Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 29 March 2021
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE New Apex segment entry Samarkand (SMK) has got off to a strong start. At one point, shares were changing hands at 142p, against the placing price of 115p, but they ended the week at 123.5p (120p/127p). There was £15.4m raised after expenses. The company has developed e-commerce software technology known as Nomad. […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 3 August 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Newbury Racecourse (NYR) says that it is confident that it has the resources to trade through the current economic difficulties. Significant losses are expected this year and into next year. There was £1.27m in the bank at the end of 2019. Net assets were £50.9m. Newbury increased revenues by 3% to £19.8m […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 30 March 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE AQSE and AIM-quoted Arbuthnot Banking (ARBB) improved its underlying pre-tax profit from £4.4m to £5.8m in 2019, while the second interim dividend is 5% higher at 21p a share. This does not have to be agreed at an AGM. NAV rose from 1283p a share to 1364p a share. The total capital […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 20 January 2020
NEX EXCHANGE NQ Minerals (NQMI) generated gross revenues of A$15.5m and gross profit of A$7.4m from Hellyer gold mine in the fourth quarter. Full year revenues were A$53.9m and operating profit was A$12.2m. The profit grew steadily quarter by quarter. NQ has raised £311,000 at 7p a share. In December, £300,000 was raised at 6.5p […]
Andrew Hore Quoted Micro 19 August 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Brewer Adnams (ADB) reported a decline in first half revenues from £35.5m to £34.7m, while the loss increased from £840,000 to £1.15m. Beer volumes were 2% ahead, compared with a 1% decline in the market. Low alcohol beer sales grew. Gin sales fell because of greater competition. A fire at the Ship at […]
Andrew Hore Quoted Micro 29 April 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Adnams (ADB) says that beer volumes grew year-on-year in the first quarter, helped by low alcohol Ghost Ship and pubs are also doing well. Margins are coming under pressure and gin sales have been hit by increasing competition. A new IT system has gone live. KR1 (KR1) has cashed inn some of its […]
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 […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 5 November 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Brewer Shepherd Neame (SHEP) has secured long-term facilities of £50m, which expires in 2023, and a £35m private placement of loan notes with BAE Systems Pensions Fund which lasts for 20 years. These replace existing loans. A revaluation of pub assets has delivered a £24m gain on book value. Mechanical and electrical […]
Andrew Hore Quoted Micro 24 September 2018
NEX EXCHANGE In the first half of 2018, Newbury Racecourse (NYR) increased media revenues by one-fifth and, along with growth in nursery and lodge revenues, this helped the racecourse operator to raise revenues by 5% to £7.33m even though two race days were lost to bad weather. Enough cash was generated to […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 30 July 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Milamber Ventures (MLVP) has signed heads of terms for the acquisition of health and social care training provider Orchard Rock. Milamber will pay up to £1.9m in cash and shares. If the deal goes ahead then there will be an initial cash payment of £800,000. A further £200,000 is payable when the […]