Quoted Micro 16 March 2026

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Marula Mining (MARU) is still investigating various sources of additional finance. The directors and related parties are providing funding. An $8m copper concentrate purchase agreement has been secured with a New York company. This covers 2,500 tonnes of copper concentrate each month from the Kinusi copper mine. The 2024 accounts have still […]

Quoted Micro 15 September 2025

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Newbury Racecourse (NYR) increased interim turnover 4% to £9.67m and the loss reduced to £150,000. Hospitality, hotel and nursery revenues all increased. Higher attendances improved core revenues as well. Changes in betting tax rates could hold back racing revenues. ProBiotix Health (PBX) increased interim revenues by one-third to £1.34m. This helped to […]

Ian Pollard – Reckitt Benckiser #RB Impacted By Weak Cold & Flu Season

Reckitt Benckiser Gp RB. The first quarter got off to a slow start but improving growth is seen for  the remainder of the year, particularly in the second half. Like for like full year net revenue target is expected to show growth of 3-4% compared to 1% in the first quarter. The  health business was […]

Ian Pollard – Ferguson #FERG Restructuring for UK After Weak Performance

Ferguson plc FERG Ongoing revenue for the quarter to 31st October.was 5% ahead of last year, including 6.7% organic growth, whilst ongoing trading profit at $432m.  was 9.9% ahead. US business saw organic revenue growth of  9.6% . All the US business units generated organic growth in the quarter  with continued good demand from residential […]

Ian Pollard: Smith & Nephew Impacted By Weak First Quarter

 Smith & Nephew SN has produced a mixed performance for the quarter to the 31st March with revenue rising by 5% including currency benefits of 5%. Softer markets and a slowdown in Bioactives were offset by stronger growth in emerging markets which showed a rise of 15% on a reported basis. The trend is expected […]

Petrofac slashes interim dividend by 42%

Petrofac PFC is slashing its interim dividend by 42% to 12.7 cents compared to last years  22 cents, despite what it claims to be a positive start to the year and a rise in net profit from last years US$12m to US$ 70m. for the half year to 30th June. The company is continuing to […]

More Strong Performances & Growth from British Industry

Costain COST Produced a strong performance in the year to the end of December and is raising the years total dividends by 15%, with a final payment of 8.4%. Annual revenue rose from £1.3b to £1.7b and reported profit before tax was up from £26m to £30.9m. The forward order book stands at record levels.Watch […]

Punch Plays Cards Close To Its Chest

Punch Taverns PUB Todays trading statement for the year to 20th August omits virtually any mention of  its trading statistics  It says it has produced a solid set of results following completion of its strategic disposal programme but fails to back that up with any meaningful figures, save to say that average profit per pub has […]

Record year for Costain vs Stagecoach slowdown

Costain (COST) is raising its final dividend by 16% after  strong trading in 2015  saw underlying operating  profit also up by 16%.  The year ended with a record order book, 11 % up on 2014 and over 90 of which are repeat orders. The share price fell back from its September peak of 395p to […]