Barry Downes

65 days ago

Sharestock 2026, September 5: book your early bird seats now for big new speakers, now MORE THAN MORE 20% sold out

How could we not do another show after the 2025 triumph? There will be some changes but I should flag up that with 11 months to go we are already MORE THAN 20% booked out!

136 days ago

6 weeks to Sharestock, just 5 (was 12 ten days ago) tickets left

It is now less than six weeks to Sharestock when 100 folks will gather on the lawns sitting above the River Dee at my Window Tax era farmhouse between Chester and Wrexham: For September 6 there are now just 5 seats left.

182 days ago

UPDATE 2 Tom Winnifrith: Less than three months to Sharestock now only 22 seats left: book now!

This may well be the final event I put on: Sharestock 2025 is on September 6 at my home between Chester and Wrexham and I really hope to see you there, you can book HERE, as of today we are more than two thirds booked out. My own talk may or may not be a double act with Mr X. If I am going out I am going out with a bang.

231 days ago

Podcast: Tom Winnifrith and Barry Downes discuss Alludium, Catenai and AI

Barry is a keynote speaker at ShareStock where he and Brian Kinane will again present on AI. So much has changed since September 2024, you will be amazed. We touch on that in this podcast which centres on Barry's company Alludium and Catenai (CTAI). More details on Sharestock can be found HERE.

246 days ago

Catenai – tsunami of shares and warrants being issued for new AI investment, a total spoof?

Today Catenai (CTAI) unveiled a “Proposed Investment in Alludium, a cutting-edge AI company, Fundraise, Related Party Transactions, Conversion, Issue of Warrants and Proposed Share Capital Reorganisation.” Its AI but is it a complete spoof?

915 days ago

Techcast: Understanding AI Episode 3 of 12 - Computer Animation, Music & the Creative Industries

Thanks to the sponsorship of Sure Valley & Pires Investments (PIRI) we are expanding the number and quality of speakers and are able to offer up more fun and games at Sharestock this year - as you can see HERE. In this episode I chat to Brian Kinane and Barry Downes of Sure Valley but mostly to Jack Morrow of Retinize, a firm based in Belfast so which can do no wrong.. Enjoy.