Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 8 March 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Installation services provider and engineer Field Systems Designs Holdings (FSD) reported a dip in interim revenues due to Covid-19 and lack of work in the water sector. In the six months to November 2020, revenues halved from £11.5m to £5.7m and the loss increased to £209,000. Net assets improved from £3.87m to […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 1 March 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Incanthera (INC) says that it is prioritising discussions with two global cosmetic companies as potential partners for Sol, a sun cream that prevents skin cancer. Incanthera is also assessing the potential for using the technology to develop other products. Sativa Wellness (SWEL) plans to raise C$4m through a placing of units at […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 22 February 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE British Honey Company (BHC) is acquiring Union Distillers for an initial £8m in cash and shares. Leicestershire-based Union Distillers has been trading for more than eight years and has its own still and bonded warehouse. There is a range of gins, vodkas, a spiced rum, an absinthe and an espresso vodka liqueur […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 8 February 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Clinical IT developer DXS International (DXSP) is encouraged by the initial results from pilots of the ExpertCare system designed to analyse the electronic records of people with hypertension. DXS is awaiting NHS accreditation. World High Life (LIFE) has appointed Tony Calamita as chief executive. He is a founder of Love Hemp, whose […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 1 February 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Property investment company Ace Liberty and Stone (ALSP) more than doubled its interim profit. In the six months to October 2020, rental income was 7% lower at £3.22m, while pre-tax profit was 121% higher at £674,000. The profit improvement was due to lower interest charges, offset by a £200,000 write down on […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 21 December 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Employee ownership investor and adviser Capital for Colleagues (CFCP) increased its NAV by 21% to 52.69p a share in the year to August 2020. There were realised gains of £307,000 and a £1.35m increase in the fair value of investments. There was cash of £388,000 at the end of August 2020. Management […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 14 December 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Incanthera (INC) says that study results for Sol, a sun cream that prevents skin cancer, have been better than expected. There is significantly greater dermal delivery by Sol compared with four rival products and it was found to be a non-irritant. The cream exceeds bioequivalence compared with oral treatments. A new patent […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 9 November 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Kent-based brewer Shepherd Neame (SHEP) lost £2.9m in the year to June 2020. There was a small operating profit, but this was swamped by interest charges. The loss excludes one-off charges of more than £9m, predominantly relating to the impairment of 26 properties and the cost of unlawful actions by an employee. […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 7 September 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Daniel Thwaites (THW) had net debt of £65.4m at the end of March 2020 and this increased to £71.8m at the end of June following the closure of the company’s pubs and hotels. There is £12m of headroom in the current facilities but management is considering increasing the borrowing facilities. The sites […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 24 August 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Medical device developer TruSpine Technologies (TSP) ended the week at 34.5p (32p/37p). TruSpine has raised £1.4m at 36p a share with a commitment for a further £250,000. This should provide enough cash until Cervi-Lok, which is one of the three spinal stabilisation devices being developed, starts to generate sales. Coinsilium Group Ltd […]