New Ilika chairman buys into company

21st Oct 2015 16:08

(ShareCast News) - Ilika's new chairman has fronted up with the cash and bought a stake in the company which he's now leading. Mike Inglis was officially elected to the board of the company on 30 September and appointed non-executive chairman after the retirement of Jack Boyer OBE after 11 years in

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Netcall secures five-year contract worth £1.4m

17th Aug 2015 09:56

(ShareCast News) - Netcall has secured a five-year SaaS contract worth a minimum of £1.4m to provide its Liberty multi-channel contact centre and unified communications solutions. As part of the deal, Netcall will deliver a range of inbound and outbound voice, email and chat applications that use Li

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Netcall rises after upbeat full-year trading update

3rd Aug 2015 11:48

(ShareCast News) - Health software and services provider Netcall jumped 9% on Monday after announcing it expects to report record full-year turnover and earnings. The group said its trading for the year ended 30 June 2015 is expected to have a "satisfactory outcome" also driven by a rise in order in

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Eckoh swings to profit, makes Netcall offer and wins contract with Capita

25th Jun 2015 09:01

Technology group Eckoh swung to an annual pre-tax profit thanks to a sharp rise in revenue. In the year to the end of March, the London-listed group posted a pre-tax profit of £2.1m compared with a £1.4m loss a year earlier, as revenue jumped 22% to £17.2m. The company said it had secured a record

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Netcall signs five-year agreement with Cairn Housing Association

8th Jul 2014 13:27

AIM-listed Netcall has signed a five-year agreement to manage Cairn Housing Association's entire end-to-end customer engagement through its Liberty Platform. Netcall will use its platform to engage customers via email, SMS messaging, web chat and social media. The platform is expected to be able to

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Fusion IP flies as new directors dip in

2nd Apr 2014 15:30

Shares in university intellectual property commercialisation group Frontier IP flew higher on Wednesday after new directors dipped in to buy shares. New James Fish, Finance Director, bought £28,000 worth of shares at 28p per share, while Non-Executive Director Michael Bourne pocketed £49,000 of sha

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Anite directors stock up after profit warning

31st Oct 2013 16:22

Directors at Anite made a round of share purchases on Wednesday, the biggest of which was made by Chairman Clay Brendish and Non-Executive David Hurst-Brown. Brenish acquired 28,250 shares at 91.00p, costing him a total of £25,708, while Hurst-Brown bought up 50,000 shares at 89.50p for a total of

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Netcall hikes dividend following strong half year results

24th Sep 2013 10:07

Software provider Netcall raised its dividend by 40 per cent to 0.7p per share after achieving a hike in earnings for the first half. Pre-tax profit jumped 10% to £2.26m as the software provider achieved strong demand for its products. Revenue was up 10% to £16.1m from the prior year's £14.6m whi

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Netcall rings in 'significant' earnings increase

18th Jul 2013 14:12

Call centre software provider Netcall has ramped up both revenues and earnings during the year to June as customers gained confidence. The company enjoyed an upsurge in its second half which it attributed to a recovery in the private sector and orders for its business process management and softw

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Thursday broker round-up UPDATE

21st Feb 2013 08:02

Aberdeen Asset Management: Citigroup takes target price from 400p to 430p and stays with its neutral rating. Admiral Group: JP Morgan starts with a target price of 1246p and a neutral rating. Anglo American: Jefferies increases target price from 2050p to 2450p and upgrades from hold to buy. Aviva

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Interim pre-tax profit up 46.0 per cent at Netcall

20th Feb 2013 10:38

Pre-tax profit rose 46.0 per cent to 1.34m pounds at AIM-listed customer engagement software provider Netcall for the six months ending December 31st. In its unaudited interim results, the group further reported that group revenue for the year had increased 12% to £8.16m, comprising 6% organic grow

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Netcall maintains double-digit sales growth

22nd Jan 2013 07:23

Help-line queue-busting software provider Netcall said it continued to trade comfortably in line with management expectations throughout the first half of the year as it maintained double digit sales growth. For the six-month period ended December 31st 2012 order inflows remained strong while doubl

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Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

22nd Jan 2013 07:06

Afren: Liberum Capital shifts target price from 120p to 123p staying with its hold recommendation. ASOS: Exane BNP increases target price from 3000p to 3100p and retains an outperform rating. BP: RBC downgrades to sector perform from outperform. Brammer: Peel Hunt moves target price from 300p to

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Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE

21st Nov 2012 07:10

Avocet Mining: Goldman Sachs downgrades from neutral to sell. Barr (AG):Numis upgrades to add with a traget price of 525p. British Land: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 540p to 570p and upgrades to overweight. Jefferies raises target price from 554p to 561p, hold recommendation maintained.

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Netcall rises after strong start to year

25th Sep 2012 09:35

Call centre technology firm Netcall rose strongly after it announced the new financial year had started well, with sales orders significantly up on the previous year. The company reported revenue in the year to the end of June up 7% to £14.6m, with pre-tax profit up 273% to £2.05m as the firm pulle

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