UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Easydate Fancies GBP10M IPO Raising
22nd 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 EASYDATE PLC, an Edinburgh-based internet-dating company, Tuesday said it plans to raise GBP10 million when it lists on London's Alternative Investment M
Read moreLondon midday: Budget casts shadow over Footsie
22nd Jun 2010 12:04
Footsie is lower ahead of today's emergency Budget with markets uneasy given the tough rhetoric beforehand from chancellor George Osborne. The sentiment boost enjoyed yesterday following the announcement that China is to stop pegging its currency to the US dollar has worn off, as can be seen by the
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Halma Returns To Acquisition Trail
22nd 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 HALMA PLC (HLMA.LN) Tuesday said it is back on the acquisition trail after sales growth in Asia and savings from layoffs drove a 12% rise in fiscal-year
Read moreLondon open: Lower ahead of Budget
22nd Jun 2010 08:46
Footsie has opened lower ahead of the coalition government's eagerly awaited emergency budget, which will be revealed around lunchtime. Chancellor George Osborne has been vocal about making Britain competitive by cutting corporation tax so that big businesses find it worthwhile to come to the coun
Read moreMolins issues profit warning
22nd Jun 2010 08:33
Shares in cigarette vending machine maker Molins went up in smoke after it issued a profit warning. Molins' shares skidded 16% after it warned its full year performance was now lower than previously thought as orders were delayed or cancelled and as it counted rising costs at its Packaging Machiner
Read moreMolins Lowers 2010 Earnings Expectations On Weak Sales, Costs
22nd Jun 2010 07:39
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Packaging machine maker Molins PLC (MLIN.LN) Tuesday said it lowered its own earnings expectations for 2010 due to weak orders and extra costs. Molins, which makes machines used to package food and other consumer goods, as well as special machines used by the tobacco industry
Read moreMolins directors buy first shares
6th May 2010 16:41
Three of the five directors of Molins, including the capital equipment supplier's chief executive, have acquired 20,000 shares each. Chief executive Dick Hunter and non-executive directors John Allkins and Andrew Cripps have each paid 67.5p a share, which makes their individual investments £13,500
Read moreSmall caps: Invista Real, Ricardo, Worthington...
26th Feb 2010 11:52
Invista Real Estate generated profit before taxation, for the year ending 31 December 2009, was £10m (2008: loss £3.7m). Total revenue fell by 25% to £34.4m from £45.6m in 2008, the fall being heavily influenced by lower management fees as a result of lower average assets under management during
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Molins, Abbeycrest, Agriterra, Chamberlin
23rd Oct 2009 14:13
Cigarette vending machine maker Molins does not seem to be suffering unduly from the effects of the smoking ban in the UK, with trading since the company's interim results announcement in late August remaining in line with expectations. Performance in the Tobacco Machinery and Scientific Services d
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