12:12 31/03/2011 Moving
What's happening with DWSN. it has not moved from 1.75pps for nearly 2 weeks now it has went down by .23pps at the time of this post, have I missed something? By RHYFOR
3:02 10/03/2011 Share Price
Not sure what's happening with DWSN it's share should have stayed up at 2p or so I thought. Time to find out what's happening with this company, can anyone shed any light on the subject? Thanks By RHYFOR
13:06 03/03/2011 Worth
A BUY, so come on don't let the SP hang! By RHYFOR
13:06 02/03/2011 Limits cut back
Following the 150K buy max you can buy online is 15K By avoint
11:04 02/03/2011 DWSN
Suggest that people take a look at this stock before it's too late. 100K max buy at 1.75 but max sell at 375K over the bid at 1.4. Company turns over £66M and has a market cap of £3.3M!! Yes £3.3 M! They have cash in the bank worth £11.6M according to yesterdays figures. They do have pension liabilities but that has not held back other companies which have sorted themselves out. By avoint
10:23 18/03/2010 Director Purchase
Mr Giovanni Ghione (company Director) purchased 5million shares at 2p each on 16th March 2010.

Increasing his holding to 10.15% of company and 22.8million shares.

Usually a good sign for a firm.

BUY By Paza75
16:24 10/03/2010 Re: Pension Deficit
BTW- I thought that Scots didni have a long life expectancy!!

that's not what the statement says! By nateast99
16:22 10/03/2010 Pension Deficit
I suppose I am talking to myself here.

But I cannot understand how a small company has a pension deficit of almost £20 million and is able to keep trading as a going concern. Their UK bankers (GMAC) say they don't want to continue with them, and the directors state they face the future with confidence!
Can someone, anyone, please explain.

I like the look of this company, products etc, but if the pension deficit can increase by £14 million in one year it has to make any equity or debt investor nervous. By nateast99
17:50 26/02/2010 Re: Better than expected trade update
Amazing they have one debtor from King Deer Cashmere that is greater than the whole company's market cap! By nateast99
8:33 01/02/2010 Better than expected trade update
DWSN
1 February 2010


DAWSON INTERNATIONAL PLC ("the Company")
Trading Update


Dawson International PLC, the international textiles group, is pleased to
provide the following trading update for the year ended 2 January 2010.


Continuing Operations
A strong final quarter from both our UK and US Knitwear businesses more than
offset continued weakness in our Home Furnishings business and so it is
anticipated that sales and profits for continuing operations will be ahead of
market expectations for the year.


The UK Knitwear business benefited from the timing of high margin sales to
couture customers which significantly improved margins in the final quarter.
This is likely to have some negative impact on the first quarter of 2010 with
the sales mix impact reversing.


The US Knitwear business sustained sales and margins through the final quarter
in spite of the fragile US economic environment. In particular, in-season
sales of branded lines and overall margin levels were both stronger than
expected.


The Private Label Home Furnishings business has experienced poor margins
throughout the year with the significant decline in Sterling compared with the
US dollar impacting its cost of sales. While this improved somewhat in the
second half of the year it is anticipated that the business will report a small
loss overall.


As expected, the Branded Home Furnishings business continued to incur trading
losses as we manage an exit following the sale of the Dorma brand to Dunelm
Group plc in 2008. This exit will be completed in the first half of 2010.


Discontinued Operations
We noted in our 2009 interim report that the discontinued Todd & Duncan business
traded at a loss in the first half of the year with further trading losses
expected in the period to disposal on 28 August. This proved to be the case with
the business also requiring an additional provision of GBP0.5m for doubtful
debts.


King Deer
As noted in our 2008 annual report and 2009 interim report, the Company had a
long standing debt due to it by Inner Mongolia King Deer Cashmere Company
Limited of approximately $10 million which was fully provided against. A payment
plan was agreed during the year in accordance with which $0.5 million was
received in the first half of the year and $1.0 million in the second half.
Considering the age of the debt, the Company considers it appropriate to retain
a provision for the outstanding balance at this time.


Pensions
The Company is currently finalising its accounts for 2009 which will include an
updated actuarial valuation of defined benefit pension scheme liabilities. This
is expected to reflect the general market trend and therefore show a significant
deterioration, principally due to lower corporate bond yields and increased
longevity assumptions. By Paza75
11:57 03/08/2009 Re: Giovanni
HOPEFULLY HE CAN HELP TURN THIS COMPANY ROUND AND MOVE THE DINOSUARS ON By RAVEN0833
15:19 09/05/2009 AGM

A positive result for the company.
The removal of the chairman must be a good sign that there will be changes in the company in the near future and a more positive outlook.

Hopefully it is not too late.

Some volume on the share trading will be the next encouraging sign. At the moment the spread is too wide and volume too low to buy.

Keep watching.

By Alchmann
15:02 30/12/2008 Giovanni
His acquisition of shares and building up a larger stake should be seen as a positive. Ultimatley this should lead to replacement of some of the current senior directors and improved fortunes of the group. Good news. By dormaman
0:45 27/12/2008 Jacko
I understand from a contact that they have used the 5 million from the sale of dorma to help the cashmere business and will raise quite a bit from the sale of the spinning unit. The moves made could consolidate the remaining parts of the group into a smaller more profitable business, lets hope so. Good Luck. By dormaman
19:20 15/12/2008 Re: Hi jacko
I'd be happy for them to give the spinning business away of they could get rid of the pension fund with it. By Another Jacko