Northern Foods Share Discussion Threads

[malcolm caton] 06/3/2024 08:29

I agree Skinny.

[skinny] 06/3/2024 08:14

Not a great start with CPI & LGEN!

[skinny] 06/3/2024 06:54

Good Morning.

DF - yesterday evening, the forecast was for a dry day today - this morning - it has changed!

[deanforester] 05/3/2024 19:58

I'm up +0.155% on the day today (FTSE100 +0.076%).

Best rises: SSE +2.09%, NG. +1.92% and BA. +1.59%.

Worst falls: TATE -2.15%, IMI -1.88% and RIO -1.26%.

Utilities were bright. Miners a bit sick.

I had a Zoom meeting at 5pm, so am a bit delayed. We have had rain on and off all day, as the showers moved along the south coastal strip.

Dry tomorrow?

DF

[dr biotech] 05/3/2024 17:42

Seems that I have several companies that continue to rise or fall for several days in a row. Creo/Kitw continue to rise, VLX/SUP/MRL continue to fall. Overall +.15%

[philanderer] 05/3/2024 17:31

MrP , you put me to shame . I did 35 years non stop before calling it a day and selling up.

Got a blue portfolio today - just ;-) +0.18% , thanks to ROR, GRG, MKS and NG.

Overcast and cold for most of the day but the sun came out late on as I went out for a walk 10C. Rubbed down a couple of outdoor windowsills ready for some undercoat.

Beef bourguignon tonight and a bottle of merlot.

[mrphil] 05/3/2024 17:10

Actually had quite a decent day today thanks to the utilities and banks, +0.51% SSE, NG. & LLOY the top performers.

[aleman] 05/3/2024 17:06

INCH results looked good but the moderated growth outlook was taken badly and they fell 8%+ despite an already very modest forward P/E still likely to be around 7 or so if they tweak it down. (UK innit?) The loss there was matched by decent gains at FRES (results ok, PMs up) and PLUS to drag me back break even overall.

A very grey day with a little drizzle but the sun came out recently. 10.6C after 5.5C. Grass too wet to cut.at th eback and front has grown quickly. I did well to get the front cut the other week. Never seen it as long an scruffy around the other gardens in the neighbourhood.

Should be game on tonight. Hope I don't wish it had been rained off by the end! We need a win or play-off hopes will probably be over, though it is very tight in the middle.

[skinny] 05/3/2024 17:06

MrP - the attitude of many youngsters towards work is absolutely appalling.

I finished up 0.32%.

The early bird car in this month's Omaze competition is an all-electric Porsche Taycan.

[blueliner] 05/3/2024 17:04

+£10.64 folio.

JSG prelims were inline, good results imo, higher volumes revenue up but market took it's usual jaundiced view that we have come to know. Became my worst faller.

PLUS, BA., leading gainers.

Max 12C, the day developed into nice sunny periods, a whiff of early spring.

[malcolm caton] 05/3/2024 16:55

A flat day tinged red,

Good gains from PLUS,ZOO,BA.

Large falls from RS1.MSHL.BDEV.BGO.

Bought a couple of "rook proof" fat ball feeders.by the time I had got back inside the house they had worked out how to feed from them!,at least it takes then twice as long to empty them,

[aleman] 05/3/2024 16:09

Make sure you leave time to have a rest , MrP! Maybe you can cut it down to 4 days a week for the next couple of decades. :-)

Brasil Composite PMI rose from 53.2 to 55.1 so that looks like another country starting to boom after interest rate cuts. (Says he still bemoaning ALAI winding up.)

[mrphil] 05/3/2024 15:23

wllm, I'm just coming up for 48 years full time non-stop working! Of course I was a mere whipper snapper when I started! 😁

Skinny, too true. One of my staff decided to have the day off last week as their car had a flat battery. As if that wasn't bad enough, they wanted me to pay them!

[skinny] 05/3/2024 12:46

As I've said before, today's mantra seems to be 'Everyone has rights, no one has responsibilities'.

[wllmherk] 05/3/2024 12:43

These are strange times MrP, I was discussing with a friend the attitude of the young towards work just the other day, a young lady in her 20's started in the team I worked for before my retirement, she said she felt she had done her bit and wanted to reduce her hours, she had worked full-time for 3 years!!!
I worked full time for 40 consecutive years, how times have changed.

wllm :)

[mrphil] 05/3/2024 12:07

We are recruiting and were forced to use agencies as we are just struggling to find anyone. We got five possible candidates in for interview for an internal office role, and only one was English so I don't know where all this stuff about not getting people from Europe is coming from! We have offered the role to a Spanish guy and face a bill of around £5K from the agency.

And for a (what I consider to be a well paid) outside customer facing role, we are really struggling to get any suitable applicants. We have one "potential" but the first reference is hardly glowing. A few years ago, I would have bitten our hands off to get that role!

[skinny] 05/3/2024 11:11

Good Morning.

Positively balmy here @10C and just a hint on brightness :-)

[mrphil] 05/3/2024 11:08

Morning All.

Cold wet and miserable here, portfolio just into positive territory on the day but basically flat.

Just checked my FIT payments for last year and they came in at £1,671.55 so they are edging up nicely each year. Won't be much for this month though!

[philanderer] 05/3/2024 10:13

Morning everyone.

Miserable, cold and overcast. Folio flat.

[malcolm caton] 05/3/2024 08:44

Morning.

Dull damp and overcast here bit like the porfolio so far today,more reds than blues,

[philanderer] 05/3/2024 00:17

UK investors shun British equity funds in favour of surging US valuations

[aleman] 04/3/2024 23:10

-0.4%.

Calm, frosty, foggy, sunny, grey, rainy and windy. Wasn't it supposed to stay dry so I could cut the back lawn tomorrow? Anyway, given how (comparatively) warm it felt at lunchtime, it almost felt like we've had all 4 seasons today. 10.2C after -1.4C.

New gold high in multiple currencies:
$2120
Euro1952
£1670

[deanforester] 04/3/2024 19:42

I'm down -0.536% on the day today (FTSE100 -0.49%).

Worst falls: KGF -2.77%, S32 -2.57% and WDS -2.44%.

Best rises: PSON +2.07%, BT.A +1.43% and BA. +0.80%.

Market will be wary in the run up to the budget. Nice rise from Pearson. Aussie shares down.

Fell asleep this afternoon after a trip to the hospital for MrsDF's Retinopahty examination. Raining well now.

DF

[philanderer] 04/3/2024 19:27

Thanks Dr B , being heavy on miners and retail doing me no favours this year.