Belgravium Share Discussion Threads

[rivaldo] 11/2/2015 07:30

Another late reported buy yesterday, this time 75k at 4.97p....

[rivaldo] 09/2/2015 13:42

Definitely some accumulation going on.

You can only buy maximum 15k online at the full 5p offer, whereas you can currently sell 100,000 at 4.77p, above the mid-price!

[cocker] 05/2/2015 22:29

Results 4th of March & I guess all will be revealed as to the progress being made since the year end.

[rivaldo] 05/2/2015 08:22

Buying coming in this week, with a 100,000 buy at 4.9p just reported....

[rivaldo] 29/1/2015 07:37

News dated 27th Jan from Novo IVC:



"Novo Announce Launch of Android Version of SkyPOS

Leamington Spa, UK – 27th January, 2015: Novo IVC, a Belgravium Technologies PLC company and pioneers in providing innovative logistics process automation solutions for the airline and rail sectors, has announced today that a brand new Android version of its SkyPOS on-board point of sale solution is now available for demonstration.

"Android is one of many new user interfaces that we have developed for SkyPOS," explained Bill Codd, General Manager at Novo IVC. "In the last 12 to 18 months we have seen a significant increase in the variety of mobile devices that our airline and onboard catering customers are using to deliver enhanced service throughout the duration of a flight. Our latest developments of SkyPOS will mean that our customers will be able to use the same software that they know and trust on Android, IOS and Windows based operating systems."

Novo developers have utilised the organisations new Multi-Platform Software Development Suite (MSDS) to produce the three distinct OS variants of SkyPOS. MSDS offers clear advantages to both developers and clients, namely;

•Shortened application development timescales
•Easy to bespoke core software
•Stable version management, with any new features & enhancements rapidly rolled out to all clients
•Genuine multi-platform compatibility ensures new software installations are able to run on legacy hardware devices

The new Android version of SkyPOS, which is trusted by more airlines than any other onboard retail solution worldwide, will continue to deliver the same powerful functionality to facilitate onboard sales optimisation. Key features of the solution include the ability to process a wide variety of payment types such as cash, foreign currency, travellers cheques and credit cards, as well as seamless integration with back office systems to improve the speed of stock and cash reconciliation."

[rivaldo] 28/1/2015 12:36

News dated yesterday:



"Gordon Ellis & co, pick TouchStar’s latest generation of warehouse terminal to improve their picking, goods in and goods out processes.

Selecting the Boston 8550 as their preferred warehouse terminal will enable innovative manufacturing company Gordon Ellis & co, to have a more reliable and accurate warehouse operation.

Gordon Ellis & co are an innovative Manufacturing company based in Derby. They specialise in four key areas which include Healthcare Products, Precision Woodworking, Rotational Moulding and Street Furniture. Each area of the business has a strong ethos to ensure they recognise and respond to the customers’ need for competitive pricing and dependable service. This ethos lead Gordon Ellis to review their current hardware infrastructure in order to meet their customers’ expectations. Gordon Ellis found that TouchStar’s Boston 8550 terminal matched the level of reliability and efficiency they needed to run their warehouse smoothly.

Gordon Ellis manufacture thousands of items weekly, therefore, the management of their overall logistics operation is paramount. To maintain the level of accuracy needed within their warehouse and picking process, Gordon Ellis were forced to review their current IT infrastructure. It soon became clear that TouchStar’s “rugged by design” Boston terminals were a perfect addition to their warehouse operation. The Boston could offer Gordon Ellis the reliability and accuracy they were lacking from their current devices.

The decision for Gordon Ellis to install Boston terminals into their warehouse operation will enable them to gain the benefits of TouchStar’s latest generation of IT Technology. This will offer them a faster and more reliable operation within their picking, goods in and goods out warehouse processes. As Gordon Ellis grow as a company TouchStar will support this growth, ensuring they continue to have innovative technology to complement their warehouse operation."

[rivaldo] 19/1/2015 09:42

Contract news dated 12th January:



"TouchStar “Dispense” Another Top Solution for Cornelius Beverage Technologies

With a need for innovative, cutting-edge solutions that guarantee their brand promise, the implementation of TouchStar’s latest generation Boston 8550 handheld terminals is set to help Cornelius provide additional productivity gains within their Brighouse based manufacturing and distribution operation.

As the world’s leading supplier of beverage dispensing and cooling equipment, the importance of maximising the prompt and efficient service to their consumers is a key objective for Cornelius. The state of the art technology upgrade, based on TouchStar’s Boston 8550 handheld will support fast and accurate data capture, key in securing the additional productivity gains through the goods in, put away, picking and despatch operation. In addition, the rollout of the latest generation RF solution will also provide enhanced visibility and traceability throughout the complete manufacturing process, allowing Cornelius to set new standards for the provision of intelligent management information.

Continuing a longstanding relationship with TouchStar that spans over 9 years, the upgrade is to be implemented across their operation in the near future. Jon Leaning, System Analyst, explains, “Having worked closely with TouchStar for a number of years, my experience was positive, so it made sense to look at how their latest generation technology could benefit Cornelius and our clients. Following an evaluation period, it became clear that the Boston 8550 would provide the advanced, flexible and future proofed technology that would allow for additional efficiencies within our manufacturing and distribution operation. TouchStar provide the equipment and the 24/7 support so we are confident that we have access to the levels of support to fully optimise our real time operation.”

Kevin Crookes, Technical Consultant at TouchStar, adds, “I am delighted that Cornelius has chosen to work with us on their system upgrade. Having worked with Cornelius for a number of years, our understanding of their operation has allowed us to put forward a solution that will integrate effectively within their busy manufacturing and distribution operation. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Cornelius for many years to come."

[rivaldo] 08/1/2015 09:06

Good local coverage for BVM:



"‘Important’ £500k deal completed

First published Wednesday 7 January 2015

BELGRAVIUM Technologies, the Bradford-based provider of software systems and hardware for the airline, rail, retail and logistics industries has completed its £500,000 acquisition of Access Fire and Security Ltd.

AFS, based in Warwickshire, supplies and installs access control and security systems for commercial and educational clients.

John Kembery, Belgravium executive chairman, said: “This is a small but strategically important deal since it is both earning enhancing and another step forward in the development for Feedback Data, acquired in 2013.”

The acquisition was in line with Belgravium’s strategic objective of further strengthening its presence in the access control market and building on the success of the Feedback Data purchase. AFS will be merged into Feedback.

In a recent trading update, Mr Kembery said Belgravium was seeing a stronger trading in the second half- with revenues for the full year expected to be around eight per cent higher and pre-tax profits on course to grow by 50 per cent. above the previous year’s £336,000."

[rivaldo] 06/1/2015 14:17

Nice RNS - AFS acquisition now completed, and with £33k more cash in the bank than previously anticipated, reducing BVM's net cost....



I also note the further comment about the acquisition being earnings-enhancing.

[rivaldo] 02/1/2015 12:13

Encouraging to see Proteus, one of Touchstar's major and most longstanding partners, boasting about lots of success recently:



"Proteus ends the year on a high
23rd Dec 2014

2014 has proved very successful for Proteus and draws to a close with 3 new business wins. David Gray CEO says " We are delighted with the outcome of 2014. We are looking forward to continuing the success into 2015." More details of the new business wins will be announced in the New Year."

And:

"Success brings expansion to the Proteus team
27th Nov 2014

Due to a series of new business wins, and growth plans for 2015 Proteus is looking to expand still further our Project Implementation team. We are actively seeking to recruit an experienced Warehouse Professionals with application software knowledge and operational experience....."

[seagullsslimjim] 31/12/2014 09:54

and another tick up :-)

[seagullsslimjim] 31/12/2014 09:11

looking good on the charts for a quick rise to the 6's !

Good supporting fundamentals and tightly held, hence the rise on low volume this AM

Certainly under peoples radar at the moment

[rivaldo] 31/12/2014 08:58

Good to see the price move up after a small 20k buy - perhaps not much stock around now.

[fernandesb] 31/12/2014 07:39

Hi Fellow Investors,I have been following BVM since the 90's,I have a small holding to which I will add in the new year.

[rivaldo] 31/12/2014 07:30

Welcome Bagpuss67 - good to see individual buys moving the price upwards :o))

[bagpuss67] 30/12/2014 08:46

hi rivaldo..that's me.....

[rivaldo] 30/12/2014 08:35

Nice 100,000 buy at 4.72p this morning.

Post the recession dip, BVM will now be able to post EPS growth as follows:

2015 forecast - 0.7p EPS, 0.15p dividend
2014 forecast - 0.5p EPS, 0.13p dividend
2013 actual - 0.4 EPS, 0.1p dividend
2012 actual - 0.33p EPS, 0.1p dividend

That's 21%, 25% and 40% EPS growth, and a 2015 prospective P/E of only 6.4.

Plus a 3.3% yield.

[rivaldo] 29/12/2014 14:09

Good to see you here Oak Tree, I remember you as a good poster from elsewhere.

Almost 40% of the shares are held by directors and other >3%'ers, so that only leaves around £2.5m of shares for everyone else. You did well getting that 300,000 so quickly - hopefully that's cleared out any sellers judging by the share price movement.

[rivaldo] 28/12/2014 23:33

Nice summary michaelmouse, good to see some attention being paid to what's really happening here.

Varies, cheers - it's appreciated.

Adam, the published spread is completely irrelevant - you can often deal well inside the spread for both buys and sells. Try some dummy trades and see what happens.

[adamb1978] 28/12/2014 09:36

I've looked at these a few times over the past 4 years but never taken the plunge. What is people's experience of being able to deal inside the spread? It looks like a killer

[arthur_lame_stocks] 28/12/2014 07:42

Hi Michael

I almost picked BVM for the same thread as I think they have the capacity to double in 2015, although the market always seems to give them a low rating.

[varies] 23/12/2014 10:35

Rivaldo
As a long term holder of what is for me a substantial investment here, I thank you warmly for the time and trouble you take on keeping us all informed.
I doubt if you would follow BVM so closely if you did not have a serious holding too.
One day our confidence should be vindicated.

[rivaldo] 23/12/2014 08:38

OT : since only a complete idiot would ask such a stupid question as the above in all seriousness (especially given it takes just seconds to establish a poster's posting history), I'll credit Freddy with a (poor) sense of humour :o))