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Published: October 5, 2010

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Buy.CARE UKCare UK floated in 1994 running nursing homes, but is now extending its tentacles across the social services and the NHS. Countermeasures such as chaff to confuse and decoy missiles account for more than half this defence contractor’s revenue. Taking a profit after the share rally is tempting, but keep some shares in the toy box.CHEMRINGChemring’s products stop military aircraft getting shot down over Iraq, Afghanistan and other theatres of war Sales are – unsurprisingly – sharply on the up. A £500-a-pop “real steam” train set and a Hogwart’s Express have become collectibles. And Scalextric, too, is fighting back against computer games, launching technology to link the sets to the internet.

Excellent news for Filtronic which supplies parts that sit in base stations and antennae for handsets. The company is cautious but the shares are not to be sold at this stage.HORNBYHornby shares used to be a bit like their train-sets: old-fashioned-looking and chugging round in circles. Now they are more like the group’s Scalextric slot-car racing sets, painted with go-faster stripes and running at full throttle. But customers have started to splash out again readying for the launch of third generation, or 3G, services. Talk of a break-even position this time next year trusts a lot to luck and the £37m cash pile is dwindling fast.FILTRONICFiltronic, a supplier of telecoms components, has had a tough couple of years as phone operators cut their spending. One of the youngest players in the field of microchip design, it has so far failed to really establish its products on the scale that will be needed to turn a profit.

No need to rush in.ARC INTERNATIONALThe great deluge unleashed on the technology sector after the sins of the boom years has spared few companies, and ARC International was certainly no safe haven. It seems reasonable to believe a new enthusiasm for technology investment will encourage insurers to spend more with Innovation but, despite the hype, the recovery is still young. In London, Heart’s listener figures briefly overtook Capital’s 95.8FM and it should be able to pull permanently ahead after the departure of Capital’s breakfast show presenter, Chris Tarrant. Chrysalis will make an attractive partner for several UK radio groups. The shares are hard to recommend as a buy at the present price, but it is equally hard to foresee any big setback. Hold.THE INNOVATION GROUPOne year on from the introduction of a new management team, Innovation seems to be delivering on its promises. The company, which sells technology solutions to improve efficiency in insurance and related industries, has reversed the effects of the over-diversification in which its founders indulged at the height of the boom.

But the projected long-term increase in air travel is enough to make the shares worth holding.CHRYSALISChrysalis’ radio stations, led by its flagship Heart brand, are relatively new arrivals on the air and have grown spectacularly. Passenger numbers are back on the up, especially at no-frills hubs such as Stansted and Southampton. Even airport shopping revenues have stayed buoyant despite the distractions.It is risky, and a dividend yield of 2 per cent is paltry compensation if BAA runs out of political and operational luck. The management team has steered an enviably smooth course through disruption since 11 September, 2001, and rising security costs have now been accommodated.


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