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David O'Hara writes for July aimZine

aimZine, the online magazine for the AIM community, today published an article by David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus.

The article featured contributions from the leading women in the UK's smallcap arena.

"There are a number of women at the very top in and around AIM", said Mr O'Hara. "This was a great opportunity to hear from them and better understand what draws professionals to London's dynamic junior market".

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David O'Hara writes for June aimZine

aimZine, the online magazine for the AIM community, this month features an article by David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus.

The article covers the performance of the Blackthorn Focus AIM indices GROWTHfocus and INCOMEfocus.

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GROWTHfocus and INCOMEfocus reconstituted

GROWTHfocus and INCOMEfocus, the indices of AIM companies that have been growing sales and dividends respectively, have undergone their latest quarterly reconstitution.

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David O'Hara writes for May aimZine

David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus, appears in this month's edition of aimZine, the online magazine for the AIM community.

"Recent experiences have highlighted the fragmentation of trade reporting on AIM" says Mr O'Hara. "This has made it more difficult for the investment community to properly assess the liquidity of AIM securities. I look forward to seeing how this develops as AIM continues to mature."

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David O'Hara writes for April aimZine

David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus, appears in the April edition of aimZine, the online magazine for the AIM community.

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Blackthorn Focus in The Glass Hammer

David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus, is quoted in a recent article on the number of women in senior positions in the UK's leading companies in The Glass Hammer.

"This issue is right at the forefront of modern corporate governance" says Mr O'Hara. "It is important we get the right people running plcs in the UK for the good of investors, staff and the wider economy."

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GROWTHfocus and INCOMEfocus reconstituted

Blackthorn Focus indices GROWTHfocus and INCOMEfocus recently underwent their 3-month reconstitution, some moving into the indices while others departed.

Gooch & Housego, Dealogic and Lonrho join the GROWTHfocus index. Healthcare Locums, Caretech and Clipper Windpower have all left.

In INCOMEfocus, the largest AIM companies to have increased their dividends over the last five years, Education Development International comes into the index, replacing First Derivatives.

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David O'Hara writes for February aimZine

Blackthorn Focus' Founder, David O'Hara, appears in the latest edition of aimZine, the online magazine for the AIM community.

In this article, Mr O'Hara looks at the range of goods and services provided by AIM companies.

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David O'Hara writes for January aimZine

aimZine, the online magazine for the AIM community, this month publishes an article by David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus.

AIM in 2011 is a collection of end-of-year comments from expert participants on the Alternative Investment Market. Contributors included Gavin Oldham, Chief Executive of thesharecentre and Marcus Stuttard, Head of AIM.

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David O'Hara writes for December aimZine

This month aimZine publishes an update on the progress of INCOMEfocus and GROWTHfocus, the Blackthorn Focus indices of growing AIM-listed companies.

"I am delighted to report on the first three months of these two indices" said David O'Hara, Founder of Blackthorn Focus. "Since September, there has been an enormous bull market among the UK's smallcap companies, an advance some of the most successful companies on the market have joined."

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