First thing yesterday morning shares in Love Hemp (LIFE) the pot play backed by boxer Anthony Joshua saw its shares suspended. At 4.35 PM it fessed to the grisly truth: it had lied about a fund raise announced on 8 February. But then it carried on lying. No wonder, adviser Peterhouse has resigned.

Hello Share Catchers. Like me, you’re probably fed up with the amount of over-packaging that still goes on. Look at those silly Easter eggs we’ve recently scoffed. But we still need some packaging. And D S Smith (SMDS) is a company that’s big in cardboard boxes, cartons and paper, both of which are recycled. Furthermore, it’s on a mission to reduce plastic packaging and carbon footprints. This Footsie member has so far replaced over 170 million items of single-use plastic from its customers’ supply chains with recyclable alternatives.

Cyber-defence group GRC International (GRC) has announced a trading update including year-ended 31st March 2022 “billings up 21% to £14.8m… Q4 billings up 25% to £4.5m… EBITDA of at least £0.8m… year-end cash £2.0m (2021: £0.2m)” and “strong momentum in Q4 and cash generation have continued into the start of the new financial year”. So what of a share price up to 29p?...

In today's podcast I forgot to thank those who have donated to Rogue Bloggers for Woodlarks over the weekend. I thank you now. But c98% of listeners have yet to donate. I am sure you can manage a fiver or a tenner please do give now HERE. Then I answer a call to sack me for a Staceyesque "crime" and discuss Jubilee Metals (JLP),Yooma (YOOM), Love Hemp (LIFE) and the utter cretins at Aquis Regulation, Vast Resources (VAST) and Avacta (AVCT).

Professional services consultancy to the construction and engineering industries Driver Group (DRV) “is pleased to announce the appointment of Charlotte Parsons to the board as Chief Financial Officer, with effect from 20 July… as the company executes on the delivery of its strategic plans for growth and of sustainable long-term value creation for our investors”. So what’s the outlook from a current 27p share price?...

I just cannot understand how anyone still owns shares in retailer McColls (MCLS) as it is, as I have been warning since November, doomed.  The shares are down by 94%, since that prescient warning, at just 0.848p. Now, with more bad news today, the shares have only 0.848p to go to reach target.

Biy do I like economist Steve Hanke.  He concludes this interview with a claim that 95% of what appears in the Mainstream Media is wrong or irrelevant. As I work on my next Ukraine podcast, how right the good Professor is.

Serinus Energy (SENX) shares have performed pretty badly, considering that oil and gas is currently in a bull market, but I believe that the next set of operational and financial results could be a turning point for investors.

It is good to see UK markets opening again this morning. No doubt a few people are worried about higher Bank of England interest rates this week, but frankly I would worry more if it did not raise interest rates (as that would tell you it feared the likelihood of a recession too). Meantime, elsewhere I note that there is an upcoming change at FeverTree (FEVR)...

Life sciences market IT provider Instem (INS) has announced grant funding for involvement in a research project, emphasising it “highlights the strength of our product suite, which supports the continued global demand for reliable alternatives to traditional testing methods - with industry and regulators alike increasingly recognizing the huge benefits of computational toxicology approaches”...

Red Rock Resources (RRR) has announced results for its half-year ended 31^st December 2021, with Chairman Andrew Bell emphasising “there will be a strong focus on cash generation and creating opportunities for value crystallization”. Time for action, not words though Andrew!

Hello Share Gang. Folks who buy shares in lesser known companies should be aware that some very peculiar, and often totally unjustified, attacks can happen to their share prices. One of the daftest reasons why a share falls away is the seasonal factor. For example, companies that shine at Christmas, like book publishers, will often see the share price rise in December. Even though it’s the year-long performance that really counts. Today’s selection for your further research falls into the seasonal category for a different reason.

I forgot to mention Woodlarks.  Thanks to those who donated  yesterday but I must keep nagging you all. Still 98.5% of bearcast listeners are yet to donate, surely you can spare a fiver! Please donate HERE.  In the podcast I consider why profits warnings are at record levels and how long they will stay at such levels and what that means.

Shares in equipment rental company Vp plc (VP.) closed at 820p before the latest news. However, they are now up to 940p on news that it is now considered “appropriate to investigate the sale of the company and is therefore launching a formal sale process”. So what now?

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced its first quarter of the year results and that it reconfirms its full-year 2022 guidance. We are well ahead on this share tip where we are also drinking our own medicine so what to do now?

Standard-listed Panther Metals plc (PALM)  released its full-year numbers to December 2021 last week, and this bank holiday morning we had drilling news from its 37%-owned sister company in Australia, Panther Metals Ltd (ASX:PNT).

Hello Share Pilots. Have you noticed viruses don't seem as much a threat as they used to be for we private owners? Perhaps its because the search platforms have beefed up their protection. And cyber security is still very lucrative. One of the more successful cyber security merchants is Corero Network Security (CNS). It's numbers are just out and they're pretty exciting.

Hello Share Mates. It's natural, isn't it? We're warned about most of the dodgy companies on this blistering website. And we begin to think many more listed companies are suspect. They have incompetent mangers or worse still, there is some chicanery going on.

Having asked for readers tips for 2022 for the prize of 1/2 litre of Tom Winnifrith's Greek Hovel olive oil (2022 harvest) HERE, the following is the end-April monthly update on performance (to be eligible needed to have selected, on a once per username basis, a buy & sell pick from the LSE, AIM casino or Aquis lobster pot and the stocks not to have been suspended at the commencement of 2022)...

Hello Share Tasters.  It’s a while since I last commended Gear4Music (G4M) to you. And since then we’ve had sad lesson about how fast a jolly story can turn unexpectedly into a bad one. Tom has reasonably pointed out to me that I could have responded earlier to this turnaround in Gear4Music’s fortunes.  But his email reminders to me on the subject seem to have disappeared into the ether.