Its come along way since these were a pair of old boots,just bought today mid 280s,spent a few pounds in there of late,so why not!

Ticking up quiet nicely.

Latest broker recommendation :-

Barclays Capital Overweight 349.55 375.00 375.00 Reiterates

Tick tick.

JP Morgan Cazenove Overweight 369.00 369.00 243.00 405.00 Upgrades

Just closed half @389 +60.

N+1 Singer Buy 396.80 390.00 440.00 Reiterates

Final Results

Key Points For The Year
· Group revenues up 1.0%
· Successful implementation of areas of strategic focus, particularly Car Maintenance and Online fulfilment
· Broadly-flat Retail gross margin and a decline in the Autocentres gross margin reflecting tyre mix
· Retail operating costs up 5.3% with investment in colleagues and strategic initiatives
· Decline in profit before tax and non-recurring items of 21.9%, in line with expectations
· 23 new Autocentres opened as investment for long-term growth continues
· Free cashflow of £71.8m and net debt down 20.5%
· Final dividend of 9.1 pence proposed

Getting Into Gear 2016
· Existing three-pillared strategic framework robust, recognising the many strengths of Halfords
· Autocentres strategy remains unchanged; growth of 20-30 new centres per year to continue
· Re-positioning of Retail business: focus on sales growth to support ongoing sustainable profitability
· The three-year Retail plan contains the following five elements:
- Service Revolution: a step change in customer service
- The H Factor: reasserting Halfords authoritative category propositions
- Stores Fit To Shop: upgrading the Halfords store estate
- 21st Century Infrastructure: developing necessary IT and supply-chain capabilities
- Click With The Digital Future: creating a service-led digital proposition
· The plan includes c.£100m of Retail capital investment over three years, underpinned by a significant increase in both operating costs and stock
· Group sales target of £1bn in FY16

Plop!

That's a big plop - sorry for holders of this one.

Deutsche Bank Sell 313.10 310.00 300.00 Downgrades

Exane BNP Paribas Neutral 313.10 380.00 340.00 Retains

This could be out of favour for a few more days and see further falls, however it will eventually be cheap enough to have people piling back in.

Espirito Santo Execution Noble Neutral 301.70 350.00 305.00 Downgrades

Missed this earlier!

UBS Buy 331.00p 280.00p 375.00p Upgrade

3 Jul Ex-Dividend Date 9.1p.

10 Jul Q1 Interim Management Statement

I wonder if the Tour de France will have the usual effect of temporarily boosting sales this year?

Holding up rather well today taking the dividend into account.

Interim Management Statement

Key Points
· Cycling: all areas up on the year with Cycle Repair increasing 32.1%. A broader offer of Parts, Accessories & Clothing launched online
· Car Maintenance: parts sales up 16.7% driven by the fitting proposition
· Car Enhancement: Car Cleaning sales up strongly, with Technology sales down 3.5%
· Travel Solutions: better Camping sales offset by a further decline in sales of Child Car Seats
· Online Retail: sales up 15.5%, with Cycling making up over half of online revenues. Sat Nav online sales up 9.4%
· Autocentres: total sales up 7.8% with seven centres opened in the period; fleet LfL sales remained in decline

Financial Position
The Group's financial position remains sound.

Yum Yum.

Closed for the dividend and the +41.

N+1 Singer Buy 350.20 318.20 380.00 380.00 Retains

Trully amazing update.

Skinny when is the ex day? any idea?.

This British chap whos doing well at the Tour de France should help going forward.

Lost track of it cos of the Tennis over last week or so.