London close: Miners get a hammering
23rd Nov 2010 16:57
Footsie staved off a triple-digit fall by less than half a point as worries over the situation in Korea and the prospect of other European countries joining Ireland in the queue for a bail-out nagged away at investors all day. Asia-focused bank Standard Chartered was hit by worries over the exch
Read moreLondon afternoon: TUI bid rumour revived
23rd Nov 2010 14:11
With the Dow Jones index expected to register a triple-digit fall when Wall Street opens, sentiment in London has dipped further. Fears of debt contagion in the euro-zone are pushing the banks down, with Barclays, Standard Chartered and Lloyds Banking the hardest hit. Royal Bank of Scotland defies
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Intellego, Goldplat. Shanta ...
23rd Nov 2010 08:23
Shares in Intellego jumped after the training consultancy group said it had made a good start with its trial programme providing financial services products to a high street bank and other financial services groups. The company said the strong start should achieve its minimum sales target of £500,0
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Abbeycrest, City of London Investment, Impax...
25th Oct 2010 17:26
Jewellery maker Abbeycrest has swung to a pre-tax loss of £0.46m for the half year from a pre-tax profit of £1.26m last year. For the six months ended 31 August 2010, group revenue increased by 5% to £18.8m from £17.9m previously. However, this was largely due to the effect of the rising gold price
Read moreSunday tips round-up: Ryanair, Red Rock, HSBC Infra...
26th Sep 2010 12:34
The Telegraph says Michael O'Leary, Ryanair's chief executive, certainly knows how to milk publicity - but he also knows how to run a low-cost airline too. At last week's AGM, Ryanair confirmed that everything was on track in the current year. Mr O'Leary said he was comfortable with guidance of a n
Read moreSmall caps: Allergy Therapeutics, Goldplat, Avacta
20th Sep 2010 14:41
Hay fever treatment specialist Allergy Therapeutics posted an operating profit for the year to June of £1.5m (2009: loss £5.1m) and cut losses to £116,000 from £11.4m. "On the regulatory front, the submission in March 2009 of Pollinex Quattro Grass, our ultra-short course four injection grass alle
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Mwana Africa, Goldplat, Roxi...
10th Aug 2010 10:34
Ambrian has started coverage of pan-African resources firm Mwana Africa with a 'buy' stance and risked net asset value of 30p a share. That follows an audited resource and reserve that the company says confirms the economic viability of its plan to restart the Trojan mine. Now that the report is c
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Intandem Films Eyes Distribution Market
22nd Jul 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 INTANDEM FILMS PLC (IFM.LN), a film production company, Thursday said it is eyeing a move in to the distribution market and could make its first inroads
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Intl Personal Finance Eyes Bond Issue
22nd Jul 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 INTERNATIONAL PERSONAL FINANCE PLC (IPF.LN), a door-to-door lender, hopes to raise between EUR200 million and EUR300 million on the public bond market in
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP:Uniq Mulls Capital Increase To Fix Pension
22nd Jul 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 UNIQ PLC (UNIQ.LN), a maker of chilled convenience food and sandwiches, Thursday said it will consider raising capital if it can't reach a deal to plug a
Read moreGoldplat Gets Approval For Mining Lease In Kenya
22nd Jul 2010 07:34
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Goldplat PLC (GDP.LN), a gold producer, said Thursday the Commissioner of Mines and Geology in Kenya has confirmed that all the relevant documentation required for a Mining Lease to be granted for the company's operations at the Kilimapesa Hill gold mining project has been approv
Read moreNew McBride boss buys
13th May 2010 15:57
McBride's new chief executive Christopher Bull has invested nearly £170,000 in buying an initial stake in the private label household products manufacturer. Bull has bought 90,000 shares at an average price of 188.19p a share one week after he took over as chief executive. Bull was previously chi
Read moreGoldplat profits slip
23rd Feb 2010 15:05
Gold miner Goldplat blamed a slight fall in profits in the six months to December 31 on 'sharp movements in exchange rates'. Pre-tax profits fell to £1.15m from £1.2m over the same period the previous year as revenues climbed to £5.4m from £5.2m.
Read moreReed's Prozes in the money
27th May 2009 17:09
Reed Elsevier director and boss of the firm's LexisNexis business, Andrew Prozes, has pocketed over £400,000 from share sales. Prozes sold 10,600 Reed Elsevier American Depository Receipts (ADRs), equal to 42,400 ordinary shares, at $32.33 each. He also offloaded 14,600 Reed Elsevier NV ADRs, equi
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