Small caps round-up: Northern Bear, Airsprung, Pursuit Dynamics...
29th Jun 2010 11:03
Support services group Northern Bear stretched its strong run Tuesday after claiming a good start to the new financial year, with its order book and pipeline well up on a year ago. "The board is pleased to announce that the new financial year has started well, with strong order books and a healthy
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP:Salamander Energy Abandons Dry Vietnam Well
29th 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 SALAMANDER ENERGY PLC (SMDR.LN) said it has plugged and abandoned the Tom Su Lua-1X exploration well offshore Vietnam after it turned out to be dry.
Read moreBritish Polythene Industries First Half Hit By Polymer Costs
29th Jun 2010 07:35
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Polythene products company British Polythene Industries PLC (BPI.LN) Tuesday said first-half earnings will be lower than a year earlier due to a rise in raw material costs and weak demand for its silage products. The company said trading continues to be challenging. It said p
Read moreBritish Polythene Completes Sale Of Stockton On Tees For GBP6M
22nd Jun 2010 10:02
LONDON (Dow Jones)--British Polythene Industries PLC (BPI.LN) said Tuesday it completed the sale of its Stockton on Tees site for a cash consideration of GBP6M. MAIN FACTS: -The property had a book value of GBP2.35M and a gain on sale (after disposal costs) of around GBP3.5M will be included
Read moreCapital and Counties bosses lay foundations
14th May 2010 16:29
Bosses at Capital and Counties Properties have been opening their accounts in the real estate firm following its demerger from the property giant Liberty International. Chairman Ian Durant bought 122,347 shares at 1,21.7p a share, paying a total of £148,884, while chief executive Ian Hawksworth, to
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Boomerang , Galleon, Eruma,...
13th May 2010 12:36
TV programme maker Boomerang has "reduced materially its expectations" for the year to May after a number of contracts started late. These contracts will now be recognised in the year ending 31 May 2011. In addition, benefits expected from the accelerated investment into programme development have
Read moreBeard increases Huntsworth stake
30th Dec 2009 14:32
Non-executive director Eugene Beard has added to his holding in marketing communications firm Huntsworth Group. He invested £31,200 in 50,000 Huntsworth shares. This takes his stake to 625,000 shares. Beard invested nearly £24,000 in June, when he added 61,376 shares to his shareholding. Beard is
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Solo Oil, British Polythene, Antrim Energy...
16th Nov 2009 10:26
Solo Oil lost almost a quarter of its value after it announced plans to raise £6.4m and said it has signed a farm-out agreement with Aminex to earn a 12.5% interest in the Likonde-1 well in Tanzania. The group has placed a total of 1,280,000,000 new ordinary shares at a placing price of 0.5 pence e
Read moreBritish Polythene sees better profits
1st Jul 2009 12:00
Heavy plastics maker British Polythene said profits will be comfortably ahead of its previous expectations despite absorbing £2m of restructuring costs. The group said this has been achieved despite lower overall volumes and a difficult trading environment due to stable input costs, a reduced cost
Read moreSector movers: General industrials advance
14th May 2009 12:40
Heavy plastics maker British Polythene leads the general industrials sector higher after saying it anticipates that results for the first six months will be ahead of the same period last year. In the same sector, Cookson is higher even though the ceramics group saw revenues plunge by a third in the
Read moreBritish Polythene sees better results
14th May 2009 12:06
Heavy plastics maker British Polythene anticipates that results for the first six months will be ahead of the same period last year. "This outcome is despite reduced demand and a difficult credit environment and has benefited from actions taken to align capacity with demand," said the group. Inp
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