Small caps round-up: Coastal Energy, Oxford Instruments, Byotrol...
16th Nov 2010 12:34
Coastal Energy Company is bucking the market trend, up sharply on news of a find at the Songkhla A-09 well in the Gulf of Thailand and the resumption of production at pre-shutdown levels of 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd) following a weather delay. The latest discovery is similar to the A-08 w
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: President Petroleum Co Ups Reserves
2nd Aug 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 PRESIDENT PETROLEUM CO. PLC (PPC.LN), an oil and gas explorer, Monday increased its reserves in the U.S. more than four-fold to 12.9 million barrels of o
Read moreTough half for Management Consulting
2nd Aug 2010 15:41
Management Consulting, the holding company focused on consultant and professional services offerings, saw an improvement in underlying interim operating profit despite a 15% slide in revenue. Revenue in the first half of 2010 tumbled to £131.3m from £155.1m the year before, while underlying operati
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Management Consulting Sees More Debt Cut In 2H
2nd Aug 2010 12:29
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 MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GROUP PLC's (MMC.LN) net debt is expected to fall by as much as 20% in the second half, Finance Director Craig Smith said Monday, a
Read moreINTERVIEW: Management Consulting Grp Debt To Fall Further In 2H
2nd Aug 2010 09:43
By Rachael Gormley Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Professional services group Management Consulting Group PLC's (MMC.LN) net debt is expected to fall by as much as 20% in the second half, Finance Director Craig Smith said Monday, after strong collections of payments helped cut its
Read moreManagement Consulting 1H Pretax Profit GBP9.29M Vs GBP2.18M
2nd Aug 2010 07:54
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Management Consulting Group PLC (MMC.LN), a global professional services group, announced Monday it made a pretax profit of GBP9.29 million for the half year ended June 30, compared with GBP2.18 million. MAIN FACTS: -Revenue down 15% on last year to GBP131.3 million (2009
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Resaca Exploration Shelves Share Sale
30th Jun 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 RESACA EXPLOITATION INC. (RSOX.LN), an oil and gas company, said Wednesday it postponed a planned share issue due to market conditions. Resaca planne
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: HMV Strategy On Track Amid Record Sales
30th 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 HMV GROUP PLC (HMV.LN) Wednesday said its strategy of diversifying its business away from CDs and DVDs remains on track, although the CD market didn't de
Read moreManagement Consulting Group: Tough Trading Easing On Year
30th Jun 2010 08:33
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Professional services group Management Consulting Group PLC (MMC.LN) Wednesday said the trading climate has eased from the extremely difficult conditions last summer. The group's Alexander Proudfoot unit--which offers services to companies to improve efficiencies and cut cos
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Central African Gold Holders Sell Stakes
17th Jun 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 CENTRAL AFRICAN GOLD PLC's (CAN.LN) shares soared Thursday after the gold mining and exploration company's three largest shareholders sold their stakes t
Read moreLondon close:Equities advance on broad front
20th Apr 2010 17:11
London brought its two day losing streak to an end today, despite a mixed reception to the day's major company announcements and a disappointing set of inflation figures. A sharp rise in fuel costs was responsible for much of the acceleration in the inflation rate, which climbed to 3.4% from 3% in
Read moreImprovement continues at Management Consulting
20th Apr 2010 16:27
Management Consulting Group says that trading conditions remain better so far this year but some projects are taking longer to come through. The company says that the trading outlook for 2010 is the same as at the time of the 2009 results announcement. At that time, the business was showing encour
Read moreSmall caps round-up: DM, China Goldmines, Management Consulting ...
8th Mar 2010 08:12
Scratch card and direct marketing firm DM posted record turnover and higher profits in the year to December 31 as it integrated two acquisitions. Turnover climbed by 40% from the previous year to £25.59m, while profit after tax 11% to £3.48m. 'Our strategy of making acquisitions, on favourable term
Read moreLondon close: US economic data hits Footsie
30th Jun 2009 16:26
It looked like another flat day for the FTSE 100 heading into the second half of the year until shares took a sharp dive following some unappetizing economic date in the US. The US Conference Board's index of consumer sentiment fell to 49.3 in June, down from a revised 54.8 in May. Economists had b
Read moreLondon afternoon: Prices drift lower
30th Jun 2009 15:24
London continues to sleepwalk to the end of the month, with prices drifting lower in light trading after Wall Street opened in negative territory. With the oil futures contract edging steadily higher, heavy fuel users such as airline British Airways and cruise operator Carnival are on the slide. I
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