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blackthornfocus

  1. Thanks @MrContrarian for sharing your pearls of stock-market wisdom ... that one made me money on my investment in @BondIntUK (£BDI)
  2. thanks to @goalsfootball for allowing me to attend their AGM at Eltham today, impressed with the centre, far superior to local competition.
  3. Randall & Quilter (£RQIH) will be presenting at #aiminvestorfocus on April 25th at the Barbican in London: blackthornfocus.com/aim-investor-f…
  4. @peston: Every company in the FTSE100 less than 50 years old was started by a man, or group of men.
  5. Plastics Capital (£PLA) will be presenting to investors at #aiminvestorfocus on April 25th at the Barbican in London: bit.ly/w2GR4V
  6. London Capital Group (£LCG) will present to investors at #aiminvestorfocus on April 25th at the Barbican in London: bit.ly/w2GR4V
  7. @StanleyGibbons (£SGI) will be presenting to investors at #aiminvestorfocus on April 25th at the Barbican in London: bit.ly/w2GR4V
  8. @WynnstayGroup (£WYN) will be presenting to investors at #aiminvestorfocus on April 25th at the Barbican in London: bit.ly/w2GR4V
  9. Blackthorn Focus launches #aiminvestorfocus, one day event at the Barbican on April 25th for AIM investors: bit.ly/w2GR4V
  10. government e-petition calling for an end to the ban on AIM shares being held in ISAs is here: epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/16111
  11. delighted to join David Stephenson & co. on @SelftradeUK sponsored show thewisemonkeys
  12. Tony Hayward appointed to Numis' advisory board. Very interesting.
  13. BDO will host NEDucation at Baker Street on October 14th.
  14. @CunningMoney has been slating PPI for ten years. Congratulations Cliff D'Arcy, you were right all along.
  15. congratulations to Education Development International shareholders. One of the all-time great AIM successes.
  16. Every company in the FTSE100 less than 50 years old was started by a man, or group of men.
  17. Why should company boards accept diversity targets? There are no diversity targets for the Cabinet, or the Bank's Monetary Policy Committee.
  18. Wondering what an LSE and TSX merger would mean for AIM.
  19. latest thoughts on AIM in the New Year here: http://www.aimzine.co.uk/aimzine/0111/0111_A2/0111_A2.htm