Richard Beddard

French Connection has just experienced its most difficult winter season, but Richard Beddard thinks chairman Stephen Marks can make the fashion retailer prosperous again.

New management is dealing with Premier Foods' debt, but they only have a two-year window to turn the company around or it may no longer be making exceedingly good cakes.

Holders Technology sees the current year as "one of both significant challenge and great opportunity", a fair assessment considering the stress on the distributor's finances as it repositions itself in a growth market, says value investor Richard Beddard.

Churchill China is a stable, profitable manufacturer of tableware with a proud heritage that has found an answer to low-cost competition. The only questionable thing about it is the price, says value investor Richard Beddard.

With an oligopolistic position in the milk recording market National Milk Records is a promising candidate for the Thrifty 30, but its pension obligation leaves a sour taste in the mouth.

Investors abhor companies servicing large defined benefit pension schemes for employees and ex-employees, but therein may lie an opportunity.

Johnson Service's operational heart is beating strongly, says value investor Richard Beddard, but its strengths as a business are weighed down by hefty liabilities. Maybe management makes the difference.

Johnson Service's latest results are respectable after a calamitous few years, but value investor Richard Beddard finds some cause for concern and hopes the firm treads cautiously.

There is a growing literature on statistical methods to beat the market, says Richard Beddard, but a new report uniquely focuses on Europe and adds momentum to the mix of factors tested.