Sivota Share Discussion Threads

[diablo1967] 10/3/2015 11:55

Agree and likewise

[wjccghcc] 10/3/2015 11:49

Looks like a low volume selloff. Results were in line with outlook in line. Both brokers reiterated their 230p and 250p targets this am. Had a few at 166p.

[diablo1967] 10/3/2015 11:45

Lol amazing

[redips2] 10/3/2015 11:40

That's a no then, Just getting a little bit silly now .

[sheikh al utrati] 10/3/2015 11:18

What did I say..Hope 170 holds..

[redips2] 10/3/2015 10:35

Well !

What did I miss !

[sheikh al utrati] 10/3/2015 07:59

Not bad..I hope market won't be mislead by PBT..

[diablo1967] 10/3/2015 07:30

100% of random/penguin books soon could be only player left in this field generating cash and profits steadily

[diablo1967] 10/3/2015 07:18

Results as expected profits up £2 million already

[diablo1967] 09/3/2015 14:30

Six monthly results due any day now continued performance ahead of last year sure to highlight again be interesting to see what sort of growth from Hive etc ....

[edmundshaw] 18/2/2015 13:39

Thanks for that. An intresting obit.

[zho] 18/2/2015 12:20

Obit of Lord Gavron, founder of St Ives - may be of peripheral interest:

[lord gnome] 18/2/2015 12:06

Numis 'Buy' recommendation with a 250p target price. Hasn't quite managed to move the market yet. I live in hope.

[luckymouse] 11/2/2015 22:26

free stock charts from uk.advfn.com

[diablo1967] 06/2/2015 08:08

Standard life according to 2014 annual report held 7.9% as of October 2014 ...seems solid building since holding 10% that's only a 25% increase in holding for them roughly 3.7 million pounds or am I reading this wrong ?

[diablo1967] 05/2/2015 17:07

Still buying !!!

[edmundshaw] 28/1/2015 20:58

Thanks jlo, nice news

[jlo10] 28/1/2015 09:29

A bit of good news

St Ives Clays is to become the sole UK supplier of monochrome books to publishing giant Penguin Random House and is poised to double its digital book production capability, in a move that has major ramifications for the UK book printing landscape. The £67.4m-turnover book printer will take over the work when the publisher’s existing contracts with CPI UK expire this year.

The deal is a significant blow to CPI, which is understood to have told its clients that it plans to close Reading-based Cox & Wyman “due to the loss of a major contract”, although at the time of writing the company had declined to comment.

Bungay-based Clays was already a major supplier to Penguin Random House, and had been a key supplier to both Penguin and Random House prior to the merger of the two companies in 2013.

The enlarged sole supplier deal will involve all of the publisher’s monochrome work, together with the associated covers and jackets. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but it is understood to be a multimillion-pound, multi-year arrangement.

In a statement, Clays said the contract would underpin its ability to continue to make major strategic investments in the face of declining book volumes overall, and the shift by publishers to shorter, more frequent, and faster turnaround print runs.

Strategic director Kate McFarlan said: “Obviously we are delighted to win this contract. There is a positive feeling in all of the publishing markets, people are talking about there being more confidence and a bit of a bounce-back in print sales – people of all ages who want to read books want to read actual books.”

Clays currently has the capability to produce 15m-20m books a year digitally, and now plans to double this.

The firm has made several major investments in digital print production in recent years, installing a Timsons T-Press and Kodak Prosper line. Last year it spent a further £2.5m on specialist finishing kit from Timsons and Kolbus.

McFarlan said the firm would confirm further investment plans to boost digital capacity in the coming weeks.

Stephen Esson, group publishing operations director at Penguin Random House, was travelling overseas and unavailable for comment.

[diablo1967] 08/1/2015 15:43

Can't help looking back at the earlier trading update and looking at continuing investment in book division especially following recent article ..perhaps new contracts are secured ? still feel positions are being taken here in the background for me everything seems very positive yet we trade 20% below recent high !! For me a correction to £2.30 to £2,42 easily achieved in 12months and a nice dividend on top. Quite a nice return

[edmundshaw] 08/1/2015 12:33

Food for thought red, cheers.

[red_shed2000] 07/1/2015 22:18

Interesting article. Thought people might be interested....



GLA

[edmundshaw] 16/12/2014 19:19

Good to know that the first four and a half months of the year have gone well. We can pretty much ink in a good H1 result already.

9% turnover increase multiplied by increased margins bodes well.

[owenski] 16/12/2014 07:57

Indeed LG, well said

[lord gnome] 16/12/2014 07:55

Very welcome and very positive update. Nothing there to worry about. This company is on track and doing very well by the sound of things. Share price will take care of itself in due course.

[owenski] 16/12/2014 07:20

Agreed.... Quite a positive statement that is