UK 02:23 Friday, 16 October 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
‘E-commerce’ Beauty and Nutrition group THG plc (THG) has issued a “Q3 2026 Trading Statement” headlined “Strong profitability momentum drives upgrade of FY26 Adjusted EBITDA expectations to £103m”. The shares have currently responded up to 32p, but is the underlying trading momentum as positive as the headline suggests?
I start with Prospex (PXEN), Charles Archer and Amaroq (AMRQ). Then it is Blackbird (BIRD), a detailed look at Mindflair (MFAI) where a placing today makes no sense to me at all. I really do not get it. Finally the scourge of forward selling, Predator (PRD) and a real challenge to the FCA.
Oh dear, it is bad news for Paul Mathieson whose membership of this website runs out at midnight tonight so whose days of posting defamatory and threatening comments not only about myself, my wife and son but also in recent days about readers are now drawing to a close.
Describing itself as “a leading provider of walk-through security technology”, Thruvision Group (THRU) has issued a “Multiple orders received”-titled announcement and that “these orders represent further progress across three important areas of the group’s strategy”; high-throughput distribution environments, the ‘Prisons and Corrections’ market and further international development. What’s the details of the orders, with the shares currently back up to above 2p in response?
Investor Jeff Phillips argues that the current pullback in precious metals and junior miners is a buying opportunity within a longer-term commodity super cycle driven by underinvestment, supply chain concerns, and inflationary currency debasement.
I have written to my contact at the FCA about today’s placing by Predator Oil & Gas (PRD) which looks to me to be the most blatantly forward sold placing this year. Forward selling is insider dealer and is illegal. It is also endemic on the London Small Cap scene and the FCA needs to act. I wrote to my FCA contact:
A reader whose opinion I respect writes to me about Prospex Energy (PXEN) and ramping by Charles Archer. I start with the comments from reader TP and then offer a few thoughts of my own. Suffice to say that at 6.2p, a £27 million market cap, the shares are a screaming sell as, by my maths, all the money’s gone and a placing is imminent. A reader writes:
Most recently on company describing itself as “specialists in pre-clinical antibody discovery, engineering and supply” Fusion Antibodies (FAB), last month with the shares falling below 10p I concluded, with the financial position, an approx. £12 million market cap still sell. The shares most recently closed at 9.75p and what about now an “AGM statement H1 trading and research update” announcement?
I have written to my contact at the FCA & to the Oxymorons at AIM Regulation requesting a formal investigation into what looks like a clear case of forward selling/insider dealing ahead of thus week’s placing by Energy Pathways (EPP). I write to my contact:
Just 16 days ago when publishing half calendar year results Predator Oil & Gas (PRD) boasted of period end cash of £6.6 million and no debt and stated that “The Company is well-capitalised for its immediate work programmes.“ I am not calling crazy old coot CEO Paul Griffiths a frigging liar but today….
With the exclusive right for Domino’s Pizza stores in Poland and Croatia, DP Poland (DPP) has issued a “Q3 2026 Trading Update” including “Poland total system sales increased by 10.4% in Q3 2026 and by 14.4% YTD September 2026… Croatia delivered total system sales growth of 35.3% in Q3 and 34.7% YTD” and that, “with tight control of liquidity, a larger franchised estate and further operational improvements, we believe the group is well positioned to create durable value for shareholders”. So what about a current further lower share price response to 6p?
I start with President Trump, Greenland, 80 Mile (8OM), Amaroq (AMRQ) before turning to Predator Oil & Gas (PRD) and Union Jack (UJO). Thin it is Capital Access Windows, Energy Pathways (EPP) and the Swanny allegations and Cornish Metals (TIN)., Finally a detailed look at Audioboom (BOOM) and what it is NOT telling us.
Describing itself as “a leading provider of DDoS protection solutions”, Corero Network Security (CNS) has issued a “Q3 2026 Commercial Update” emphasising “Q3 2026 orders: up 50% to $11.1 million… YTD orders: up 28% to $25.4 million”. What about the shares currently up to above 14p in response?
Mathieson is clearly not happy with my communications with Bloomberg. Already wanted for interview under caution by the North Wales Police for his malicious communications and harassment of my wife, teenage son and myself, he is on the attack again. After his most recent outbursts against my Indian heritage wife HERE and wishing that I would kill myself in the same way as my mother HERE perhaps he now stoops even lower.
Thanks to decades of Uniparty profligacy, taxes are at a 70 year high, the Government has a raging deficit black hole so thinks the answer is more taxes. Instead why not look at where money is wasted. Here is a list provided by the X account @QuantMashine that will have you spitting nails.
