In the last year, the shares of the Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) have been up to 309p and down to 227p. Last night, the £500m-capitalised bowling group’s shares closed at 260p; this morning, they have traded up to 299p in reaction to the leisure facilities and bowling alley operator’s first-half results being announced. The Business The Hollywood Bowl Group is the UK’s and Canada's market leader, and one of the largest operators of ten-pin bowling centres in the world. It

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 27.05.2026 Ahead of its AGM later today, Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) has given investors a positive Trading Update. The £213m-capitalised group reported strong trading for the four months to end-April, with revenue up 26% year-on-year to £64.1m, driven by robust demand and the contribution from Overseas Konstellation Company (OKC). EMEA revenue grew 24% to £50.1m, North America saw 30% organic growth to £12.1m, and Asia doubled revenue to £1.9m. Margins and c

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 27.05.2026 The UK's largest manufacturer of convenience foods This morning Greencore Group (LON:GNC) reported a strong first half of 2026, with pro forma revenue growing 3.2% to £1,318m and pro forma adjusted operating profit increasing by 15.3% to £73.3m, leading to a margin improvement of 60 basis points to 5.6%. The integration of Bakkavor is progressing well, with the company on track to deliver at least £80m in annual cost synergies within three

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 27.05.2026 This morning, it has been announced that Dowgate Group Limited, through Bank of New York Mellon on behalf of Dowgate Wealth Limited, has reduced its holding in Filtronic (LON:FTC). The notification indicates that as of Thursday, 21st May, Dowgate Group Limited now holds 4.29% of the voting rights, a decrease from their previous holding of 5.0215%. This change represents an acquisition or disposal of voting rights, with the total number of vo

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 26.05.2026 Tomorrow morning, Wednesday 27th May, the UK's leading manufacturer of convenience foods, Greencore Group (LON:GNC), will announce its Interim Results together with an update on bedding down its Bakkavor acquisition. Its shares, now at 241p, could well respond positively to fresh estimates on current and future business prospects. Quiches - a small part of the massive Greencore foods ranges The Business Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 26.05.2026 Not many, perhaps if just a few, companies have seen their shares more than quadruple in the last year; however, Filtronic (LON:FTC) has certainly done that, having risen from 114p last September. After hitting 480p at one stage last week, its shares fell back quite considerably to close the week at 379p, but still continued to show the other portfolio constituents a very clean pair of heels, having put on a very useful 161.38% advance in

Mark Watson-Mitchell – 22.05.2026 Yesterday Ashtead Technology Holdings (LON:AT.), which is a leading provider of subsea technology solutions to the global offshore energy sector, held its AGM, ahead of which it issued a ‘cautiously optimistic’ Trading Update. However, the market took a slightly pessimistic view, dropping its shares by nearly 5%, easing 24p to close at 509p. But they have performed very well in share price terms since the beginning of this year, having ri

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 21.05.2026 Tomorrow morning, Friday 22nd May, we should be seeing AG Barr (LON:BAG), the multi-beverage business, issuing a Trading Update ahead of its AGM later in the day. There are hopes in the market that its contents will be enough to turn around the recent decline in the Cumbernauld-based maker of market-leading drinks brands like IRN-BRU, Rubicon and Boost. Tomorrow’s event covers the approval of the Report & Accounts for the group’s year to

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 20.05.2026 Having followed Chemring Group (LON:CHG) for decades, I have to say that I am somewhat surprised to see its shares lagging behind, as other less well-constructed quoted businesses go to significant premium ratings. Based in Hampshire, the £1.29bn-capitalised group is a specialist manufacturing and technology business with unique market positions at the heart of national security, defence and aerospace sectors. Has the market overlooked Chem

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 19.05.2026 Seven weeks ago, upon the news of its CEO stepping down, this electrical retailer's shares were as low as 119p. At that time, Thursday 26th March, that was something of a shock announcement from Currys (LON:CURY). The then £1.2bn- capitalised electricals retailer declared that Group Chief Executive Alex Baldock will step down after eight years to pursue a new external opportunity, with the board initiating a search for his successor. The c

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 19.05.2026 By lunchtime on Tuesday 19th May, the shares of Filtronic (LON:FTC) had seen a massive trading volume spin them up to 460p at their best. Now back to 455p as I write, but still up over 10.5% on the day. Even so that is a significant price rise since the start of May, when they were standing at just 287p - that is over a 60% uplift thic month alone. Some 7.5m shares have been traded so far today - a mega number! That is now over twice the Ta

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 18.05.2026 This really is one to watch - Winvia Entertainment Group (LON: WVIA) is a technology-driven entertainment company operating in the prize draw, skill games, and online gaming markets. It is focused on two discrete fast-growing channels, being the large and highly fragmented UK Prize Draw market and the regulated Romanian online gaming market. As the company itself declares ‘The Name Says It All’ - “Winvia” blends Win and Via—the path to wi

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 16.05.2026 It continues to show a truly stellar performance in the SQC Research Market Recovery Portfolio - the shares of Filtronic (LON:FTC) closed the week at 405p, showing a healthy 179.31% gain in just 37 Trading Days. They obviously have come in for an amount of profit-taking in the last week after having touched 420p on Thursday 7th May. It is very evident that 'space fever' is building up ahead of Elon Musk's mega-billions IPO within the next m

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 15.05.2026 Yesterday morning, Thursday 14th May, Auction Technology Group (LON:ATG) announced its Interim Results to end-March. They were good and carried an Upgrade for the balance of the year to end-September. Reaction to the figures and the accompanying statement saw the group’s shares rise 7% to 379p, well up from its end-November price fall to 259p. The operator of world-leading auction and list price marketplaces that connect millions of buyer

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 14.05.2026 On Tuesday 5th May I commented that Space is taking off! And that has certainly been shown by the way that the market has reacted positively to the shares of any company that is involved in the Space Sector over the last few weeks. I have previously commented on various, some may say too many, times about the attractions of Filtronics, EnSilica, Concurrent Technolgies etc. My highlight on the company this time last year, when the shares we

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 14.05.2026 Ahead of today’s AGM, Costain Group (LON:COST) has issued a Trading Update indicating that the business is performing in line with market expectations, while it is making good progress towards its step change in its 2027 full year. In reaction, brokers have today upped their Target Prices on the group’s shares. The infrastructure group that provides its services and support to the transport, water, energy, nuclear and defence markets, is bo

Mark Watson-Mitchell – 12.05.2026 Two months ago, EnSilica (LON:ENSI) successfully raised £10m of necessary funds to be able to accelerate chip supply revenues, bring forward revenue inflection points and to support increased chip supply volumes. The subsequent share price rise from 47p to last night’s 120p showed up a significant 255% gain. However, it is now becoming evident that larger holders are eyeing the opportunity to book some of their profits. Maven Capital Partne

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 11.05.2026 Next Thursday, 14th May, Costain Group (LON:COST), the £528m-capitalised UK construction and consultancy group, will be holding its AGM to cover its 2025 Report & Accounts. Ahead of that afternoon meeting the group, which is a leading player in the UK infrastructure sector, will issue an AGM Trading Update statement – which should be very positive in tone and content. Certainly, it is felt that the message therein could help to push the g

Mark Watson-Mitchell – 11.05.2026 Following on from the mid-April £17.5m fund-raise and then Simon Tucker’s recent webcast, on Wednesday 29th April, his SRT Marine Systems (LON:SRT) group announced yet another positive piece of contract news late last Friday, 8th May. The £248m-capitalised group, which is the global leader in advanced maritime domain awareness technologies and solutions, from sophisticated national surveillance systems for coast guards to large scale fis

Mark Watson-Mitchell - 08.05.2026 Next Thursday, 14th May, will see Premier Foods (LON:PFD) announce its Final Results for its year to end-March – they should be good enough to get the shares now 200p driving even higher. As one of the UK's largest food businesses, the £1.72bn-capitalised group declares that it is passionate about food and believes that each and every day it has the opportunity to enrich life for everyone. Ahead of next week’s results, there could well b