Marston's Share Discussion Threads

[gbb483] 04/10/2007 11:23

More like 2% if they match last year's.

[luderitz] 04/10/2007 10:56

Where do you get the 12% divi from please?

[novision] 03/10/2007 20:34

Bounce coming and 12% divi - fill yer glasses!

[barnetpeter] 27/7/2007 10:08

Made my cash this morning on mars and now out. Off for a pint later!

[barnetpeter] 26/7/2007 21:36

I am short - I reckon 360p is more likely than a rally.

[pmriess] 26/7/2007 21:34

We've got several Marstons pubs near to us - they are well used. One was 'dead' even though it served food - this was closed, revamped and made larger, made non-smoking months before the ban came in and is now full for meals at weekends. I've just bought some more of these shares - the type of people going into these places and spending money are not affected by interest rate rises - they are either too young or retired. The company appears to have a good eye on their business and even if some have been flooded they will quickly be back trading.

[bpoole] 27/6/2007 10:47

Looks like they will have to do away with the divi.
£1,246m debt with rising interest rates.

[tc76] 26/6/2007 11:57

Any ideas when this one will stop falling?

[gbb483] 18/6/2007 09:19

Can't you find a few more threads to cross post to?

[poppa07] 24/5/2007 19:18

Jeez, hope results are good tomorrow.
Maybe we should have a crack at this!

[maiseymouse] 16/5/2007 07:12

really bullish valuations

[e-boffin] 11/5/2007 10:04

Marston's sells 279 pubs for £82m

Marston's changed its name from Wolverhampton & Dudley this year
Brewer Marston's has sold 279 pubs to a property fund whose backers include Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and X-Factor judge Simon Cowell.
Piccadilly Licensed Properties (PLP) snapped up the sites, which include some smaller non-food pubs, for £82.5m.

PLP, which is controlled by aAIM Group, has agreed a deal with Scottish & Newcastle to manage the pubs.

Marston's said the pubs being sold generated earnings of £7.5m in the year to September 2006.

[acornoptical] 26/3/2007 19:09

been in and out a couple of times recently for such a steady company ie the
pub game and food prity constant cash flow there is alot large swigs in the share price does this seem odd to anyone else ?

[gbb483] 22/3/2007 09:30

Its nice to have a target, even if its unattainable.

[cambium] 21/3/2007 19:16

evos 700p target

[ariane] 16/3/2007 07:28

yes, very interesting.

enjoy your weekend E

[energyi] 16/3/2007 07:16

"enough water ice at its south pole to blanket the entire planet in more than 30 feet of water if everything thawed out."

amazing!

[ariane] 15/3/2007 07:26

Last Updated: Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 12:31 GMT

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Movies provide new view of Mars
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, Houston



The Columbia Hills region of Mars is being explored by Spirit rover


View of Columbia Hills
Two animations released by Nasa allow viewers to "hang-glide" over the terrain currently being explored by the US space agency's Mars rovers.

The animations were created using pictures taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

MRO used its HiRise camera to take images of the same site from different angles over several orbits.

This provided the 3D mapping data needed to animate a flypast over the Red Planet.

The animations were created to support the twin robotic rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, in their ongoing explorations of the Red Planet.

The movies reveal the geology of the Columbia Hills, which are being explored by Spirit, and Victoria Crater, where Opportunity is currently based, in exquisite detail.

And they provide an impressive display of MRO's capabilities, backed up by the most powerful camera ever sent to Mars.

Topographical maps

"Victoria Crater, which is 750 to 800m (2,460 to 2,624ft) across is on the Meridiani Plains, which are very flat, so there is very little to see. But parts of the crater are very steep and it's all very challenging when comparing the images," said Randolph Kirk, from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Flagstaff, Arizona.

"The high quality of the HiRise data really wins out, and allows us to do things we've never done in this area with other cameras."


Victoria Crater is where Opportunity rover is based


View of Victoria Crater

He added: "The Columbia Hills, in contrast, is a more typical area of Mars. There is an incredible amount of detail at the scale of metres that we've never been able to see topographically."

The movies were created using commercial software used to map the Earth with airborne and satellite data.

This software matches points on pairs of images taken from different angles and determines their elevation in order to construct a topographic map.

Dr Kirk said the animations show what one might see if they were hang-gliding over the Martian surface.

[amla] 06/3/2007 11:05

Always been a good company.
Could have another crack at 460p with 430p as resistance...sp rising through falling moving averages like the last time the share price fell.But,with this jittery market and rate decision tomorrow,I am keeping out for a while.
LOL to all.Agree,this could be an interesting thread.Hope we see some enthusiasm and informed discussion here.
Amla

[ariane] 16/2/2007 07:16

and we missed it