Small caps round-up: Ceres Power, Empyrean, Fortune Oil...
25th Mar 2010 12:33
Ceres Power's interim loss grew to £5.9m from £3.3m a year earlier as revenue slumped 39%, blamed on the £2m Alpha milestone completion payment from British Gas last June being recognised as revenue when earned, based on costs incurred over the Beta and Gamma phases. Brian Count, chairman of the UK
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Sportech, Liontrust, DQ...
25th Mar 2010 12:11
Losses rose at football pools group Sportech last year after heavy asset write-downs and gross win falling 10% to £64.6m. Pre-tax losses in 2009 were £17m after £25m of one-offs. Underlying operating profits fell to £19.5m from £22.6m. "That the decline in profitability is due, primarily, to our co
Read moreSmall cap round up: Avesco, Geopark, DQ Entertainment.....
12th Mar 2010 12:01
Shares in Avesco ticked up after the provider of technical support for broadcasting and entertainment events said it had a successful Winter Olympics at Vancouver. 'With contracts in place over the summer for the FIFA World Cup and the World Expo in Shanghai, the Avesco group expects to trade profi
Read moreSmall caps round-up: DQ Entertainment, Energetix...
22nd Dec 2009 08:11
Gaming animation and entertainment group DQE posted flat revenues in the year to September 30 amid tough economic conditions but posted a sharp rise in pre-tax profits. Profit before tax rose to $1.1m from $400,000 the previous year as revenues stayed flat at $14.4m. DQE licenses and distributes c
Read moreSector movers: RBS drags leads banks lower
8th Dec 2009 14:55
Royal Bank of Scotland is leading the banking sector lower. Trading in the state-controlled bank briefly stopped trading and it went into 'auction' as the price tumbled below 30p, though it has since recovered a little. The auction process is used when a company's share price falls, or rises too q
Read moreDQE agrees Jungle Book deal with ABC
8th Dec 2009 14:36
DQE, the AIM listed animation, gaming and entertainment group, has won an exclusive deal with Australian Broadcasting Corporation for the broadcasting of 52 episodes of the animated series of 'The Jungle Book' and a 60 minute TV Feature. This agreement will allow ABC TV exclusive broadcasting righ
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Planet Payment, Alphameric, Fulcrum Pharma....
12th Nov 2009 14:56
Planet Payment Inc is on course to generate cash from operations in the second half of 2009. The fourth quarter tends to be strongest for the multicurrency payments processor because it encompasses the Christmas period. Third quarter revenues rose 16% to $11.75m and the pre-tax loss was reduced by m
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Filtronic, EMED, Coe Group ...
27th Jul 2009 08:31
Telecommunications technology group Filtronic saw a sharp fall in revenues in the year to May 31 as demand slumped. Revenue from continuing operations fell to £28.8m from £40.1m, but the group posted a pre-tax profit. However, the group moved into a pre-tax profit of £2.3m from a loss of £16.2m
Read moreSmall caps round-up: DQE, Mountfield, Ariana Resources ...
29th Jun 2009 08:41
DQ Entertainment and its affiliates are to work on developing an animated TV series based on Lassie, the collie dog character first featured in a film in 1943. DQ's partners include Classic Media, the owner of the Lassie brand, plus DQ Entertainment's affiliate in France and Ireland, M6/France, and
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Formjet, Polo Resources, DQ Entertainment
19th Jun 2009 07:59
Software supplier Formjet has sold its Panda Software (UK) business for up to £1.4m in cash and replaced chief executive Tony Lee with former founder and joint CEO of Oriel Securities, Andrew Monk. The company has also placed 80m shares with Monk at 0.25p each, representing 24.23% of the business,
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Minco, DQ Entertainment, Ark Therapeutics...
18th May 2009 09:59
Shares in Minco surged after the mining firm reported 'excellent' drilling results at its Pallas Green zinc-lead exploration project in Limerick, Ireland. Minco said a hole at the project returned one of the highest zinc and lead assay values received to date. Animation group DQ Entertainment expe
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