A year ago, I concluded an article by observing that “Hull is not about Lib Dem success, Philip Larkin poetry or being the ‘City of Culture 2017’...it is clearly all about Cranswick (CWK) share potential!”. Before we get onto today’s rather good update from the company which is “passionate about producing only the best quality food, efficiently and sustainably in well invested facilities across the UK”, I am very grateful for the reader who pointed out that in my analysis of Hull I had missed out that “Siemens has its blade factory there” and “Peter Levy from Look North of course should not be overlooked as lead ambassador”. I would therefore like to take this opportunity to add those extra insights and now back onto Cranswick.

Back in April I observed that the thought of paying up for self-storage at a name like Lok'nStore (LOK) for me was beyond the pale. As it happens I am far from being a hoarder and live my life a little bit closer to the ideals of the Japanese organising consultant Marie Kondo...but it seems I am far from the norm…

An intra-day (12:33pm) “Trading update” from Murgitroyd Group (MUR). Such intra-day ‘updates’ tend not to bode well…

I am thankful to the Urban Dictionary (frequently a source of...insight), which tells me that to 'bunzl' someone is 'to prank someone gently, randomly, and inexplicably'. You learn something new everyday. 'Bunzl' (BNZL) is also one of the lowest profile members of the FTSE 100 and a description of its core activities - a focused and successful international distribution group providing customised solutions to B2B customers in 30 countries and six market sectors - is suitably opaque too…

Having been a successful constituent in the Nifty Fifty portfolio, profits in touch sensors company Zytronic (ZYT) were taken earlier this year at 480p. The shares did continue heading higher, but are currently down to 500p to sell on the back of results for the company’s year ended 30th September 2017…