Universe Share Discussion Threads

[verynervy] 22/12/2005 16:54

Nice bit of buying today - probably been reading your thread penpal!

[papalpower] 21/12/2005 23:54

RNS Number:9867V Universe Group PLC 21 December 2005
21 DECEMBER 2005
UNIVERSE GROUP PLC

HTEC ANNOUNCES ANGLIA REGIONAL CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY CONTRACT WIN

Universe Group plc ("Universe" or the "Company"), the retail and information systems company, is pleased to announce that the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society ("Anglia") is to roll out HTEC's complete petrol forecourt retail solution to their 11 petrol retailing sites.
The HTEC Petrol EPoS (HydraPOS) provides the retailer with a range of business controls integrated into one solution. HTEC's system provides Chip & PIN card payment integrated into the EPoS; system resilience provided by HTEC's unique duplex pump interface; and HTEC's Virtual Back Office. The system will enable ARCS make price and product changes, and receive site sales data on a constant real-time basis.
The agreement with Anglia will be implemented over the next 4 months and will include an ongoing maintenance agreement.

Mark Ward of Business Systems at Anglia says: "We evaluated all of the credible systems on the market and chose HTEC because of the remarkable range of functionality available. We know that the HydraPOS is the choice of ASDA and Morrison and others and this fact, together with the remarkable resilience of the system, gave us the confidence to proceed with HTEC."

Ray Mackie, Chairman of Universe Group comments: "We are very pleased to have Anglia on board. Their requirements are extensive and we are confident that both Anglia and their customers will benefit from the new systems."

--ENDS--

[papalpower] 21/12/2005 23:53

New Year coming, time for a new thread for what should be a very good year for UNG.

[papalpower] 21/12/2005 11:49

RNS Number:9867V Universe Group PLC 21 December 2005
21 DECEMBER 2005
UNIVERSE GROUP PLC

HTEC ANNOUNCES ANGLIA REGIONAL CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETY CONTRACT WIN

Universe Group plc ("Universe" or the "Company"), the retail and information systems company, is pleased to announce that the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society ("Anglia") is to roll out HTEC's complete petrol forecourt retail solution to their 11 petrol retailing sites.
The HTEC Petrol EPoS (HydraPOS) provides the retailer with a range of business controls integrated into one solution. HTEC's system provides Chip & PIN card payment integrated into the EPoS; system resilience provided by HTEC's unique duplex pump interface; and HTEC's Virtual Back Office. The system will enable ARCS make price and product changes, and receive site sales data on a constant real-time basis.
The agreement with Anglia will be implemented over the next 4 months and will include an ongoing maintenance agreement.

Mark Ward of Business Systems at Anglia says: "We evaluated all of the credible systems on the market and chose HTEC because of the remarkable range of functionality available. We know that the HydraPOS is the choice of ASDA and Morrison and others and this fact, together with the remarkable resilience of the system, gave us the confidence to proceed with HTEC."

Ray Mackie, Chairman of Universe Group comments: "We are very pleased to have Anglia on board. Their requirements are extensive and we are confident that both Anglia and their customers will benefit from the new systems."

--ENDS--

[papalpower] 21/12/2005 11:36

Still good news !

Universe wins contract for its electronic payment system, no terms
AFX


LONDON (AFX) - Universe Group PLC, which supplies electronic payment, transaction and loyalty systems to the retail sector, said the Anglia Regional Co-operative Society is to roll out the company's electronic payment system at its 11 petrol retailing sites.

The agreement with Anglia will be implemented over the next four months and will include an ongoing maintenance agreement.

No financial terms were disclosed.

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[mercedes] 21/12/2005 09:43

eric

I know that,only a small contract,but they all help to ease the pain of owning these shares.

[ericeb206] 21/12/2005 09:17

That is because of a contract announcement today but no details of any amount.

[mercedes] 21/12/2005 09:03

Wake up all...............things are moving................a little.

[rabbrooks] 20/12/2005 16:51

As i have commented here before it appears to me that there is no merit in continuing with the Master Change business. It would be better to see the sale of the remaining 'Profitable' branches in order to see the sale of the main rump of the company to, as Anne robinson says, even RTD.

[papalpower] 20/12/2005 14:45

ACORNOPTICAL, hopefully taken over for around 40p to 50p a share sometime in 2007.

[acornoptical] 20/12/2005 12:06

WHERE DO YOU THINK THIS COMPANY WILL BE SAY IN 3 YEARS TIME

[papalpower] 19/12/2005 15:41

mercedes the webcast on t1ps.com earlier on was better. I got the feeling then that things are changing fast, this was shown by the sale of First Remit and its should snowball from here I think.

A return to full year profits will come in Q1 06 with the 05 prelims, we should I hope see Master Change sold off (but if not then no problem as its profit making now) and HTEC will deliver more, and more, and it will become a target sooner and not later.

I would hope during 2006 after a return to full year profits, and bullish H1 2006 from HTEC that we should be mid 30's by interim 2006 announcement.

Its been some years of pain, but it should deliver now.

[mercedes] 19/12/2005 15:33

papal,

Thanks very much for the link...just watched it. Must say he did not fill me with confidence about prospects for the company.In fact very little by way of facts etc about the company. Don`t get me wrong,i am a very large[for me)holder from the card clear days. I am at present down 45.75% 0n these.
These and rtd never seem to fullfill their promiss,also one step forward and three steps back. Interested in your take.

merc

[papalpower] 18/12/2005 11:14

Nov 2005 CNBC Interview with Ray Mackie (open the url below in Windows Media Player or equivalent)

[papalpower] 17/12/2005 08:00

Latest Broker Forecasts

Charles Stanley 9th December 2005 BUY

2005 Pre Tax Profit 1.37M
2005 EPS 1.8p
2005 Div 0.75p

2006 Pre Tax Profit 2.03M
2006 EPS 2.3p
2006 Div 0.75p

[robin_of_loxley] 16/12/2005 08:45

apologies re temporary disruption to charts - bigcharts seem to be having a technical hitch on their site, reckon will likely be fixed soon

[papalpower] 16/12/2005 05:38

I agree squintyflinty and I have just added UNG to the stocks to double in 2006 table.

Thread link for stocks to double table is

[squintyflinty] 02/12/2005 18:22

This stock is very undervalued

[jwe] 02/12/2005 12:12

Thanks for updating PP,i don`t look in very often,content to wait until the results.

[papalpower] 01/12/2005 06:44

Sometimes these boring quiet stocks are nice, like UNG, its got a bright future, its worth more than I paid and I get a dividend. Stress free investing.

Went X Div yesterday.

[papalpower] 20/11/2005 06:51

Updated broker rec added to the header, same again with a buy rating.

[papalpower] 12/11/2005 10:08

Goes interim x-div on the 30th Nov (0.25p) and with a return to full year profits on the cards, a good chance of 0.75p full year div (forecast is 0.5p additional), sale of Masterchange on the cards and yet more excellent growth from HTEC, one would hope that the swings will become less and less and some solid support will come in now.

[papalpower] 09/11/2005 15:51

203K "X" trade at 21p

We have some large buyer in the market for UNG shares on the cheap, so look for more on them and maybe a Holdings RNS in the next 4 to 8 weeks then.

[papalpower] 04/11/2005 16:12

More buys than sells, even on very small volume, is good and very positive for it to be in the 20 to 22 range so early. At this stage and pending news on Masterchange I would take a guess that we might get to see new highs in the 30's before the prelims. Very positive.