news Shareleague Thames Valley presented by in association with
Micro Focus, the Newbury group that empowers organisations to innovate safely and meet complex business demands by unifying emerging technologies, topped the region’s shareleague figures for July with a 20% increase.
In a very good month for the stock market following the Brexit referendum, Micro Focus announced the general availability of Access Review 2.0, a comprehensive solution that automates and simplifies certification, role management, and risk scoring to anchor today’s emerging identity governance programs. It claims to reduce data breach risks and brings employee access profiles into alignment to better meet governance and compliance requirements.
Another software company also had a successful month. Microgen, the owner of leading software businesses Aptitude Software and Microgen Financial Systems, saw a 42% price hike after announcing good half- year results, including revenue growth of 23% (to £19.5 million) and adjusted operating profit increase of 16%. There was “continued good progress towards strategic objectives,” said the company, whose UK offices are in Fleet.
With shares up 47%, the star performance came from one of the area’s smallest quoted companies. Sopheon, based near Camberley, improves clients’ innovation management and new product development performance.
Large (over £1 billion) Closing price
MICRO FOCUS INTL. GENUS
ELECTROCOMP. ASHTEAD GROUP ELEMENTIS SPECTRIS
VODAFONE GROUP ULTRA ELECTRONICS HDG.
30/06/16 1,613.0 1,565.0 260.2
1,064.0 199.7
1,825.0 227.7
RECKITT BENCKISER GROUP 7,490.0 BIG YELLOW GROUP
1,740.0 781.0
Closing price 29/07/16 1,936.0 1,821.0 293.2
1,196.0 221.4
1,879.0 229.6
1,711.0 7,322.0 710.0
Medium (£250 million to £1 billion) Closing price
SHANKS GROUP
30/06/16 80.5
ACCESSO TECHNOLOGY GROUP 1,141.0 FIDESSA GROUP DE LA RUE
1,965.0 511.0
MORGAN ADVANCED MATERIAL 232.1 COSTAIN GROUP MCBRIDE
315.8 155.8
XP POWER (DI) PINEWOOD GROUP OXFORD INSTRUMENTS
1,556.0 545.0 711.0
NANOCO GROUP MICROGEN VERNALIS RM
MCKAY SECURITIES SINCLAIR PHARMA OMG
ECKOH
REAL ESTATE INVESTORS OXFORD BIOMEDICA
30/06/16 50.3
139.0 33.8
117.0 165.0 30.5 43.0 49.8 57.5 4.7
Sub £50 million Closing price
SOPHEON TP GROUP
MILESTONE GROUP GUSCIO
PETARDS GROUP
EGDON RESOURCES ZINCOX RESOURCES BEZANT RESOURCES STARVEST VISLINK
30/06/16 122.5 3.4 0.5 3.1
12.4 11.8 0.8 1.9 2.1
32.8
Closing price 29/07/16 105.5
1,445.0 2,440.0 630.0 274.0 339.8 163.0
1,623.0 552.5 716.5
Small (£50 million to £250 million) Closing price
Closing price 29/07/16 72.3
198.0 44.5
147.5 194.0 30.5 42.5 49.0 53.5 4.2
Closing price 29/07/16 180.5 4.9 0.7 3.9
14.4 10.8 0.7 1.6 1.8
16.9
Change in share price 20% 16% 13% 12% 11% 3% 1%
-2% -2% -9%
Change in share price 31% 27% 24% 23% 18% 8% 5% 4% 1% 1%
Change in share price 44% 42% 32% 26% 18% 0%
-1% -2% -7%
-10%
Change in share price 47% 44% 28% 24% 16% -9%
-13% -13% -18% -48%
Paralympian has winning entrepreneurial business
The Rio Paralympic Games begin on September 7 and we’ll be cheering on all the competitors. Georgie Bullen competed in the 2012 Paralympic Games as part of Team GB and got to the quarter-finals in goalball. Since then she started her own business and has been so successful that she was a finalist in last year’s Haines Watts’ young entrepreneur competition
Adrian Williams, partner at Haines Watts, with Georgie Bullen
So how did she go from being an award-winning Paralympian to a high-achieving business woman? Bullen explains: “I love goalball and wanted to make a career out of bringing it to more people. I had a vision for a business which used my sport to deliver exciting teambuilding and effective visual impairment awareness training for corporate companies.”
The main obstacle was that Bullen had no idea how to start a business. She did her research and found that the Prince’s Trust delivered ‘Enterprise Programmes’ to help. She completed the Prince’s Trust course and launched Team Insight in July 2014.
Bullen recalls: “It took time to build a customer base. I was beginning to wonder if we’d ever get a booking, yet now we’ve worked with organisations like O2, Atos and Great Northern Rail.”
Bullen cites her business success on several factors: firstly delivering goalball, as well as other blindfolded activities, in teambuilding sessions is pretty unique. Also, the events are delivered by GB Paralympians, making it an exciting and inspiring experience. And, as a
Enter the HWYE
competition now- closes September 30
8
businessmag.co.uk THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – SEPTEMBER 2016
visual impairment awareness exercise, it makes a big impact on participants.
As Bullen puts it: “Team Insight ‘does what it says on the tin’. By taking away the sense of sight, the events force participants to work on clear and concise communication; they strengthen trust and develop teamwork.”
Bullen adds, “I put everything into creating a successful business; this meant working long and lonely hours and not taking no for an answer, but it worked.”
She says it helps to share ideas and use networking – she has gained some brilliant clients through it.
In the future Bullen not only wants to grow the current programme but also explore using other Paralympic sports like sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, etc. She’d also like to start a branch of Team Insight which goes into schools.
If you are a young entrepreneur in the Thames Valley area and are running a successful business, you can enter the Young Entrepreneur competition too.
For full details on how to apply visit the website.
www.hwye.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52