Mark Watson-Mitchell - 02.09.2026 Built for programs where failure isn’t an option Next Monday morning, 7th September, Concurrent Technologies (LON:CNC) will declare its Interim Results to end-June. The company is a designer and manufacturer of leading-edge computer products, systems, and mission-critical solutions used in high-performance markets by some of the world's major OEMs. Although market dynamics support the £213m-capitalised group’s long-term growth momentum

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 01.09.2026 Next Monday, 7th September, SigmaRoc (Lon:SRC) will announce its Interim Results to end-June – they will show an impressive rise in both profits and its operating margins. The European lime and minerals group, which is capitalised at some £1.4bn, is a long-time favourite of mine and with its shares now at 126p I foresee an early rise towards the 153p peak reached in February this year. The Business SigmaRoc is a quoted European lime and min

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 28.08.2026 The shares of this £86m-capitalised franchise business are currently trading too cheaply, especially considering its expected growth. At 10am next Wednesday, 2nd September, Cake Box Holdings (LON:CBOX) will be holding its AGM for approval of its 2026 Report & Accounts. They certainly look to be a tasty purchase! The Business From a single concept store in 2008, Cake Box, which listed on AIM in 2018, has grown to a franchise estate of 300+ l

Performing well, AGM Update due Mark Watson-Mitchell - 27.08.2026 “We Help Everyone Enjoy Amazing Technology, however they choose to shop with us.” On Thursday, 10th September, the £1.7bn-capitalised Currys (LON:CURY) will hold its AGM for its 2026 results, ahead of which I expect to see an AGM Trading Update being issued. Based upon recent statements from the famous electrical retail group together with broker analysis, I see the group’s shares rising at least 25% in due

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 26.08.2026 “Our market is the ‘Blue Economy’, water is where we come alive. Our technical expertise and experience spans centuries, industries and continents and our track record allows us to deliver on complex customer challenges in the most demanding environment – the world’s oceans.” This £228m-capitalised group’s shares have strong attractions despite trading on some 21 times current year earnings! In a couple of weeks’ time, on Tuesday, 9th Sep

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 25.08.2026 On Thursday, 3rd September, Naked Wines (LON:WINE) will be holding its 2026 Trading Year’s AGM to approve its Report & Accounts. With a base of some 480,000 members, Naked Wines is all about connecting wine drinkers and winemakers. Its model removes the middlemen, so customers get better wine for their money and winemakers earn more for doing what they do best, making exceptional wine. This direct meaningful relationship builds loyalty,

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 24.08.2026 After the recently announced de-risking of its pension scheme, investors are getting more optimistic about the prospects for the Macfarlane Group (LON:MACF). We look forward to the company declaring positive comments when the leading protective packaging solutions group announces its Interim Results this coming Thursday, 27th August. Capitalised at some £112m, the business this year is estimated to push sales up to £308m, with £16.2m adjust

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 21.08.2026 If investing in a company currently rated at over 130 times 2026 estimated earnings scares you – then do not read this article! However, I do feel that patient investors looking for capital growth situations could do well taking a view on the shares of Corero Network Security (LON:CNS), now just 7.25p. The £37m-capitalised company is a global provider of automated business continuity and network security solutions. When network disruptions,

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 20.08.2026 Lord Nathaniel Rothschild will, no doubt, exude confidence at next Tuesday’s AGM for his near £1bn-capitalised Volex (LON:VLX) group. The business, which is a critical manufacturing partner to category leaders, delivering complex power and data connectivity systems, has recently noted that its record revenues and double-digit margins have delivered its ‘five-year plan’ one year early than anticipated. Furthermore, Rothschild has declared va

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 19.08.2026 Safeguarding the world’s critical offshore infrastructure A couple of days ago Tekmar Group (LON:TGP) announced another useful contract, taking the tally of its new orders to over £50m since July last year. The £20m-capitalised group is involved in providing asset protection technology, products and services to the global offshore energy market. The current trading year to the end of next month will show that the group is rapidly recoveri

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 17.08.2026 Next Friday, 21st August, the precision engineering group Hunting (LON:HTG) will announce its Interim Results for the six months to end-June. They should show a good set of figures, with the £709m-capitalised group reiterating its confidence for the full-year’s results. The group’s shares have risen from 246p in March last year, to over 553p in early March this year. But that strength was knocked by Trump’s efforts in the Middle East, with

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 14.08.2026 In late September, the technology-led entertainment business focused on prize draw and online gaming, Winvia Entertainment (LON:WVIA) will declare its Interim Results to end-June. Early last week, on Tuesday, 4th August, the group updated investors on its first-half year’s trading – which showed a strong performance totally in-line with management expectations. Capitalised at £249m, the group could well end this Trading Year with an adjuste

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 14.08.2026 Our Vision - To be the most trusted provider of intelligent, cyber-secure security and surveillance solutions for critical industries and the people they serve. Forget this year – that could well be the message from Synectics (LON:SNX) when it reports its Interim Results next Tuesday, 18th August. The £34m-capitalised group, which is a leader in advanced security and surveillance solutions, has seen its shares fall from 350p last Septembe

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 12.08.2026 What do Bank of America, Citi, Qantas, HSBC, Lloyds, Toyota, Nationwide, BNP Paribas and The Very Group all have in common? The simple answer is that they are just a handful of clients of the £39.5m-capitalised Celebrus Technologies (LON:CLBS). Using its patented digital identity data technology, the group’s clients include global leaders in Banking, Retail, Travel, Healthcare, and all major industries. On Thursday of this week, 13th Augus

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 11.08.2026 This Thursday, 13th August, the £486m-capitalised Rank Group (LON:RNK) will report its Final Results to end-June – and they promise to be very positive. The Business With a history dating back to 1937, today the Rank Group is a leading UK-based entertainment and gaming company operating casinos, bingo clubs, and online gambling platforms. It operates both physical venues and digital platforms, providing a wide range of gaming experiences in

Mark Watson-Mitchell – 11.08.2026 Ahead of this morning’s 9.30am AGM, CML Microsystems (LON:CML) has issued a very positive Trading Update. It has stated that the business entered FY27 with strong momentum, continuing a positive trend from the prior year's final quarter with both revenue growth and an improving order intake. Trading in the opening months of the current financial year has been robust, with revenue in line with and order intake ahead of expectations, driven b

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 10.08.2026 Ahead of the Costain Group (LON:COST), announcing its Interim Results this coming Thursday, 13th August, some five brokers are calling its shares as a Buy, with one rating them as a Hold. The analyst Target Prices range from 200p to 297p, with the average centred on 240.3p. One of the broking firms has clearly stated that it expects that the group, which delivers predictable, best-in-class infrastructure solutions across the transport, wat

The US-bid for Ramsdens still shows through as the star performer, while Filtronic is looking to build up its price recovery after recent results. This week we have the Interims from Costain Group, aiming to beat the excellent showing of the Chemring Group, while Currys is continuing to improve, with Sigmaroc coming up close behind. Overall, the portfolio is up a market-beating 30.03% over the last 93 market days. The ten companies selected on Monday, 23rd March, were as fo

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 07.08.2026 On Tuesday, 1st September, Ashtead Technology Holdings plc (LON:AT.), a leading provider of subsea technology solutions to the global offshore energy sector, will issue its Interim Results for the six months to end-June 2026 and should confirm its comfort with full-year market expectations. Since the start of the year this group’s shares have risen from 300p to 536p, before easing back to trade the 400p to 460p range over the last couple of

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 06.08.2026 “Our vision is to be the first-choice semiconductor partner to technology innovators, together transforming how the world communicates.” It will be an early visit to The Lion Inn next Tuesday morning, 11th August. Located in the Essex village of Boreham, close to Chelmsford, the venue ,which offers award-winning cuisine and wine, will host the 2026 AGM for CML Microsystems (LON:CML), due to kick off at 9.30am. It should prove to be an int