Andrews Sykes Share Discussion Threads

[jeff h] 15/9/2012 14:18

Do we have a new foreign country/location...Lille in France?:-

[ignoble] 14/9/2012 18:39

True ...see they changed their Advisor/Broker this week ...as did London Security
W.H.Ireland I believe

[keithfox] 06/9/2012 16:53

They always have enough to buy back stock without it impacting net assets much.

[ignoble] 06/9/2012 16:00

Tks Keith

Plus surplus funds to buy back stock ?

[horndean eagle] 29/8/2012 19:23

Apologies for late reply Keith. Ive picked up around 10k shares including the buy today since my post. Would still happily pick up more stock. Especially if the share price spiked lower!

[ignoble] 29/8/2012 17:30

Signs of life !

[keithfox] 12/7/2012 17:57

Summer aircon can be a massive money spinner when its hot but not this year I'm afraid. There could be some hot spots in August which may help a little.

The average of about 18 inches of rainfall over the country since April will have not only caused local flooding, it will have raised the water table so that any digging/building work will encounter water a little way down and will therefore need pumps. Think it's going to be more than having 'pumps at work for a few weeks'. However, it probably wont offset the loss of the aircon.

How big is chunky? Chunky means different things to different people.

[horndean eagle] 12/7/2012 12:26

I would have thought air con would have been a bigger money spinner for them than having their pumps at work for a few weeks this summer. Im not too fussed either way to be honest. Just wish I could get hold of a chunky line of stock.

[spaceparallax] 12/7/2012 08:56

Big time for dehumidifiers no doubt - every flooded house needs them

[ignoble] 08/7/2012 22:22

Tks for your views , as always ...must be a strange year for Sykes , everything is back to front but at least there are extremes to keep them active

[keithfox] 08/7/2012 13:42

Well, a disaster for the a/c this summer but pumps must be sucking in the money, and driers for that matter. Possible heat to come in August may help a/c fingers crossed. US must be doing some a/c business too. Looking ok overall but its hard to know how well the pumps are doing after a few dry years. Might find a significant surge but we'll have to wait until the interim statement.

[ignoble] 15/6/2012 09:28

Aggreko trading statement seemed full of good news as regards current trading , hope it is a similar tale for Sykes...

[madrigal2] 12/6/2012 11:53

Will anyone be able to report on the AGM?

[ignoble] 11/6/2012 09:42

Think you are right ...awful lot of rain around that will need pumping (hopefully)
London Underground subject to flooding in certain areas ...& so on !

[ignoble] 09/6/2012 18:58

and make it a large one !

[jeff h] 09/6/2012 16:08

I'd rather have a dividend!!

[ignoble] 09/6/2012 16:00

Aye , see Sykes have a "twitter" page ....very hi-tech.

Next footy season ...Sykes on the front of the Charlton F.C. strip !

Will we get a free shirt or an invitation to the Hospitality Suite at Charlton ?

[jeff h] 09/6/2012 15:53

AGM this Tues...was thinking of going but other things to do now.

Couple of new Middle East news links:-





I guess the wet weather here will have helped a bit as well.

[ignoble] 01/6/2012 10:30

Impressive photograph of the new depot at Charlton on the Sykes website...looks good !

[ignoble] 21/5/2012 22:07

London Security declares a 25p divi ....probably puts £3 million or so in Mr Murray's pocket.
IMHO

[glar3] 14/5/2012 16:45

ASY in Saudi Arabia now, will be interesting to see how that goes.

[madrigal2] 10/5/2012 11:39

Problem is I think Aggreko have got a £50m contract. Hopefully ASY will get involved though.

[ignoble] 09/5/2012 19:30

Roll on the Olympics ...all those temporary structures to keep cool (hopefully)

[madrigal2] 09/5/2012 18:52

Cold weather at this time of year is not good. The flooding has helped a bit but no major property damage, so not wonderful. Still, the pumps must be doing a bit better. We need heat now but no sign of that for the next few weeks.