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Maxima
SPECULATIVE BUY 12/08/2008

In a year it which it lost £2m of earnings due to the deterioration of its markets and the loss of a major customer, IT software and service consolidator Maxima has still managed to grow impressively. Read
Companies: MXM   

Misstep from Maxima
HOLD 08/02/2008

Buy-and-build software group Maxima lost a third of its value after admitting that a number of large contracts were cancelled and full-year results to this May will miss forecasts. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
HOLD 05/02/2008

Software and IT services group Maxima, which has bought and integrated ten acquisitions since floating in November 2004, continues to grow strongly and has published half-year figures well ahead of last year. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
HOLD 28/01/2008

Buy-and-build software group Maxima has lost a third of its value after admitting a number of large contracts were cancelled and full year results to May will miss forecasts. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
ADD 20/12/2007

Maxima, which listed on AIM at 110p in 2004 and acquired Azur at float, is making its tenth subsequent acquisition, buying Eclectic from Glen Group in a deal set to augment earnings in 2009. Read
Companies: MXM   

Vyke dials up the numbers
 05/10/2007

If you backed Vyke when we recommended the company at 44p in July, you’ll be looking at gains of almost 200 per cent, with the shares now sitting pretty at 128p. Read
Companies: EGS    HUM    IMP    MTW    MXM    PAY    SIM    STAF    VYKE   

Maxima
ADD 20/08/2007

Kelvin Harrison, chief executive of acquisitive IT services counter Maxima, is delighted to have fulfilled his initial promise to investors to create a company with £50m sales within three years. Read
Companies: MXM   

Diploma delivers despite dollar headwind
 29/05/2007

Specialist distributor Diploma, recommended at 735.5p in late 2005 and now 927p, is one of a number of our Company Profile picks trading at healthy premiums. Read
Companies: BBI    DPLM    HYC    MXM    PTS    RUR    WHY   

Maxima
ADD 02/05/2007

Since its half-year results at the end of February, IT services consolidator Maxima has agreed its eighth and ninth acquisitions, the latter being its biggest yet. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
BUY 01/03/2007

Expansionary IT solutions and managed services group Maxima continues to grow organically and by acquisition, delivering better interim figures than expected. Read
Companies: MXM   

Goals profits from beautiful game
 06/11/2006

Goals Soccer Centres, tipped here as a strong buy at 262p in May, may trade slightly below our recommendation level at 257p, but the company has played a blinder since floating on AIM in December 2004. Read
Companies: AUG    AXD    GOAL    MXM    SPI    TSTL   

Maxima
BUY 10/10/2006

Maxima, the deal-hungry IT solutions and managed services play backed by Growth Company Investor at 160p, has hit the acquisition trail once more with a savvy £7.4m deal. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
HOLD 15/05/2006

Kelvin Harrison’s IT services consolidation play Maxima, backed by Growth Company Investor at 160p, has pulled off a fifth acquisition on AIM, a deal the chief executive expects to enhance earnings in the year to May ’07. Read
Companies: MXM   

Company Watch News
 13/03/2006

Updates on our recommendations on: Maxima, 2ergo, Staffline, PlusNet, SMC, Stadium Read
Companies: MXM    PNT    RGO    SDM    SMC    STAF   

Maxima
HOLD 28/02/2006

Software and services consolidator Maxima, backed by Growth Company Investor at 160p, has issued a buoyant set of half-time numbers, made further inroads into Ireland and assures further acquisitive moves are afoot. Read
Companies: MXM   

Review of 2005 - PayPoint leads the way
 07/02/2006

Our Company Watch and Company Profile recommendations increased 11.3 per cent last year – almost double that of the AIM Index. Read
Companies: BEG    CFG    HVX    IDN    MLT    MXM    PAY    SMC   

Maxima
BUY 27/01/2006

Enterprise software consolidator Maxima, floated at 110p in November 2004, doesn’t operate in the sexiest of spheres. However, the acquisitive outfit, ably guided by chief executive Kelvin Harrison and new finance chief Linda Andrews, is demonstrating its investment allure in a highly fragmented and tough market. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
BUY 09/08/2005

Nine months on from its AIM launch things appear to be going to plan for business software and IT services group Maxima. Read
Companies: MXM   

Max value at deal-hungry Maxima
STRONG BUY 01/07/2005

Software and IT services consolidator Maxima is set to top the original profit forecasts for the year to end-May 2005. Its first acquisition provides a solid platform for more deals and trading at a significant discount to its peers it looks an attractive buy. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
BUY 06/06/2005

Software and IT solutions outfit Maxima, which joined AIM at 110p in November, ticked higher on a bullish update for the year to May. Read
Companies: MXM   

Maxima
BUY 07/02/2005

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Companies: MXM   

Maxima
SPECULATIVE BUY 19/01/2005

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