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Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

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Spectrum Interactive - Thriving payphone and internet terminal business

June 2005

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

  • Epic Code:
  • SIN
  • Price:
  • 96p
Recent AIM issue Spectrum Interactive, which operates an estate of payphones and internet terminals in the UK and Germany, would at first glance appear to be an uninspirational choice. However, the company, which raised a net £5.5m new money via a placing at 93p a share primarily to pay down expensive debt, looks a much better prospect on closer inspection. Under the guidance of chairman and former conservative minister Lord Young and chief executive Mark Lewarne, Spectrum has enjoyed steady growth in recent years and is forecast to nearly double its pretax profit from an expected £2.7m in the current year ending 30 June to £5.3m in 2007. Spectrum was established in May 2002 by an MBO, led by Mark Lewarne, ...

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