There are flickers of light at the end of a very long tunnel. Doctors are learning more about Covid-19 every day; how it spreads, which treatments are showing promise, and how to create effective testing methods. Inevitably, after being cooped up during many weeks of lockdown, restrictions are slowly being lifted and consumers and businesses are focusing on how they can transition back to ...

FTSE opened on the front foot on Tuesday with a gain of almost 3% to 5,129 points as the UK joined global stock markets higher following more stimulus from the US Federal Reserve and strong trading in Asia. Oil and mining shares led the market advance with defensive sectors such as utilities and consumer staples taking a back seat . Japan’s Nikkei 225 index was up 7.7% and China’s SSE ...

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (LTG:AIM) 136.2p Gain to date: 81.6% Original entry point: Buy at 75p, 25 April 2019 Doing number crunching analysis is something investors can control but getting the timing right on a stock purchase takes a bit of luck, and we admit to enjoying our share of good fortune with Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM). We explained in our original article that some ...

Experienced investors may be aware of an investment which benefits from a 30% boost straight off the bat. But for the uninitiated, welcome to the world of venture capital trusts (VCTs). Venture capital trusts are funds that allow investors to claim up to 30% income tax relief on an investment of up to £200,000 a year. You need to hold the investment for at least five years, but any ...

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (LTG:AIM) 119.8p Gain to date: 59.7% Original entry point: Buy at 75p, 25 April 2019 Half year results from corporate online trainer Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) continued the positive trends since we said to buy in April. The first half numbers were solid with performance bolstered by recent software-focused acquisitions which continue to aid operating ...

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (LTG:AIM) 114.8p Gain to date: 53% Original entry point: Buy at 75p, 25 April 2019 Corporate online trainer Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) is knocking it out of the park this year and investors are jumping in for the ride. In just three months since our original Great Idea at 75p, the stock has soared an impressive 53% and analysts, like Shares, believe ...

Increasing bureaucracy and red tape can be a challenge for medium and larger organisations trying to retain their best staff in the face of more exciting opportunities at start-up enterprises. One way of preventing this brain drain is to provide the workforce with ongoing training such as services offered by Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM). The company provides a range of e-learning ...

The new venture capital trust (VCT) offer season is now in full swing where investors are able to apply for new shares and enjoy immediate tax benefits. Recent offers from Amati AIM VCT, Octopus AIM VCT and Hazel Renewable Energy VCT have already closed, having hit their subscription target. Others are filling up quickly. Each year VCTs seem to attract money faster than the previous ...

New revenue recognition rules could have a notable negative impact on the tech space, according to investment bank Berenberg. IFRS 15 is a new international financial reporting standard that came into effect at the start of 2018. The regulation sets out how companies should recognise revenue over multi-year contracts, and for many that will mean spreading income evenly across the contract ...

A handful of deals by company directors stand out from the past week. Directors buying or selling shares in their own company is typically worth watching for retail investors, but stock sales and purchases sometimes need to be put into context. Trades at four companies particularly piqued our interest, starting with the £9m or so of shares sales at computerised gaming technology ...

Many dislike the term ‘buy-and-build model’ but speaking to CEO Jonathan Satchell back in April he said his company, Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM), is ‘unashamedly so’. It seems the company may have found the right targets. Paul Richards, an analyst at Numis, says that the company’s first half to 30 June exceeded his revenue and cashflow estimates. He upgrades the firm to ...

The FTSE 100 opens 10 points up to 7,497.67 rounding off what has been a decent week for the UK’s main market. Mobile operator Vodafone (VOD) shares tick up 2.7% to 230.9p as it reports organic revenue growth of 2.2% in the first quarter to 30 June. The company says it is enjoying robust growth in Italy and Spain while the UK is recovering. Emergency home repairs company Homeserve ...

Some firms don’t like to be dubbed ‘buy-and-build’ but Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) chief executive officer (CEO) Jonathan Satchell says his firm is ‘unashamedly so’. The digital training company's February 2017 acquisition of e-learning software firm NetDimensions is the latest in a long line of acquisitions.  At £53.6m it’s also the biggest to date. NetDimensions caught the ...

This is the potential gain to be made for anyone who followed our suggestion to buy NetDimensions (NETD:AIM) at 38p in May 2012. The Hong Kong-based business has agreed a £53.6m, 100p per share, cash and shares offer from Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM). Investors may be relieved with the outcome considering that NetDimensions had to push out its $50m revenue target in September ...

UK investors remain nervous ahead of Theresa May's speech later on Tuesday, where the Prime Minister is expected to lay out plans to exit the European Union. Her Anticipated hard line is sparking fears that Britain will lose access to the single market, potentially putting a serious dent in UK companies' ability to trade with their European counterparts. The FTSE 100 index nudges around 20 points ...

If you want to add some spice to your portfolio and mitigate your tax bill it is worth looking at the current range of venture capital trust (VCT) offers. Investing in a VCT enables you to get immediate exposure to a portfolio of small businesses which the VCT’s manager reckons have significant growth potential. They might be companies that are disrupting existing sectors or ones offering ...

‘We stand on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another.’ So wrote Klaus Schwab in January, the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum. ‘In its scale, scope, and complexity, the transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before.’ Schwab was referring to what he calls the ...

Full year earnings reported today by e-learning group Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) narrowly missed broker earnings forecasts. Earnings per share (EPS) estimates for the 12 months to 31 December 2015 had been pencilled in by house broker Numis at 0.78p a share but adjusted diluted EPS, management's preferred measure of performance, came in at 0.756p, a 3% miss. Bullish commentary on future ...

Sir John Templeton, the late investment guru, once observed that the four most dangerous words in investing are: “This time it’s different”. Arguments it is different this time, that investors could look past ludicrous valuations, were in the ascendancy in 1999 when technology stocks were shooting for the moon. Yet such talk was undone once the dotcom bubble burst, sending internet stocks ...

Gravity-defying e-learning group Learning Technologies (LTG:AIM) has a lot to do to justify its £148 million market valuation. Trading at a punchy price-to-earnings ratio (PE ratio) of 46 after an 80%-plus share price gain in three months, investors are paying a high price for growth. Earnings per share (EPS) in the year to 31 December 2015 are pitched at 0.78p by house broker Numis and are ...