Today the deadwood press are all over Julie “lingerie on expenses” Meyer following the warrant for her arrest being issued by the High Court. Sadly, I am not sure if it is enforceable on her in Switzerland but surely it signals the end of her twenty plus year while collar criminal career. I have been exposing her crimes for more than four years now with more than 250 articles and podcasts in that period.  Her online harassment and the lawyers letters did not deter me!  But why was the rest of the deadwood press so silent?

AIM-listed graphene play Haydale (HAYD) announced its interim results to December 2021 this morning and despite the advertised £3.84 million of cash, yet another placing is surely inevitable. Revenues fell from £1.28 million to £1.19 million, pre-tax losses increased from £1.93 million to £2.46 million year on year – what’s not to like? But the real problem is the balance sheet.

In a story first reported by the Law Gazette but subsequently claimed as an “exclusive” by both the Mail and City AM, it seems that an arrest warrant has now been issued by Mr Justice Kerr in the High Court for Julie “Lingerie on Expenses” Meyer MBE.  This follows on the from the case first reported here on Monday,in full with the actual judgement, which took place on 26 January when Kerr imposed a suspended 6 month sentence but demanded that Meyer provide documents to Court by 7 February and appear in person on the 14^th. She did neither.

Hello Share Shifters. The long-running housing shortage means more money is spent on keeping existing gaffs up to scratch. A company which maintains homes for councils and housing associations is Mears Group (MER). It might be that its share price could rise.

AIM-listed jam tomorrow investment company Tern plc (TERN) is desperate for good news to ramp its shares ahead of a bailout placing which looks needed to raise money to keep its end up at Wyld as the deadline to convert the first tranche of listed warrants there falls on April 4^th and if my back-of-a-fag-packet is right, the money isn’t there. And that brings me to today’s intra-day RNS…..

I start with a few thoughts on flooded fields then on where next for Julie “Lingerie on Expenses” Meyer after yesterday’s six months in jail (suspended pro tem) bombshell.I fear that things are very soon going to ge much worse for her.  Then onto Ukraine and panic, oil and gold. Then onto Hargreaves Lansdowne (HL) and finally as to why I am so proud of the Mrs which is, in a way, linked to Hargreaves.

Previously writing on ventilation systems and window and door hardware company Titon Holdings (TON), in December with the shares at 107.5p I noted full-year trading improvement, but what’s the outlook?. Now a “trading update” and the shares, having last closed at 100p, are currently at 80p!

A busy geopolitical Tuesday on the markets, but a far from impossible day for anybody (being very boring) and holding a massive FTSE 100 position. A busy UK earnings day too and, whilst I was amused listening to the thoughts of the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) CEO earlier, its shares are back above the 50 quid level (as seen – but not maintained – in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and now 2022). Still, I am looking forward to staying at a Regent Hotels and Resorts location (if the lottery win ever comes through). Whilst I wait for this, my thoughts turn again to the company which says it aims ‘to give you all the tools, information and support you need to make the most of your money’, Hargreaves Lansdown (HL.).  I am sure many folks stuffed into Woodford funds by Hargreaces as Hargreaves itself sold down its managed fund holdings in the same Woodford funds might not agree with that boast!

Yesterday I suggested that Paul Smith, the now ex CEO of Morses Club (MCL), was slam dunk guilty of insider dealing and that the FCA should cuff him at once, a matter most of the nationals have picked up on today. But there is one reason why the FCA might not want to throw the book at the hapless rogue Smith as you can see below.

So Russian troops have ”invaded” the Ukraine. Well to be accurate they have entered the two districts which are overwhelmingly Russian and where the folks almost certainly want to be part of Russia. And to be totally accurate, Russian troops have actually already been there since 2014. But listening to the BBC earlier let’s not get inconvenient facts get in the way: Britain, the EU and the USA are already imposing sanctions. So where does this leave Eurasia Mining (EUA), shares in which are off another 12% to 16.25p – almost 60% down from peak ramp 14 months ago and heading rapidly for an 18 month low?

Previously writing on marketing decision-making platform group System1 (SYS1), just earlier this month whilst it argued profitability “in line with management’s expectations” I noted the share price falling below 400p in response, it not fully in line with expectations and a still challenging valuation. But why are the shares materially lower today to around 250p?…

Just two weeks ago shares in sub-Standard-Listed Cloudbreak Discovery (CDL) were marooned at just 1.75p a pop – a hefty loss on the IPO price of 3p last June . Then they started rising and rising. A few days later it was announced that CEO Kyler Hardy had bought a stack of shares at 3p and sold some at 1.7p. Needless to say, there is no possibility of insider dealing……but now the shares have motored on up to 12p. What’s going on?

Previously writing on X-ray imaging company Image Scan (IGE), in November with the shares falling below 2.65p I noted that I retained prior caution with the travel limitations and furlough having also benefitted costs and a period-end order book of £516k (2020: £633k). The shares last closed at 3p…but have currently halved on the back of a trading statement. So what’s going on?…

The maths of running a movie theatre are simple. Ticket sales cover all your costs and the profit you make is on the hugely expensive high margin junk food, sweets and teeth rotting drinks you flog. But when audiences slump that means fewer tickets so costs are not covered and then tubs of ice cream sold so one struggles overall to cover costs. That brings us to Cineworld (CINE).

A number of readers have noticed that their comments on the comments platform here are being liked by good looking birds and wonder if these birds want to hook up with them. I am afraid not, this is a Cupid style scam affecting the whole of disqus not just this one small website.

Hello Share Takers. One of the safer ways to buy shares is to make a choice that depends on the success of a wide range of companies. And if you’re worried about the longer term effects of Covid on the British market, then there’s a case for buying into an investment group that invests in far-flung places. But you need to choose a venture that really moves with the times.

You may remember that Julie “Lingerie on expenses” Meyer MBE tried to wriggle out of paying £200,000 to lawyer Julian Pike of Farrer & Co who she had engaged,inter alia,to troll and harass myself and whistleblower John Galt. She lost the case against Farrer but appealed.She has lost again.The judgment of Mr Justice Kerr is below and is a joy to read.Ouzos all round tonight!!!

On 13th January a trading statement from ‘cake, bread and morning goods’ manufacturer Finsbury Food Group (FIF) emphasised “a robust H1 performance”, with sales growth to £166.5 million and that, though it “has faced persistent pressure from input cost inflation, staff shortages and other supply chain disruptions… it has been able to successfully mitigate the impact of these pressures to date”. The shares closed then at 98p and last closed at 88.5p… and are currently further lower on the back of the half-year results. What’s the story?…

Under the Mercator death spiral, the fraud Supply@ME Capital (SYME) has received £7 million of cash and has to repay £7.7 million.  For the first three tranches of the 12 monthly repayments, Supply – cash strapped as it is- has opted to convert the loan repayments into a convertible loan which Mercator has then converted into shares which it has sold.  The continued lack of credible positive news (as opposed to ramptastic announcements) coupled with continual shares sales by Mercator has resulted in the conversion price continually dropping as indicated in the table below:

I comment on the weather here in Wales and then start with those sort of folks who engage in utterly reckless behaviour they know will ruin them. I think of vicars or Tory MPs having unsafe sex with rent boys in the era of the News of the Screws or of Paul Smith the, now ex, CEO of Morses Club (MCL). I look at ADVFN (AFN) and ask if its shares are now cheap at 63p? Then it is onto UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), and to Predator Oil (PRD) where I smell a pre-placing ramp and where the COO is now tweeting like a lunatic.  Finally it is Guild ESports (GILD) and Cellular Goods (CBX).