Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 10 June 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Proton Partners International Ltd (PPI) has asked Woodford Investment Management to subscribe for £25m worth of shares at 176p a share. This is part of an agreement with Woodford that was outlined in the prospectus and it comes at a time when the fund manager is coming under pressure for poor performance and […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 18 March 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Peel Hunt forecasts a dip in Shepherd Neame (SHEP) pre-tax profit from £11.8m to £11.2m in the year to June 2019. The broker still expects the total dividend to be increased from 29.2p a share to 30p a share. Etaireia Investments (ETIP) has suspended Ian Fellman as a non-executive director pending investigation into […]
Ian Pollard – Clarkson #CKN Challenged By Headwinds
Clarkson plc CKN Despite a challenging start to the year Clarkson produced a robust performance for the year to the end of December.Underlying profit before tax fell by 10% and earnings per share declined from 116p to 105p.The CEO is happy with this as it enables the dividend to be increased by 3% making it […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 17 December 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Ecommerce software provider Netalogue Technologies (NTLP) moved into profit in the first half and had £648,000 in the bank at the end of September 2018. Revenues increased by £168,000 to £647,000, even though subscription-based pricing is reducing the initial revenues from B2B clients. A loss of £60,000 became a pre-tax profit of […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 11 June 2018
NEX EXCHANGE There are eight companies in the running for the NEX Exchange company of the year at the Small Cap Awards. The awards will be held at The Montcalm Hotel, Marble Arch. Kent-based wines maker Chapel Down Group (CDGP) has built up a significant presence in the English wines market. The company has […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 18 December 2017
NEX EXCHANGE Wine and beer maker Chapel Down Group (CDGP) has raised £18.53m at 50p a share and could raise up to £1.47m more via a one-for-35 open offer at the same share price. The latest acceptance date is 5 January. Chapel Down will invest in an additional 500 acres of vineyard land and more […]
Ian Pollard – Ashtead (AHT) to exceed expectations
Ashtead Group AHT is to increase its interim dividend by 16% and will also over the next 18 months, commence a share buy back programme of up to £1bn. The second quarter results showed growth exceeding that achieved in the first quarter and it is expected that full year results will now exceed expectations. For […]
Quoted Micro 20 February 2017
NEX EXCHANGE Forbes Ventures (FOR) has taken a 0.84% stake in potential challenger bank Civilised Investments in return for £200,000 in cash. The cash investment was raised through a placing of shares at 0.5p each with Gravity Investments, which owns 62.1% of Forbes. A further six million shares were issued at the same price to […]