Flying Brands inks cirrhosis biomarker deal with University of Alabama
27th Sep 2018 08:17
(Sharecast News) - Flying Brands has been awarded a development contract by the University of Alabama to develop a biomarker derived from routine computed tomographic images.
Read moreFlying Brands taps David Smith to head up operating businesses
6th Aug 2018 10:30
(Sharecast News) - Flying Brands has added David Smith to its board to take on the roles of chief operating officer and chief executive of its two operating businesses, StoneChecker Software and Imaging Biometrics, with immediate effect.
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Nexus, Cyan, Flying Brands
21st Feb 2012 10:26
Information technology service provider Nexus Management said its US division produced a better than expected performance in 2011, while the group as a whole has got off to a reasonable start in the current financial year. Revenue in the year to September 30th edged up to £5.90m from £5.85m the yea
Read moreFlying Brands' car boot sale continues
20th Dec 2011 12:38
Mail order gardening, gift and audio book retailer Flying Brands dragged itself away from a place adjacent to its 52-week low after the hard-pressed firm said has had a number of approaches from parties interested in buying some of the company's businesses. The share price shot up to 10.5p from 7.7
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Ricardo, Aggreko, Reed Elsevier
27th Sep 2011 06:48
Ricardo has never been busier turning out the sort of supercars that would seem to be out of the price range of anyone barring investment bankers and Russian oligarchs. The company's performance products division, which is the part of Ricardo that actually makes things as opposed to advising how to,
Read moreLondon close: Buoyant RBS, Barclays and Lloyds boost FTSE 100
23rd Sep 2011 16:38
Stocks rediscovered their earlier strength, but only after tumbling below the 5,000 point mark on another volatile day for the leading share index. Banks were prominent among the risers, with Barclays, Lloyds and RBS posting decent gains, after talk of a 50 basis point cut in European Central Bank
Read moreLondon midday: FTSE 100 below 5,000 points
23rd Sep 2011 12:04
This morning's rally is a distant memory now with stocks tumbling below the 5,000 point mark as nerves set in again. Miners are prominent in the firing line as metals prices slide, with Xstrata and Kazakhmys sharply lower. Gold miner Centamin Egypt is also suffering big losses. Copper fell by 7%.
Read moreLondon open: Lloyds, RBS and Barclays lead rally
23rd Sep 2011 08:14
Shares have staged an impressive rally after yesterday's slide, with banking trip Lloyds, RBS and Barclays setting the pace in the FTSE 100. They are joined higher by private equity investor 3i, which warned that falling stock markets will lead to an inevitable fall in the value of its portfolio at
Read moreFlying Brands in talks as trading deteriorates
23rd Sep 2011 08:06
Mail order gardening, gift and audiobook retailer Flying Brands is in negotiations to sell property assets to avoid breaching its banking covenants following a sharp deterioration in trading. "We are nearing the end of our Autumn selling season in Gardening Direct and the performance of the busines
Read moreFlying Brands plummets after 2011 guidance
13th Apr 2011 12:50
Shares in flowers and gifts retailer Flying Brands dropped by almost a fifth after the group revealed that 2011 profits will be below expectations. Like-for-like orders for in the year to date after 20% below last year, primarily as a result of weak consumer confidence and increasing competition at
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Flying Brands, President Petroleum, Densitron...
10th Mar 2011 14:48
Retailer Flying Brands blamed winter weather, a drop in profits at the garden business and bigger losses at the gifts unit for a plunge in profit during 2010. The garden division saw profits fall to £1.34m from £1.81m, while the gifts business lost £0.81m compared with £0.21m a year ago. Winter wea
Read moreFlying Brands downed by winter chill
14th Jan 2011 13:25
Flying Brands joined the list of retailers bemoaning December's bad weather, as it warned that full year profits will be materially below market expectations. Sales in the fourth quarter totalled £6.4m, up from £5.7m in the final quarter of 2009, but like for like sales were down at £5.0m from £5.
Read moreLondon close: Footsie struggles
26th Oct 2010 16:24
Investors pocketed gains after an impressive autumn rally, though the decision was made easier by some disappointing corporate news, weak miners and negative broker comment on the insurance sector. The top 100 index fell back sharply from six-month highs, dropping below 5,680 at one point although
Read moreLondon afternoon: Bleak mid-winter for Cairn
26th Oct 2010 14:27
With Wall Street tipped to open lower London's leading shares fell back further over the lunch time period, resulting in the Footsie subsiding below 5700. Cairn Energy tops the list of fallers after it failed to find a commercial discovery at either the T8-1 or T4-1 wells offshore Greenland. The c
Read moreFlying Brands Q3 sales pick up
26th Oct 2010 08:56
Flowers and gifts retailer Flying Brands delivered a 12% hike in third quarter sales, helped by strong web sales, but warned that it continued to experience difficult trading conditions in its core bedding plants business. The group said it expected its unit Flowers Direct to post a small loss in
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