed today!

blur Group heading for the big league
By John Harrington October 29 2013, 11:47am blur remains on course to becoming the market leader and a significant player in b2b ecommerce in services, in Liberum's opinion.blur remains on course to becoming the market leader and a significant player in b2b ecommerce in services, in Liberum's opinion.

Services-commerce player blur Group (LON:BLUR) is heading for the big league, according to Liberum Capital, which has hiked its blur price target to 700p from 400p.

The crowd-sourcing specialist’s business has been showing three key positive trends that the broker sees as reliable indicators of continued top-line strength and future profitability.

“Exchange usage by larger companies is increasing, repeat usage by existing customers is rising and average project values are growing well ahead of expectations. In combination we believe this puts blur on course to becoming a major player in b2b [business-to-business] e-commerce in services,” Liberum argues.

The fast-growing UK tech company needs to press home its first-mover advantage and become the preferred option of larger corporations looking to out-source small and medium-sized services projects, Liberum believes, and recent trends suggest it is well on the way to doing this, with the likes of eBay, Danone and Tyco making increasing use of blur’s business services exchange.

“Increased corporate adoption is also leading to more repeat usage (up 288% YoY [year-on-year] in H1’13), indicating high levels of customer satisfaction. It is also generating sharp increases in average project value (+42% YoY in Q3). Apart from helping sustain triple digit top line growth, these higher value repeat projects from larger customers helps increase profitability and visibility for the business,” the broker asserted.

Liberum is sticking with its projection of compound annual sales growth of 140% between 2012 and 2016, and reckons the company should move into the black by 2015.

Though the shares have been a storming success since floating on AIM in October 2012 at 82p a share, but even at 475p a throw the shares remain significantly undervalued, according to Liberum.

Using the metric of enterprise value, or EV (essentially market value of the company minus the value of its assets) divided by sales, Liberum reckons blur’s multiple of nine is on a par with its peer group of listed e-commerce businesses.

However, once you factor in blur’s projected growth, then on the 2015 sales estimates the multiple drops to 4.6, which is a 32% discount to the peer group (using the peer group’s projected 2015 sales).

“We believe this discount is unjustified as it arises from blur’s significantly higher sales growth levels,” the broker concludes

blur Group passes 3,000 projects milestone
By Jamie Nimmo October 31 2013, 3:10pm The value of projects submitted to the exchange, which allows customers to outsource almost any task, has now exceeded US$70mlnThe value of projects submitted to the exchange, which allows customers to outsource almost any task, has now exceeded US$70mln

S-commerce specialist blur Group’s (LON:BLUR) Global Services Exchange has now been used 3,000 times by customers.

The value of projects submitted to the exchange, which allows customers to outsource almost any task, has now exceeded US$70mln.

The crowd-sourcing company took four years to reach the 1,000 briefs mark, another year to achieve 2,000, and less than six months to reach the 3,000 project milestone in a testament to its growth profile.

Over a quarter of the projects are submitted from the UK, 37% from the US and the remaining 37% from the rest of the world.

Past customers include the Financial Times, betting group Coral, and Butlins.

blur chief executive Philip Letts said: “The larger projects handled by the Exchange are having a knock-on effect - our customers’ own network of suppliers are wanting in turn to source their own projects and suppliers on the Exchange.

“The growth in project size shows blur’s ability to handle businesses of all sizes, demonstrating the scalability of the Exchange and enhances the appeal for service providers to switch to using s-commerce for new business and project sourcing in general.”

He added: “Alongside blur’s increasingly high value new projects we continue to achieve growth in repeat projects from our substantial number of smaller customers.”

blur’s shares traded flat on Thursday at 460p each, having risen almost 500% in 2013.

they seem to be on a steady course and their clients think so too. neither are they shy about their plans - they seem to be accelerating. nice piece of info in this interview: interview with CEO

Six quid next target but I'm bailing at 550p.