I have been in and out of these a few times :-)) ..... bumping around their bottom but starting to bounce a little ..... closed @ 87/90p on Friday.

They have fallen from grace because of poor distribution probelens caused by poor management and an out of House warehousing system. THis is being sorted and new guys have replaced the old .....

Great brand name and selling could be overdone ..... anyway I am in for a few @ 90p and will let them ride for a while - not a t trade. Recent director buying around this price


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bought @ 90p - currently moving up at 141/145p 13/05 = plus 56.66% net

I do hope so Skinny, on the upside that is.

Interim Management Statement

Group performance, first quarter

· Worldwide network sales(1) up 1.1%
· Total Group sales down 4.4%
· International retail sales(1) up 11.0%
· Total UK sales down 10.2%
· UK Direct in Home sales down 7.1%
· UK like-for-like sales(1) down 6.7%

Ouch, thats going to hurt at 8.00 am.Uk very poor.

Indeed.

ED: Just to qualify, the UK situation is not a surprise as this has been on the decline for a few years now but unfortunately MTC seems to be priced mainly on the UK business and not along side their ever expanding worldwide expansion.

I restate my post 91!

Agree skinny

post 98 implied exactly the opposite!

They will surprise. :-)) at the fall of the sp

Yes - just shows you!

That was based on talking to a friend who's daughter is reasonably well placed. So where to throw the dice today - here or BVIC,

"So where to throw the dice today - here or BVIC," How about the betting shop? -):

Well an nice early "surprise" for you Stan - up 5.5% as I type.

+15p .... be thankful and sell!

Up now over 7% Skinny, a long way to go for me but reassuring it's going the right way.. for the moment.

Stan - I haven't traded them since last autumn, but being a recent grandparent, I follow them a bit more closely!

Anyway up 24.75 +12.1% as I type.

Stan, I've joined you here this morning.

Haven't traded them, but have noticed that they do move about a bit for no apparent reason, so good luck.

Trading statement due tomorrow.

12 month high today 236.

Just sold half here.

Sounds good Skinny, As I say above I have noticed that it does move about a bit so a "sell on the news" situation would not surprise me.