Manpower Software Share Discussion Threads

[frisbyd] 04/12/2003 13:47

Ok terry, yes been keeping abreast so to speak of all thats being said.
Watching.

[terry91] 04/12/2003 13:42

It's going up FD 4 v 4 L2, from the far thread the charts say that resistance is 25p and if it breaks that then we have break out. A 24p price at the close would be a very good sign.


Thanks to the people on the FAR thread again.

[frisbyd] 04/12/2003 13:04

terry and toombs eh! might take a look then, whats goin on with this one then fellas?

[terry91] 03/12/2003 08:32

Now 3 bid 1 offer are we going to pop?

[terry91] 03/12/2003 08:26

2 in 2 days seems they are on a run. Do we have another tomorrow? Should start to get noticed.

[toombs] 03/12/2003 08:19

And another contract win....




Manpower Software PLC

03 December 2003


MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ('the Company')
AWARD OF CONTRACT


Manpower Software plc is pleased to announce a new contract for the sale of its
MAPS Taskforce Duty Rostering software to Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust (PHNT)
for use at Derriford Hospital. The value of the contract is approximately
£570,000 over three years. Derriford Hospital, which has a total of 6,000
employees, will use MAPS Taskforce to control the scheduling of its complete
staff of nurses, doctors and allied health professionals.

In conjunction with the recently announced £1.2m contract with UK Defence
Medical Services and an existing three year agreement with PHNT to extend the
use of our MAPS Foresight software at Derriford, this further sale underlines
the potential of MAPS in the healthcare sector. In a Health environment of
on-going skills shortages and complex legal requirements, the MAPS solution is
able to predict the future demand for different types of staff, match this with
supply and deploy available staff to optimise their effectiveness. Its
fundamental purpose is to ensure that there are sufficient staff available with
the right skills to deliver high quality care to patients and ultimately reduce
patient length of stay.

The Company is actively marketing the MAPS Taskforce solution to the other 606
NHS Trusts in operation in the UK, each of which is a potential customer. MAPS
Foresight is also being promoted as a long term strategic workforce planning
tool to regional and national workforce planning groups within the NHS.

Enquiries:

Manpower Software plc
Simon Thorne, Finance Director
020 7389 9500

Strand Partners Limited
Rory Murphy, Director
020 7409 3494

Shore Capital
Alex Borrelli, Director
020 7408 4090

Dated 3 December 2003



This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

[robward] 02/12/2003 15:53

Hi All
Looks like I guessed correctly, with this revenue booked in 2nd half and future years. I expect a few more contract wins in the 2nd half.....a very solid company and yes i still hold my 100,000 !!!!

Best Wishes

Rob Ward

[terry91] 02/12/2003 10:06

I thought I would try some 3 bid 1 offer.

[toombs] 02/12/2003 09:53

Manpower Software PLC
02 December 2003


MANPOWER SOFTWARE PLC ('the Company')

AWARD OF CONTRACT

Manpower Software plc is pleased to announce a new contract for the sale of its
MAPS FORGE Force Generation software to the UK Defence Medical Services ('DMS').
The value of the contract is approximately £1.2 million over 4 1/2 years.

DMS, the tri-service organisaton responsible for providing medical capability to
the UK Armed Forces, will use MAPS to plan and manage deployment and training of
their medical staff throughout the Reserve Forces and the Regular Forces within
the Defence Medical Education and Training Agency and the Defence Dental Agency.
The DMS medical staff consists of approximately 7,000 doctors, dentists, nurses,
technicians and allied health professionals.

This order follows the agreements announced in May and September 2003 for the
sale of MAPS to HQ Land Command, British Army for use as the force generation
tool of the Territorial Army and the Regular Army. DMS will represent the first
tri-service installation of MAPS.


Enquiries:

Manpower Software plc
Simon Thorne, Finance Director 020 7389 9500

Strand Partners Limited
Rory Murphy, Director 020 7409 3494

Shore Capital
Alex Borrelli, Director 020 7408 4090


Dated 2 December 2003






This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

[widemouthfrog] 12/11/2003 08:44

hey rob. mine was the first & smallest trade, 10344. will be keeping a close eye between now & feb interims. see you around :]

[robward] 11/11/2003 17:18

Hi Widemouth
Could you tell me how many you sold please ? I appreciate your selling as they have gone rather quiet at moment with no new contracts but they have a small target to beat for the half year so i am guessing they are holding back til the second half.
All the best
Rob Ward

[widemouthfrog] 11/11/2003 13:01

sold. back when it becomes more active. good luck.

[widemouthfrog] 03/11/2003 19:15

"Manpower Software Announces the Inaugural Meeting of the MAPS Maritime User Association

We are pleased to invite representatives from all organisations using MAPS in the maritime sector to attend the inaugural meeting of the MAPS Maritime User Association at the Wyndham Grand Bay Hotel, Coconut Grove, Miami on October 20th and 21st.

For this first event we have prepared an information-packed and discussion-filled agenda which will enable delegates to:

- share experiences of MAPS and network with peers
- get updates on Manpower Software's plans for the future of MAPS and contribute to this in terms of feedback, discussions, user presentations etc
- and gain deeper insight into operational and technical aspects of MAPS

For full details or to make a booking, please contact Larissa Parisien at Manpower Software Miami - call [phone] or e-mail [e-mail] "

[widemouthfrog] 03/11/2003 19:14

came across this looking for news of the agm (??) on the manpower website...

[widemouthfrog] 15/10/2003 13:55

MNS: "...a £500,000 second-half profit pulled the full-year loss to May 2003 down to £800,000. With revenues up but 13% from those of 2002 - to £3.6 million - a storming increase in the gross margin provided the motive power. A pre-year end £3 million contract with the British Army and plenty of money in the bank added to the general cheerfulness as did a first contract with the NHS. The whole scenario made the steady recent advance in the share price one of the less surprising movements in current AIM markets."

[widemouthfrog] 14/10/2003 15:29

let's have another pop at 24!
agm later this month?

[robward] 07/10/2003 22:24

Hi All
Have just visited MNS website and note they are recruiting a further 6 staff. Last time they recruited so many staff, a large contract was announced a few weeks later so hopefully more good news in the pipeline. With regard to CR article above, perhaps its simply that MNS have a tighter niche and a better quality of software package and hense future quality of earnings ?. Just my thoughts. I still hold my full 100,000 shares, good luck to fellow holders.

Rob Ward

[cockneyrebel] 30/9/2003 15:51

Taken my profits in MNS and put it into PEN - just can't justify being in MNS when PEN seems so much cheaper.

Take a look at Pennant Int (PEN) - I think this is a much better value stock showing even greater growth and on eight the price of MNS on a sales to market cap measure. A lower PE, faster sales growth too.

Compare them to Manpower Software (MNS)

MNS had sales of £3.56m for the year. It made a pre-tax loss of £802K or -1.8p a share eps compared to a 5.1p loss for the whole of last year.

Now look at Pennant's results for just H1 alone:

PEN (H1) had sales of £6.129m (4 times the sales of MNS). It made a pre-tax profit of £242K or +0.69p a share eps in H1 alone compared tp a 5.14p loss per share in the whole of last year.


I'd say PEN have 4 times the sales of MNS, are trading on a PE of about 8 for this year, probably a lot less next year too.

PEN has a market cap of £5.6m, MNS a market cap of £10.4m - in other words PEN has four times the sales to market cap, much more profitable, growing faster and trading on a much lower PE.

My expectation is that when PEN's full year's results are out they are going to go much higher than where they are today.

MNS sales £3.56m, Mkt cap £10m. PEN sales £14m, Mkt cap £5.6m nm

CR

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[ed winchester] 27/9/2003 20:34

I see that TECHINVEST has done a small writeup on Manpower Software. Has outlined the various contracts they have won. Emphasised that they are now the leading provider of crew manning software for the cruise industry and continues to make strong progress in the non-cruise sector. Also, commented on the Plymouth NHS contract which could lead to sales to other NHS trusts.

They have cash and equivalents of £2.03m which equates to 4.6p per share. Against a market cap of £10.2m (at 23p). Finally comments "they are still an interesting speculation".

[widemouthfrog] 26/9/2003 09:10

what drives the price here? up for 2 days on no trades, that i can see.
if there was any volume it might shift past 24...

[ed winchester] 16/9/2003 16:19

yep, i think just a shake out. market makers want your stock. currently you can sell upto 100,000 shares online and get a premium for it (21.5p). can buy upto 30,000 shares.

[widemouthfrog] 16/9/2003 14:52

price drop, but seems to be all buys..?

[widemouthfrog] 16/9/2003 00:14

very promising results, delighted with the response. looking forward to seeing the other side of 25.

[ed winchester] 15/9/2003 16:33

a bit quiet in here isnt it. I would have thought there would have been more discussion today especially after todays blinder.