Eckoh: Another AIM exit as private equity firm launches bid October 30, 2024 Payments software firm Eckoh is set to leave the London Stock Exchange’s AIM after it received an offer from private equity firm Bridgepoint. The bid values Eckoh at 54p per share or £169.3m. The price is offered is 15.9 times Eckoh’s adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the year ending March [...]
This will-we, won’t-we budget is causing economic harm October 29, 2024 Watching the will-we, won’t-we budget commentary unfold over the past few months has been painful and has caused significant uncertainty across the market. Not to mention that delaying the budget to October following the July election was a misstep, it has resulted in drawn-out public scrutiny of the multitude of possible tax changes on the [...]
AIM listings hit 23-year low amid Budget tax speculation October 28, 2024 The number of AIM companies has fallen below 700 for the first time since 2001, new data has confirmed, as London’s junior market has been battered by speculation that a key tax relief for AIM shares may be scrapped in this week’s Budget. Some 92 companies have delisted from AIM in the past year, with [...]
Franchise Brands mulls move from London’s AIM after chief’s promotion October 23, 2024 Franchise Brands is considering a move from junior market AIM to the main market of the London Stock Exchange following the appointment of a new CEO. The Macclesfield-based £300m company, which has been listed on AIM since 2016, said today that given the “scale and growth ambitions” of the company, it was taking the first [...]
Empresaria shares plummet as staffing firm warns of challenging quarter ahead October 22, 2024 In the third quarter, Empresaria reported that net fee income was down four per cent year-on-year.
‘Incredible undervaluations’: Why this boss thinks the time is right to float on AIM October 22, 2024 A new acquisition vehicle announced plans to float on AIM last week despite a barrage of warnings over its future ahead of the budget. Its boss, Iain McDonald, tells City AM why. In a letter to the City minister, Tulip Siddiq, last month, the boss of the London Stock Exchange had some stark words on [...]
AIM chief: It will be painful, but we’ll survive Reeves’ tax raid October 17, 2024 While scrapping the inheritance tax relief on AIM shares would be "unnecessary and painful", London's junior market will survive if the change is implemented, the exchange's chief has said.
N Brown slams AIM as company set for takeover October 17, 2024 Retailer N Brown is set to be acquired by a company owned by its non-executive director, Joshua Alliance, as it looks to move off AIM. Its share price rose more than 40 per cent after the announcement. N Brown, which owns the brands JD Williams and Simply Be, has said the reduced appetite for UK [...]
AIM: Companies fear generational damage if Reeves scraps tax relief October 17, 2024 London’s markets have become a “burning platform” for smaller companies and the pain will be compounded if the Chancellor scraps inheritance tax relief for shares on London’s AIM exchange, City bosses have warned today. Ahead of the budget on October 30, a group of AIM listed companies and City think tank New Financial have added [...]
Abrdn: UK small companies are cheapest and best-performing stocks in the world October 14, 2024 The UK smaller companies market is both the cheapest and best performing in the world, new research from Abrdn has revealed. The analysis of Britain’s smallest listed businesses comes as speculation over the Budget have left many AIM stocks sliding, thanks to rumours of a proposed repeal of inheritance tax relief on the junior market [...]