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Electric expands again

Electric Word, the profitable specialist publishing business steered by Julian Turner, has been on the acquisition trail once again, snapping up a further two companies for £2.05 million. Read

Wray takes discounted slug of Propan

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. Read

Recommendations

Electric Word
HOLD 02/06/2008

Niche business-to-business publisher Electric Word (EW) is demonstrating resilience to the tough economic conditions facing the media and marketing industries by growing sales and successfully integrating acquisitions. Read
Companies: ELE   

Company Watch News
 01/07/2005

Ten Alps climbs higher; Add at aerospace play UMECO; Strong first half at RWS; Evans eyes £7.7m; Electric Word delivers again; Torex takes out XN; Leaps and bounds at Latchways Read
Companies: ACE    ELE    LTC    RWS    TAL    TRX    UMC    XNC   

Electric Word
HOLD 09/06/2005

Specialist information publisher Electric Word, recommended at 4.5p in 2002, has acquired Fieldwork Online Training (FOT), the schools management e-learning division of Fieldwork Education, in an all-cash deal. Read
Companies: ELE   

ASOS into the black
 03/03/2004

In just one month, online fashion and accessories retailer ASOS has risen 55 per cent from our original recommendation price to 10.88p. This very welcome upward spurt happened as chief executive Nick Robertson confirmed that the group had recorded its first pre-tax profit of £350,000 in the year to December after turnover rose 71 per cent to £7 million. Read
Companies: ASC    CHG    DKL    ELE    FPR    HTG    QTA    SDM    SNI   

Electric Word
BUY 11/02/2004

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Companies: ELE   

Company Watch News
 02/08/2003

Summer is usually a quiet time for the market but there has been a definite energy about the smallcap and growth company scene over the past four weeks. Our 2003 Company Watch and Company Profile recommendations, already strongly ahead by 31 per cent when we reported last time, have maintained their momentum and are now a handsome 36 per cent ahead. The main reason for this has been an abundance of positive trading statements, a welcome spattering of sterling results from those reporting and a distinct lack of profits warnings.

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Companies: BBC    CCS    CEL    ELE    PTS    TIK   

Electric Word
SPECULATIVE BUY 10/07/2003

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Companies: ELE   

Company Watch News
 02/03/2003

Shares in newsletter publisher Electric Word remain largely unmoved from the 4.5p level at which we recommended them in October last year. Read
Companies: ABM    COL    CSY    DNK    ELE    WNDR   

Electric Word
HOLD 19/02/2003

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Companies: ELE   

Electric Word's numbers game
 03/10/2002

Julian Turner, the ambitious chief executive of Aim-traded publisher Electric Word, hits all the notes embattled investors yearn to hear in these dog days of stock market instability. Read
Companies: ELE   

Electric Word
NO RECOMMENDATION 25/09/2000

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Companies: ELE   

Electric Word
NO RECOMMENDATION 01/08/2000

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Companies: ELE   

Sector Articles

Nightmare on media street once again

Fears of a sustained consumer downturn have mingled with all the other negative financial news of the past few months to batter the ever-cyclical media sector. Read