Getbusy: Productivity software firm’s shares sink as growth slows September 3, 2024 Shares in productivity software provider Getbusy plunged nearly 11 per cent on Tuesday morning after it disappointed investors with its half-year results. Annual recurring revenue (ARR) grew less than £1m in the first six months of 2024 to £21m and net cash tumbled to £0.2m, down from £1.7 last year, which Getbusy said reflected “a [...]
Ashtead Technology posts ‘record’ half year as it eyes more deals September 2, 2024 Ashtead Technology said it achieved a “record” performance in the first half of the year as it looks to build out its merger and acquisition (M&A) pipeline. In the six months ended 30 June 2024, the subsea equipment rental and provider for the offshore energy industry posted a 61 per cent year-on-year increase in revenue [...]
Biotech firm Reneuron becomes latest to quit AIM as it battles for survival August 30, 2024 Biotech firm Reneuron Group has become the latest company to exit from the London Stock Exchange’s AIM as it continues to fight for its life after entering administration. The Welsh company, which was first floated on London’s junior market in 2005, said it did not believe it would be able to raise enough funds to [...]
Frenkel Topping warns of lower earnings in second half August 29, 2024 Frenkel Topping, the specialist professional services firm, has reported a rise in revenue in the first half of the year but warned that earnings are trading behind management’s expectations. In the six months ended 30 June 2024, Frenkel Topping posted £17.9m in revenue, a 12 per cent increase on the previous year’s £16m. Its gross profit also jumped five [...]
Octopus quietly pumps £25m into ‘mispriced’ AIM market August 29, 2024 Octopus Group has quietly pumped £25m of its own cash into London’s beleaguered AIM market in a bid to take advantage of “mispriced” smaller companies, it has been revealed.
Cambria Africa eyes AIM delisting as it plots liquidation of assets August 27, 2024 Cambria Africa, a holding company with investments in Zimbabwe, has announced plans to delist its shares from London’s AIM market. The company’s shares have been suspended from trading since March following its failure to release its financial results for the year ending August 2023 and for the six months ending February 2024. The long-awaited financial [...]
Eckoh: Payments software firm discloses bid from private equity firm August 22, 2024 Payments software firm Eckoh is set to become the latest firm to leave the Aim market, after it announced it had received an offer from an unnamed private equity firm. The offer, which valued Eckoh at 54 p per share and was “highly conditional” and “non-binding”, follows a lengthy hunt for a suitor from the [...]
Watkin Jones: Property developer lowers profit guidance warning of ‘slow’ outlook August 21, 2024 Property developer Watkin Jones has warned investors that a “slower than expected” summer market and “uncertainty” over the pace of interest rate cuts will weigh on its full year results, as it lowered profit guidance. In a trading update, the Aim-listed firm, which in its half-year results in May returned to profit thanks to a [...]
Gran Tierra Energy pounces on i3 Energy in £175m deal August 20, 2024 Oil producer Gran Tierra Energy has announced a £175m deal to acquire its London-listed peer i3 Energy. Under the terms of the deal, which was announced in the early hours of this morning, Gran Tierra said it would offer one new Gran Tierra share for every 207 i3 Energy shares held as well as 10.43p [...]
Glass half empty: Distil searches for a loan as spirits firm’s revenue halves August 14, 2024 Spirits firm Distil has reported a steep drop in revenue in light of inflation, cost-of-living pressures and a significant hike in alcohol duty. The AIM-listed firm, which owns brands including RedLeg Spiced Rum, Blackwoods Gin and Vodka and Blavod Vodka, said that revenue fell by 55 per cent in the four months covering April-June this [...]