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Oliver Haill
Oliver Haill specialises in leisure, retail, food, property and technology. He has a degree in Economics & Social Policy from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and has been with the team for over five years.
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Thursday, 12th June 2008 Stuffing knocked out of ScS Shares in bombed-out sofa seller ScS Upholstery have sunk further still, following revelations that a credit insurer has withdrawn cover for the company’s suppliers. Read Companies: SUY Wednesday, 11th June 2008 Imaginatik breaks even Imaginatik, provider of problem-solving software, broke even in the second half of the year, cropping annual losses from £1 million to £131,000. Read Companies: IMTK Monday, 9th June 2008 Nviro raises £10 million for ‘clean coal’ Having pared losses to £1.36 million (2007: £1.52 million) for the half-year to March, green technologies specialist Nviro has raised £10 million of new cash to speed developments, including its ‘clean coal’ lead product, toward maiden revenues. Read Companies: NVR Friday, 6th June 2008 Banks weigh on Patsystems Electronic trading technology specialist Patsystems has blamed worldwide turbulence in the banking sector for a number of contract slippages and an ensuing lower level of profits for the current year. Read Companies: PTS Helicopter firm lands on PLUS Having touched down on PLUS, low-cost helicopter designer Pegasus plans to raise up to £2 million to market its home-assembly kits. Read Thursday, 5th June 2008 China pact lifts Synchronica Mobile email software provider Synchronica has won a potentially large contract with China’s largest mobile telephone manufacturer. Read Companies: SYNC Tuesday, 3rd June 2008 Losses hit Summit Drug developer and pharmaceutical services provider Summit Corporation trebled both losses and revenues last year, but the AIM-traded business has high hopes for a major deal from its drug pipeline in 2008. Read Companies: SUMM Monday, 28th April 2008 Ashcroft’s 76 per cent proof Veteran entrepreneur Lord Ashcroft, is launching another investment company onto AIM, called Shellproof, just six months after similar-looking Shellshock, the investment arm of Ashcroft-backed Carlisle group, joined the market. Read Wednesday, 16th April 2008 Charteris back in the black Business and IT consultant Charteris has reaped the rewards of a strategic realignment in 2007 by turning last year’s half-year loss into a profit. Read Companies: CAE Thursday, 13th March 2008 Plot thickens in TMN takeover Mike Danson, who last year sold his research group Datamonitor to Informa for £500 million, has upped his stake at under-offer internet marketing specialist TMN. Read Companies: TMN TNG
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Tristel BUY 06/10/2008 Offering investors good insulation against the effects of wider economic issues, hospital infection control specialist Tristel is growing strongly as the NHS gets to grips with its highly politicised ‘superbug’ problem. Read Companies: TSTL Silver lining at AMS BUY 06/10/2008 Wound treatment developer Advanced Medical Solutions (AMS) has seen its share price more than triple in three years – but new investors shouldn’t think they’ve missed the boat as there should be plenty more to come. Oliver Haill reports Read Companies: AMS Infonic SPECULATIVE BUY 03/10/2008 Information management software expert Infonic’s first-half results were received unsympathetically by the market, which has in recent weeks sold the shares down to their lowest ever level. Read Companies: IFNC Powerleague BUY 02/10/2008 Five-a-side football operator Powerleague has been boasting of its defensive strength, with results for the year to June in line with expectations. Read Companies: PWR Deal Group Media SPECULATIVE BUY 02/10/2008 Online marketing intermediary Deal Group Media’s decision to up sticks and move to Asia is beginning to pay off, though its shares remain tainted by previous disappointment. Read Companies: DGM Japan Leisure Hotels AVOID 01/10/2008 This closed-ended investment company came to AIM in January with the mission of building a portfolio of investments in a peculiarly Japanese property and leisure asset – the ‘love hotel’. Read Companies: JPLH Group NBT BUY 01/10/2008 Shares in February 2007 recommendation Group NBT have bounced back, after a small tumble to below 200p earlier this year, as the business proves its resilience and growth credentials. Read Companies: NBT Netcall AVOID 29/09/2008 Despite a later rally, a disappointing first half depressed full year figures at call centre software specialist Netcall. Read Companies: NET Pixel Interactive Media SPECULATIVE BUY 29/09/2008 Hong Kong-based online advertising expert Pixel Interactive Media, already growing fast in China, Malaysia and Singapore, is now making an incursion into Vietnam via a joint venture. Read Companies: PIXL Proton Power Systems SPECULATIVE BUY 26/09/2008 Fuel cells business Proton Power Systems is poised to move into new sectors and with a new, more commercial approach. Read Companies: PPS