News & Comment
Intellectual property rights outfit Chorion, the owner of kiddies cartoon character Noddy, has defended its decision to look for a buyer for its children's rights division and thereby reject an initial approach for the entire company from Entertainment Rights, the owner of Postman Pat. Leslie Copeland reports.
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Following a relatively disappointing year of trading and a lacklustre shareprice performance, intellectual property group Chorion is to sell Noddy, The Famous Five and its other children's rights interests 'to maximise' shareholder value. Director Nick Tamblyn expects the assets to fetch £30 million, writes Leslie Copeland
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Bar-nightclub operator Urbium has announced a £300,000 fall in pre-tax profits to £2.5 million for the first half (before goodwill and exceptional costs). But the company is upbeat about current prospects and house broker Old Mutual is holding its full-year forecast of £9.2 million pre-tax. Ben Cobley reports.
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Serial investor Nigel Wray has taken a 5 per cent stake in Aim-listed residential property developer Propan Homes (PPH) at a 25 per cent discount to the market value, writes Ben Cobley.
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Festive celebrations at its nightclubs have boosted Chorion's Christmas
sales 135 per cent. Helena Keers reports.
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Recommendations
Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 14/11/2002
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NO RECOMMENDATION 08/11/2002
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Recent research by investment club lobby group Proshare revealed that around 76 per cent of private investors are still committed to the market for the long term, while only 21 per cent are expressing
reservations.
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Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 09/09/2002
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01/06/2002
Investors who backed Parkwood in March at the recommended price of 63p are sitting on a healthy premium at present.
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Keeping calm and retaining a long-term view in the face of short-term fears is challenging at any point in the investment cycle, and especially difficult at the current juncture. But if practised resolutely, this policy can deliver the goods.
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The long-awaited demerger of Chorion into its constituent parts - clubs and bars on the one hand and intellectual property rights (founded on the Agatha Christie estate) on the other – is getting closer. Marketmen say expectation could become reality by May this year.
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Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 07/01/2002
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Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 06/09/2001
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Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 23/03/2001
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NO RECOMMENDATION 04/01/2001
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Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 13/09/2000
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Chorion
NO RECOMMENDATION 26/05/2000
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NO RECOMMENDATION 09/03/2000
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NO RECOMMENDATION 02/02/2000
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NO RECOMMENDATION 27/01/2000
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NO RECOMMENDATION 07/09/1999
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NO RECOMMENDATION 11/03/1999
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Sector Articles
Aim celebrated reaching 700 constituents just before Christmas, as it welcomed Debt Free Direct and Dickinson Legg to the fold. There was also a £50 million fundraising for EPIC Brand Investments, and a slew of Christmas trading updates from retail leisure companies. These were mostly good, although plenty more Aim companies picked the very quiet trading period over the break to slip out somewhat less appetising news.
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Finance houses may be struggling compared with the 1980s and 1990s, but there is no lack of activity on Aim. While the final demerger of one of the most traded companies, Chorion, into two divisions was grabbing the headlines, 13 new issues (five from the Full List) once more underlined the junior market's attraction to investors and institutions alike.
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