Go Beau!
The power of the shareholder can never be underestimated as can be witnessed over on the Tadpole bulletin board on iii (Interactive Investor) http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:TAD.L&display=discussion&it=le.
Beau62 - a mouthy git (his description not mine...LOL) has been very vocal in his disgust at the inability of Tad to keep their company websites updated with current links to partners, and clients websites, a vital resource to the company. Truth is that a great many of the shareholders have been the same, but our Beau62 shouts long and loud till they hear him and respond.
Nildes, Beau and some others (thanks guys) formed an action group to try and elicit some changes and I believe the board got a bit of a surprise at the level of feeling against them at that point. They did get some recognition in the press for it too (nice pic Nildes) and paid personally for legal costs relating to it.
You see our (tadpole is ours) directors read the BB. Sometimes they even pick up the phone and tell you off for posting something they don't like, don't they David :o). When they do that though, sometimes they get a flea in their ear and have to go and do something about what you have critisied them for.
My biggest bugbear has always been the publicity or lack of with regards to tadpole and David got a right earful of that last Friday when he called me to tell me off and ended up getting a right telling off himself......lol. I understand that having spoken with both myself and a fellow shareholder (who is a pressman or former pressman) things are about to change in relation to publicity.
Sometimes it pays to get involved at the top level of a company you are invested in to get the changes required for the progession of it. Obviously I don't think the BT's BP's and the likes would take your call, but in a penny share you'd be surprised just how hands on you can get.
Now I'm not suggesting that you pile in to every share with the intention of getting that involved, but tad is a special case - it's family isn't it guys.
