Bango disappoints again
28th Feb 2011 09:07
Mobile payments and analytics provider Bango says that its figures for the year to March 2011 will be below expectations. House broker Cenkos had expected AIM-quoted Bango to make £300,000 profit in 2010-11. Bango says that it will make a small profit in the second half. It reported a near-doubled
Read moreThree Encore directors cut stakes by 20%
6th Jan 2011 17:32
Three directors of the UK-based oil and gas group Encore Oil have sold more than 4m shares collectively in a sale that reduced their stakes by around 20%. Chief executive Alan Booth sold 1.55m shares at 143p each to net £2.2m. Eugene Whyms, finance director, sold 1.5m shares at 142p each to generat
Read moreBango raises £2.4m at a premium
10th Dec 2010 13:38
Mobile payments and analytics provider Bango is raising £2.4m in cash at a premium to last night's closing share price. The new shares are being issued at 135p each, compared with a closing price of 131.5p. The share price has gone to a premium to the placing price today. Bango says that there was
Read moreSector movers: Software down as Bango weighs
23rd Nov 2010 15:09
The software & computer services sector is among today's heaviest fallers on a bad day for shares generally. Among the fallers is Bango. Losses grew at mobile payments group during the six months ended 30 September, up to £460,000 from £240,000 a year ago Revenue fell to £10.61m from £12.32m follo
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Renew, Bango, Samuel Heath...
23rd Nov 2010 11:08
Engineering and construction services firm Renew has had a "satisfactory" operating result for the year ended 30 September in line with expectations. Profit before tax and exceptional items dipped to £4.6m from £5.5m on revenue down to £290.4m from £316.6m a year ago. There's been a 50% increase in
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Bango, Faroe Petroleum, Intellego...
26th Oct 2010 11:31
Mobile payments group Bango has announced that it expect profits for the year ending 31 March 2011 to be below current market consensus. While numbers in the first half were in line with expectations, the profits downgrade is due to agreements between Bango and existing customers taking longer than
Read moreSunday tips round-up: Ryanair, Cranswick, Ocado
18th Jul 2010 11:46
Shares in low-cost carrier Ryanair have flown back to the level they were at before the volcanic ash cloud disrupted flights and caused the sector to plunge in May. The company's long-term prospects justify this re-rating. Trading on a March 2011 earnings multiple of 15.9 times falling to 11.7 next
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Plant Health Care Down On Profit Warning
16th Jun 2010 16:00
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps PLANT HEALTH CARE PLC (PHC.LN), a crop technology company, Wednesday said it cut its pretax profit forecast for the year after sales of its Harpin produc
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Coal of Africa To Raise GBP55M
16th Jun 2010 12:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps COAL OF AFRICA LTD (CZA.LN), an exploration company, said Wednesday it plans to raise up to GBP55 million through placing up to 50 million new shares, re
Read moreSmall caps round-up: African Aura, Liontrust, Cyan...
16th Jun 2010 11:31
African Aura Mining's New Liberty gold deposit in western Liberia is estimated to contain a measured and indicated resource of 1.38m ounces of gold at a grade of 3.18 grammes per tonne. "The holes being announced today, which conclude the results from the initial drilling campaign, have returned so
Read moreUPDATE: Bango Sees FY11 Revenue Surge, Long-Term Profit
16th Jun 2010 11:01
(Adds executive comment.) By Hannah Benjamin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Mobile web payment services provider Bango PLC (BGO.LN) Wednesday said it expects fiscal 2011 revenue to top GBP50 million as it expands its services and gains more clients, and to remain profitable i
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Internet Dating Firm To List On AIM
16th Jun 2010 09:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps EASYDATE PLC, an Edinburgh-based internet-dating company, Wednesday said it plans to list on London's Alternative Investment Market at the end of June.
Read moreBango Narrows FY10 Pretax Loss; Sees Growth From Applications
16th Jun 2010 07:35
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Software company Bango PLC (BGO.LN) Wednesday posted a narrowed full-year pretax loss as it won more business with larger clients, and it expects continued revenue growth in the current fiscal year. Bango, whose technology enables firms to collect payment for services sold to
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Baobab Resources, Idatech, Bango...
20th Apr 2010 08:45
Shares in Baobab Resources jumped after the Mozambique-focused metals explorer said it intersected 'significant widths' of magnetite-ilmenite mineralisation at the Chimbala prospect in the Tete region of the country. Fuel cell system firm IdaTech expects revenues for 2010 to be lower than expectati
Read moreLondon close: Modest gains for FTSE 100
11th Dec 2009 16:55
Footsie finished the week with modest gains as miners rallied following strong economic data from China. Industrial production growth in China rose again in November to hit 19.1% year-on-year. It is fastest pace of growth in industrial production since June 2007. In UK economic news, factory ga
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