Blackthorn Focus

It can be difficult for private investors to meet the management of AIM's more successful companies.AIM Investor Focus tackles this problem by bringing five AIM companies together in one place and on one day.AIM Investor Focus will next take place on April 17th at the City offices of stockbroker FinnCap. The companies lined up to present include some of the most successful AIM-listed companies that…

There are a large number of high quality smallcap companies listed on London's AIM market. Using Stockopedia's screening technology I've tried to identify the ten most successful companies on AIM today. I've used a number of metrics* to define 'most sucessful'. By adjusting the market capitalisation demand, I whittled 1,100 AIM companies down to just 10. The winners (in order of descending market capitalisation) are:…

On April 25th at the Barbican Centre in London, Blackthorn Focus is running AIM Investor Focus, a corporate access event exclusively for AIM companies and investors. I chose to put the word 'Focus' into my company's name after a friend complained about an investor event we had attended. His case was that he'd have gotten more out of the event, if it had a sharper…

This article was written by David O'Hara of Blackthorn Focus and first published in Aimzine. I love AIM but like most things in life, it is not perfect. The London Stock Exchange's AIM market has come in for some fierce criticism from all corners: investors, advisors and the companies themselves have all voiced disappointment along the way. Any institution with such a high profile will…

This article was first published earlier this year on the Blackthorn Focus website. Followers of the UK smallcap markets understand normal market conditions here are so rare they are abnormal. Each year, the summer months are blighted by a shortage of liquidity and the entire sector oversells with much great frequency than the bluechips. Smallcaps are either overhyped, oversold or somewhere between the two and…

Remember, as per my message yesterday, that you can meet David Cicurel of Judges Scientific (LON:JDG) at AIM Investor Focus 2013 in London on April 17th. AIM Investor Focus is a Blackthorn Focus event comprising presentations from Judges Scientific (LON:JDG), Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW), Portmeirion (LON:PMP), RWS Holdings (LON:RWS) and WYG (LON:WYG). The event is free to attend, you can register your interest here: http://blackthornfocus.com/aif2013 David…

You can hear from management of Portmeirion (LON:PMP) at the forthcoming AIM Investor Focus event on April 17th. Other companies presenting are Judges Scientific (LON:JDG), Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW), RWS Holdings (LON:RWS) and WYG (LON:WYG). Private investors can attend the event free of charge. If you would like to attend the event, register your interest here: http://blackthornfocus.com/aif2013 David O'Hara, Blackthorn Focus

There was a statement from technical and management consultancy WYG (LON:WYG) this morning.the Board is confident that Group operating profit for the full year will be 10 per cent. ahead of market expectations, underpinning a better than anticipated return to profit at the adjusted pre-tax level despite anticipated lower revenues.... Having announced the Group's return to operating profit on 29 November, we are very pleased…

Blackthorn Focus is pleased to report that Judges Scientific (LON:JDG), Mattioli Woods (LON:MTW), Portmeirion (LON:PMP), RWS Holdings (LON:RWS) and WYG (LON:WYG) will all be presenting at the forthcoming Blackthorn Focus event AIM Investor Focus 2013 on April 17th.AIM Investor Focus 2013 is a daytime event in the City and I hope you will be able to join us.Full details are on the Blackthorn Focus event…