Quoted Micro 25 March 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE S-Ventures (SVEN) has agreed to sell its food and snacks business in return for shares in AIM-quoted RiverFort Global Opportunities worth £3.5m. That would leave S-Ventures as an investment company with shares in the acquirer. Sales for the 12 months to September 2023 were £17.4m, rising to the £21.6m in the 15 […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 21 June 2021
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE CBD and hemp seed oil products supplier Voyager Life (VOY) has confirmed its flotation on Aquis on 30 June and the 295 Seedrs crowdfunding investors from earlier in 2021 will have the chance to participate in the associated fundraising. Seedrs Nominees Ltd currently owns 14.6%. A shop will be opened in St […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 30 November 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Healthcare IT supplier DXS International (DXSP) had £1.2m in cash at the end of October 2020. Net cash was £584,000, following the capitalisation of £568,000 of development spending. Interim revenues improved by 3% to £1.72m but progress was held back by Covid-19. Pre-tax profit jumped from £90,000 to £151,000 due to lower […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 13 April 2020
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Suffolk-based brewer Adnams (ADB) returned to profit in 2019. Revenues fell from £78.9m to £74.7m, while a loss of £877,000 was turned into a pre-tax profit of £39,000. Stripping out one-off costs, there was an underlying decline in profit. Investment in the brewery and a new IT system have led to some […]
Andrew Hore Quoted Micro 9 December 2019
NEX EXCHANGE GP clinical software supplier DXS International (DXSP) broadly maintained its interim revenues at £1.66m. Admin costs were lower so DXS returned to profit. There was also a higher tax credit. It made a pre-tax profit of £90,000 in the six months to October 2019, while the post-tax figure was £202,000. The final accreditation […]
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 25 February 2019
NEX EXCHANGE Western Selection (WESP) has reported a 22% decrease in NAV to 75p a share, due to the decline in smaller quoted company share prices. The NAV has recovered to 79p a share. The investment in Swallowfield (SWL) declined by nearly one-third and the value of the Bilby (BILB) stake fell by two-fifths in […]
Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 7 January 2019
NEX EXCHANGE VI Mining (VIM) has not made the required $2.19m loan repayment to Tassili by the end of 2018. Tassili also has right of refusal over the first 24,000 ounces of gold production. The loan is secured by a charge over the VI subsidiary that owns the interest in the Ora Pesa concession. VI […]
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 16 July 2018
NEX EXCHANGE Hotel operator Hydro Hotel, Eastbourne (HYDP) reported flat interim revenues of £1.51m in the six months to April 2018, during a period where building repairs were undertaken. Higher overheads and maintenance costs meant that the loss increased from £153,000 to £200,000. There is £635,000 in the bank. AfriAg Global (AFRI) has raised […]