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Subject: [OM] Re: Ilford
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 08:16:40 +0100
I'll let you know what he says .... ;-)

Chris

On 29 Aug 2004, at 20:21, Earl Dunbar wrote:

>
> I will gladly fund a few chewy brews if it gets the job done  ... and 
> a few wee drams to boot!
>
> Earl
>
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> On 8/29/2004 at 7:02 PM Chris Barker wrote:
>
>> I suspect you and he are right John.
>>
>> I noted from one of the news reports that Ilford is owned by a Venture
>> Capital company.  It is therefore likely that it will  divest itself 
>> of
>> Ilford to a less shareholder-minded concern.  In many ways the UK-US
>> culture of short-term shareholder satisfaction over long-term
>> investment is the curse of our businesses.  It is difficult to see how
>> they could not make Ilford profitable (£40m loss last year), but a
>> turnround artist should do the trick.  I even had a daydream of doing
>> it myself a couple of days ago.  A neighbour is a company doctor who
>> buys ailing companies cheaply and he tells me his techniques every now
>> and then.  I might go and buy him a chewy beer ... ;-)
>>
>> Chris
>> On 29 Aug 2004, at 17:31, JOHN DUGGAN wrote:
>>
<|_:-)_|>

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