Mark Watson-Mitchell - 09.12.2025   The shares of The Property Franchise Group (LON:TPFG) peaked at 598.68p at the end of September this year, before easing back 478p on bouts of profit-taking. Now they are climbing back up again, currently 526p, valuing the agency group at £334m, which I consider to be an attractive buying level for investors looking forward to a positive 2026. Last week’s Pre-Close Trading Update was one of confidence, with the group stating that it was le

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 09.12.2025 The Finals to end-September published last Thursday by the £1.41bn-capitalised SSP Group (LON:SSPG) indicated that the group, which is a leading operator of restaurants, bars, cafes and other food and beverage outlets in travel locations across 38 countries, is really getting its act together. And its shares, now at 178p, up 32p in the last week, have reflected the market confidence following the results. The Business SSP is a global leader

Mark Watson-Mitchell – 09.12.2025   This coming Thursday, 11 th  December, will see Dotdigital Group (LON:DOTD) , the leading SaaS provider of an AI-powered customer experience and data platform for intelligent, personalised marketing engagement at scale, will be holding its AGM which should point to better times ahead. On Tuesday, 4 th  November, the group declared its Final Results for the year to end-June, proudly proclaiming that it was a “ Year of organic growth, enhance

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 08.12.2025 This group’s shares have trebled since I featured them a year ago and there is still so much more to come yet! Last Thursday, 4th December, ASA International (LON:ASAI) issued a surprise Trading Update stating that: “Building on the sustained momentum seen during the first half of the year, the 2025 full year outlook remains positive with improved business and financial performance driven by continued strong client demand and loan portfolio

Mark Watson-Mitchell   The Interim Results to end-October from the £688m-capitalised greetings group Moonpig (LON:MOON)  are due to be announced next Tuesday, 9 th  December, the accompanying statement could well indicate that the business is still on the growth track. The Business The group is a leading online greeting cards and gifting platform, comprising the Moonpig, Red Letter Days and Buyagift brands in the UK and the Greetz brand in the Netherlands. The group's leading

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 05.12.2025 This morning Gemfields (LON:GEM) announced the results of an auction comprised of commercial-quality rough emeralds held during the period 17 November - 4 December 2025. Highlights: December 2025 Commercial-Quality Emerald Auction · Total auction revenues of $25.4 million · 46 lots were offered for sale and 45 were sold (98%) · Average price of $7.46 per carat · The 53 auctions of Kagem gemstones held since July 2009 have generat

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 04.12.2025 Next Tuesday morning, 9th December, the Chemring Group (LON:CHG) will declare its Final Results for the year to end-October. Having followed this advanced technology products group for decades, I am not at all worried about the high price-to-earnings ratio of its shares – simply because this really is a cracking business, whose Order Book is growing at quite a pace. Less than a month ago, the group, well known for its ‘chaff’ products, issue

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 03.12.2025   Early tomorrow morning, at 8.30am, should see the global pollster group YouGov (LON:YOU) hold its AGM covering the Report & Accounts for the year to end-July. It will be interesting to note whether there is a published AGM Trading Update, however the odds are against such an occurrence. That is a shame because investors need to see and hear as much corporate newsflow as is possible, thereby creating anticipation of beneficial progress, whil

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 03.12.2025 It is beginning to edge upwards again! Over the last few days the shares of the £300m-capitalised Filtronic (LON:FTC) have moved gradually from 125p to hitting 135p this morning. That may not create earthquakes in some quarters, however it is a positive advance. The shares of the Sedgefield-based group were up to 175p less than six months ago, before profit-taking set in and allowed them to ease back to 114p at the end of October. The Busines

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 02.12.2025 This coming Thursday, 4th December, will see The Watches of Switzerland Group (LON:WOSG) announce its Interim Results covering the 26 weeks to 26th October. The group, which is the UK's largest retailer for Rolex, OMEGA, Cartier, TAG Heuer and Breitling watches, despite retail sector challenges, enjoyed a strong first half. Following the group’s early November Trading Update and ahead of this week’s announcement broker’s analysts have shown a

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 02.12.2025 This morning the £134m-capitalised photonics technology group Gooch & Housego (LON:GHH) declared its results for the year to end-September showing a stronger performance than expected performance. The company, which is a specialist manufacturer of optical components and systems, has already given a clear guidance that the last year progressed much as anticipated. It reported a strong financial year with revenue increasing by 10.7% to £150.5m

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 02.12.2025 It was only late yesterday afternoon that I suggested news from Pantheon Resources (LON:PANR) was due. But not the news that impacted the market this morning. The company provided an operational update on the Dubhe-1 well, noting that clean-up operations are ongoing with intermittent oil and increasing gas production since early November, with approximately 40% of injected water now produced. The final cost for drilling and completing Dubhe-1

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 01.12.2025 This time last Pantheon Resources (LON:PANR) , the British oil and gas exploration group, published its Final Results for the year to end-June, so it is fair to assume that the Alaska-focussed specialist is due to do similar this year. And what a year it has experienced since last December. Despite a number of fund-raising and notable corporate issues in 2025, I have to say that I was somewhat disappointed by the group's out of date website.

Mark Watson-Mitchell 01.12.2025 This morning Wynnstay Group (LON:WYN) , the agricultural and merchanting specialist, has issued a Trading Update for its year to end-October, showing a performance ahead of expectations and its shares are moving upwards in reaction. The Business Founded in 1918 in Wales as a farmers' cooperative, with its shares gaining a listing on AIM in 2004, today Wynnstay is a leading supplier of agricultural products and services, with the ability to offe

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 01.12.2025 Is Christmas coming early for the shareholders of Northern Bear (LON:NTBR), the building services group? After the recent Interim Results the group's shares have moved ahead again. This morning they broke up through my Target Price of 140p, which was fixed just 13 trading days ago, when they were 117p. That makes a showing of - certainly market-beating. So this morning's doubled daily average dealing volume, 101,087 shares traded by 10am, ag

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 28.11.2025 Following the £130m-capitalised Speedy Hire (LON:SDY) reporting its Interim Results to end-September two days ago, analysts at Cavendish Capital Markets have today issued an eight-page Buy note on the group's shares, now 28.3p, with a Target Price of 35.6p. The brokers conclude that: "Falling interest rates should have a stimulating effect on a number of Speedy’s end markets including Construction and Housebuilders. Speedy has positioned its

The Interim Results announced last Tuesday by AO World (LON:AO.) upped current year expectations, yet again. And that is despite challenging trading conditions generally. The group's shares closed last night at 106p, just 8p short of its year's High. I consider that in early 2026 they are destined to rise above the 114.40p level and head up to trade in the 120p to 130p range. The Business With a mission to be the destination for electricals, the Bolton-based group is the UK'

It was interesting to note that the shares of Northern Bear (LON:NTBR) , the building services group, have been creeping higher over the last few days. Just ten days ago they were down to 117p, on Monday, they closed at 126.50p, and today they have nudged 135p. On Wednesday 19th November, the Northern-based group reported strong interim results for the six months to end-September, with revenue increasing to £49.4m (£37.6m), accompanied by a gross profit of £12.2m and an opera

Ahead of today's AGM, Mark Hodgkins, the Chairman of EnSilica (LON: ENSI) , a leading chip maker of mixed-signal Application Specific Integrated Circuits, sounded very bullish about his group's prospects. He declared that - "EnSilica remains well placed as a premier European chipmaker with global reach as we seek to further capitalise on the continued demand for custom silicon across our key growth markets." The group reported strategic progress with six new ASIC design wins

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 27.11.2025 Following Monday’s Capital Markets Event, GlobalData (LON:DATA) has now launched its £10m share buyback programme. At 117p, the £837m-capitalised data analytics consultancy group’s shares are looking inexpensive, especially as the business is preparing to detail, in January next year, its strategic moves to step up to the Main Market. The company, which has seen its shares ease some 40% in 2025, ‘returned’ £60m to its shareholders in Septemb