UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Antisoma To Return Cash If Programs Fail

29th 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 ANTISOMA PLC (ASM.LN), a biotechnology company, said it will return any cash it has left to shareholders if its two lead drug programs fail clinical tria

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Connaught Secures GBP15M Overdraft

29th 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 CONNAUGHT PLC (CNT.LN) Thursday said it has agreed terms on a GBP15 million short-term overdraft with its lenders, as well as the deferral of interest an

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Trinity Mirror 1H Pretax Profit Soars On Cost Cuts, Stable Sales

29th Jul 2010 08:02

LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror PLC (TNI.LN) Thursday posted a jump in first-half pretax profit as it benefited from cost cuts and said it is optimistic about full-year prospects based on more cost-savings and stablizing revenue. The publisher of titles such as the Da

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MARKET TALK: Panmure Ups Trinity Mirror To Buy

16th Jul 2010 10:10

0910 GMT [Dow Jones] Panmure Gordon upgrades Trinity Mirror (TNI.LN) to buy from hold and target to 115p from 105p on the back of the significant share price collapse in recent months. Believes the stock is priced for massive downgrades across the market, but Panmure is broadly satisfied on near-ter

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UK MARKET TALK ROUNDUP: SHARES LOSING

16th Jul 2010 10:10

Stocks on the fall in the UK today. Compiled by Dow Jones Newswires Markets Desk, [email protected] Contact us in London. +44-20-7842-9464 [email protected] 0910 GMT [Dow Jones] Panmure Gordon upgrades Trinity Mirror (TNI.LN) to buy from hold and target to 115p from 105p on the

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Rivals Cast Eye Over Daily Mail Regional Titles- Newspaper

11th Jul 2010 13:08

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Daily Mail & General Trust PLC (DMGT.LN) has drawn up detailed plans to jettison its local newspaper arm, Northcliffe, owner of the Leicester Mercury and Bristol Evening Post, U.K. newspaper The Times reported Sunday. Talks have been held to offload Northcliffe into Johnston

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World Cup Court Adjourns Case Against UK Reporter Until July 7

30th Jun 2010 09:28

CAPE TOWN (AFP)--Magistrates in South Africa Wednesday adjourned a case against a U.K. journalist who is facing charges that he harbored a fan who intruded into the England team's dressing room. Proceedings against Simon Wright, a reporter for the London-based Sunday Mirror, were put back until

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England Fan Pleads Guilty, Fined Over World Cup Intrusion

30th Jun 2010 08:40

CAPE TOWN (AFP)--A soccer fan who berated England's World Cup team after intruding into their locker room has been fined after admitting being in an area without authorization, a court heard Wednesday. Pavlos Joseph, from London, paid a fine of around $100 Tuesday, his lawyer told a hearing of a

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UPDATE: UK Newspaper Defends Journalist Held In South Africa

29th Jun 2010 11:54

(Adds denial of orchestration claim.) LONDON (AFP)--U.K. newspaper group Trinity Mirror PLC (TNI.LN) defended Tuesday one of its journalists arrested in South Africa over a fan's incursion into England's World Cup locker room, saying he did nothing wrong. South African police said they had a

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UK Newspaper Defends Journalist Arrested In South Africa

29th Jun 2010 10:42

LONDON (AFP)--U.K. newspaper group Trinity Mirror PLC (TNI.LN) defended Tuesday one of their journalists arrested in South Africa over a fan's incursion into England's World Cup locker room, saying he did nothing wrong. South African police said they had arrested Simon Wright on suspicion of har

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Non-exec's firm cashes in at Lancashire

28th Jun 2010 16:33

Lancashire Holdings non-executive director Barry Volpert is chief executive of private equity firm Crestview, which has raised more than £4.7m from the sale of shares in the property, aviation and marine insurer. The share prices of the five separate disposals varied from 497p to just over 500p. C

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UK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: UK Govt To Launch GBP37.5M Growth Fund

22nd 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 THE U.K. government announced Tuesday in its emergency budget it will launch an Enterprise Capital Fund to support fast-growing small businesses. The

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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

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Trinity Mirror Says It Won't Cut Daily Mirror Cover Price

22nd Jun 2010 11:39

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror PLC (TNI.LN) said Tuesday it isn't going to follow the lead of a rival and cut the price of its flagship U.K. national, the Daily Mirror. The company, which also publishes weekend titles the Sunday Mirror and The People, said the decision by

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Broker tips: National Express, Trinity Mirror, Xchanging

21st Jun 2010 12:51

The recovery at bus and rail firm National Express may be subject to delays, management said in an investor presentation posted on the company web site. It is a view that chimes with broker KBC Peel Hunt's verdict on the company. "The presentation introduces clear time indications for strategic act

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