nice to see matalan moving forward at least the share price,as a recent buyer at 1.59 in febuary.

funny that insur,the posty has just dropped my shares mag off,page 27 recommendations on matalan,arbuthnot sell 1.99 , 27/8/04 .it seems to me they no as much as the rest of us.just look at the last 24 hours of bfp ?
the more i read obout mtn the more i see the true value of it , 2.30 is cheap.
take the current price 2.10ish,we all no 1.95 is a bottom figure,so what is a premium price of a takeout,look at m&s,argos,asda,,i no m&s fell through,but taking in mind what sort of price was offered,well over 25%,on a days close.if you where to think along the same lines,with mtn 2.60 is then the first figure,that my bring others out in to the open,you could be talking 3.00 who knows.

Working Lunch today (Gillian?)didn't make phenomenally positive remarks about prospects. Her opinion was that takeover not likely and stressed competition, etc.

jj,its not what i heard from some one very close in the board room,,,,,very close.

but unfortunately a lot more people will have heard the comments on
Working Lunch - the media always seems to win by weight of numbers.

i see there trying to wiz sainsburys up now,,,,,a holding of mine.i have not been there for weeks to by food.its all good for me.lots of intrest in brown & jackson girls,are you holders.,you should be at those prices,take a good look and do the suns.you will see what i mean.

Dave - MTN is getting very jumpy right now - have you got a screen on it?
May need watching

yes.

well its a big number 410000,i hope its a seller.

In answer to previous question - no I don't hold Brown & Jackson,
while I'm holding MTN I don't want to add more retailers - already
have a couple of others - but once MTN has gone, I may be looking
around for a possible replacement.
It seems to have settled down a bit now.

Dave - reoccurring trades of 8,500 on MTN - too many I think...
bot trades????
Agree that 410,000 is a biggie!!!!

yes spot on,allmost a million pound worth.

More repeating trades coming up again Dave - 15,000 a go...

usual pattern of play,loads of buys morning,loads of sells afternoon,just been in contact with my broker,about volumes in mtn,he had put a limit on how many i could buy,and there was a large spread.he had sold large amounts early on today,this guy operates a few miles from us.he`s made a few pound on them today.

Strange isn't it?....for a company with not much really going on...LOL
Insur - you still with us??? How you doing?

bunny,typical last half hour a scramble of buys,and just look at the spread now , you could not get a knife between it.

Well guess it's same time, same place again tomorrow Dave LOL
I'm determined to get shot of it soon now, it's trying my patience!
;>)

oh well,just been talking about to some people in utah,about that picture of moonee,it is now in the states.

bunny/dave still with you. GOLDMAN SACHS= upgraded the stock to in line from underperform the broker believes that the group holds increased synergistic appeal to large supermarket retailer looking for out-of-town non food spaces.

your right there insur,prime sites,with owned transport sytstem must appeal to suiters .

long both mtn and brjk, large amounts on both.i think both have turned the corner and are finally getting their arses in gear... interesting how both appear to be a critical chart levels.. gaps above to be filled