Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 28 September 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE SAPO (SAPO) has agreed to acquire Secure Web Services (SWS) and it will change its name to Rural Broadband Solutions. SAPO is paying £1.6m in cash and shares and £236,500 of the cash paid will be used to subscribe to a fundraising. SAPO wants to raise £2.5m. SWS is based in Shropshire […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 10 August 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE National Milk Records (NMRP) generated revenues of £5.35m in the quarter to June 2020, down from £5.6m in the previous year. Milk recording revenues declined because of COVID-19 restrictions. There was limited disruption to other parts of the business. The second half of the year to June 2020 was still better than […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 4 May 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Ace Liberty and Stone (ALSP) says that £2.2m of loan notes has been converted into shares at 50p each. The property portfolio has a resilient tenant base, with the majority of rents owed by national and local government tenants. During March, 82% of rents were paid. Four tenants are facing short-term difficulty. […]
Andrew Hore Quoted Micro 16 December 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Capital for Colleagues (CFCP) is investing in new portfolio company The Security Awareness Group Ltd (TSAG), which was established to acquire an existing business that has been trading for more than two decades. It provides training to ensure than employees are aware of cyber security and potential for human error. The £405,000 investment […]
Andrew Hore Quoted Micro 17 June 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Renewable energy supplier Good Energy (GOOD) says that holding back on operating expenditure has offset the downturn in demand due to warmer weather. Profit will be weighted to the first half. Good is investing in electric vehicle platform Zap-Map. Brewer Daniel Thwaites (THW) reported a more than halved pre-tax profit from £9.8m to […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 25 March 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Good Energy (GOOD) increased full year revenues from continuing operations from £104.5m to £116.9m, helped by last winter’s cold weather and a price increase, and pre-tax profit recovered from £700,000 to £1.7m. The renewable electricity supplier and generator has increased its dividend from 3.3p a share to 3.5p a share. Net debt was […]
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 1 October 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Brewer Shepherd Neame (SHEP) managed to edge up its profit despite flat turnover of £156.6m in the year to June 2018. Underlying pre-tax profit was 5% ahead at £11.8m. The total dividend is 3% higher at 29.2p a share. Growth came from the managed pubs but there was a decline in the […]
Quoted Micro 18 June 2018
Small cap award winners 2018 Company of the year ZOO Digital (ZOO) The ZOO Digital share price is ten times the level it was one year ago. ZOO localises film and television content and it has been investing in upgrading its technology and services over the past few years. This investment is paying off and […]
Ian Pollard: Aveva In Either A Profit Or Loss Situation – You Choose
Aveva Group AVV There are now so many ways of calculating profits that the figures have become almost meaningless and companies have the freedom to chose between profit before tax, on a diluted, adjusted, normal or statutory basis and the difference between these four can be and often are enormous. Companies can elect the headline […]