SSP Group - up 50% in last month, Q1 Trading Update due next month, shares 206.20p, brokers TP 300p
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 18.12.2025 Just nine days ago I featured the shares of the SSP Group (LON:SSPG) following its latest corporate announcement. The shares were then 178p - this afternoon they are 206.20p, a near 16% rise in just over a week. However, a month ago the shares were 137.50p - so the subsequent rise has shown over a 50% gain. The Business SSP is a global leader in the operation of food and beverage outlets in travel locations, employing around 49,000 colleagues
Currys - a cracking set of Interim results, shares 126.6p, brokers up TP to 200p
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 18.12.2025 This morning Currys (LON:CURY) has reported a significant improvement in its financial performance for the half year ended 1st November, with group adjusted profit before tax reaching £22m, a 144% year-on-year increase, and group free cash flow rising by 68% to £84m. The UK and Ireland segment showed strong momentum with a 6% revenue increase, driven by gains in recurring service revenue, credit adoption, B2B sales, and new categories, while
Hollywood Bowl – keeping within the profit lanes, its shares at 276p offer attractive upside, brokers TP 380p
Mark Watson-Mitchell – 17.12.2025 Yesterday the Hollywood Bowl Group (LON:BOWL) , the UK and Canada's largest ten-pin bowling operator, announced its 2025 Final Results showing improving margins. The £460m-capitalised group reported a strong financial and operational performance for the year to end-September, with revenue increasing by 8.8% to £250.7m. Group adjusted EBITDA grew by 4.2% to £91.2m, while statutory profit after tax rose by 15.7% to £34.6m. The company returned
FTSE 100 heading through to 10,000 within days?
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 17.12.2025 The much better than expected fall in the CPI has this morning created quite an impetus in its wake. With the very strong chance of the Base Rate falling down to 3.75% tomorrow, London's equity market barometer - the FTSE100 Index - has risen a convincing 165 points to almost 9850. That reduces the gap to the 'magic' 10,000 Index level to a mere 150 points. While that move could well spur a greater push by the Dow Jones Index, after yesterday
Base Rate down to 3.75% tomorrow?
Mark Watson-Mitchell - 17.12.2025 The economic news this morning is that the rate of inflation fell far more quickly than expected last month, that now leads the way for another cut in interest rates tomorrow. Prices rose by just 3.2% in the month, the lowest level since March, and down from 3.6% in October. That now marks the third consecutive month of falling inflation. The expectations of City economists were for a much more modest fall in the CPI, the headline measure of
