AIM-listed companies stall on gender diversity February 11, 2025 AIM-listed companies have been accused of having their “head in the sand” when it comes to ensuring gender diversity on company boards after new research revealed representation to have stalled. The number of women holding directorships in AIM companies remained at one in six over the last year, according to an annual gender diversity report [...]
AIM and Aquis: London’s junior stock markets under threat without ‘urgent action’ from Reeves January 30, 2025 The government must take “urgent action” to revive London’s junior stock markets AIM and Aquis or risk more firms flooding overseas this year, a top City group has warned. In a new report today, The City UK, a trade body representing the UK’s financial services sector, called on the Chancellor Rachel Reeves and financial regulators [...]
Victorian Plumbing billionaire in line for huge pay day after bonus boost January 22, 2025 The billionaire founder and chief executive of Victorian Plumbing is in line for a huge pay day after his company decided to up his salary and potential bonus. The London AIM-listed company’s remuneration committee has decided to increase Mark Radcliffe’s base salary from £250,000 to £400,000 from 1 April, 2025. The committee has also increased [...]
Brooks Macdonald to move off AIM as firm eyes further growth January 15, 2025 Brooks Macdonald is set to ditch AIM for the London Stock Exchange’s main market as the asset manager looks to enhance its profile and drive growth. In a trading update, the asset manager said that the move would enhance its “corporate profile,” as well as extend the “opportunity to own its ordinary shares to a [...]
AIM: IPOs on London’s junior market stayed at rock bottom January 10, 2025 The number of IPOs on AIM has continued at its record low numbers in 2024, sailing below the level of the financial crisis. IPOs on London’s junior stock market totalled just 11 last year, the same number as in 2023 and below the 13 recorded during the 2008 financial crisis. While the amount of money [...]
AIM-pocalypse: Number of £1bn firms on junior market falls to nine-year low January 6, 2025 Only six companies listed on London’s junior market AIM are worth more than £1bn, the lowest level for the exchange in nine years. The number of companies worth over £1bn has dropped by 80 per cent since the start of 2022 and almost halved over the last year, according to data from the London Stock [...]
Equals finally strikes £283m takeover deal with Lord Hammond-led group December 11, 2024 Equals Group is set to merge with the payments firm chaired by Lord Hammond after striking a £283m takeover deal today, potentially drawing a line under a protracted period of talks that has dragged on for more than a year. The Aim-listed payments outfit, which first addressed a potential takeover by a separate group of [...]
Revolut, Interactive Investor and Abcam: Britain’s venture capital success stories December 6, 2024 This week, Revolut made headlines when it emerged that early investors in the fintech had been offered an opportunity to cash out with returns of up to 400 times their initial investment. The news arrived in the same week venture capital trusts celebrated their 30th anniversary of backing British startups. Revolut used crowdfunding rather than [...]
UK companies are struggling to keep up with peers on growth November 28, 2024 UK companies are failing to keep up with international peers on sustained growth, data from Panmure Liberum has revealed. While practically all companies manage to create strong growth on occasional years, few companies have managed to keep growth going every year, noted Joachim Klement, investment strategist at Panmure Liberum. The longest streak on record for [...]
Cosy Club owner Loungers snapped up by Fortress for £338m November 28, 2024 Fortress will offer 310p per share, which is a 30 per cent premium to Loungers' closing price yesterday and above its highest ever trading price.