Quoted Micro 25 November 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Cooks Coffee (COOK) moved back into profit in the six months to September 2024. Revenues were 27% higher at NZ$2.74m with growth coming from new openings and existing sites. This income comes from fees from franchisees. Like-for-like growth in the UK was 6% and 3% in Ireland. Sales growth has accelerated in […]
Quoted Micro 18 November 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Aquis Exchange (AQX), which operates the Aquis Stock Exchange, is recommending a bid from rival exchange trading business SIX Exchange. SIX is mainly interested in the technology that Aquis has developed, but it suggests that there is potential to develop the Aquis Stock Exchange as a pan-European market. The offer for Aquis […]
Quoted Micro 9 September 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Good Life Plus (GDLF) raised £275,000 from a convertible loan note issue that expires on 31 August 2025 when it can be repaid at a 10% premium or converted into shares at a 10% discount to the weighted average price over the previous month. If there is £2m raised in a share […]
Quoted Micro 15 July 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Cadence Minerals (KDNC) is raising £750,000 at 2.5p so that it can provide funding for the Amapa iron ore project. This will be spent on testing the 67.6% green iron product flow sheet to pre-feasibility study level. The pre-feasibility study will then be revised. Earlier in the week, an updated study of […]
Quoted Micro 8 July 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Sheffield-based AI software company IntelliAM AI (INT) joined Aquis on 3 July. It raised £5.08m at 94p/share. The acquisition of 53 Degrees North was completed after admission. This adds a range of asset care consulting and management strategies for manufacturers to the group. Customers include food manufacturers, consumer and industrial businesses. Voyager […]
Quoted Micro 24 June 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Brewer Daniel Thwaites (THW) increased full year revenues by 6% to £115.5m. The main growth was in the pubs and inns division. Operating profit before property disposals improved 4% to £11.3m. The interim dividend was raised from 0.75p/share to 0.85p/share. Net debt increased from £66.7m to £70.8m at the end of March […]
Quoted Micro 1 April 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Incanthera (INC) has published an update on its distribution deal with Marionnaud. The first order for Skin + CELL products will generate revenues of £2m with 50,000 bottles of skin cream to be supplied for sale in Austria and Switzerland. A second order will be even bigger. The management projects revenues of […]
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 […]
Quoted Micro 4 March 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Marula Mining (MARU) is investing in the established Larisoro manganese mining operation in Kenya by securing a 60% commercial interest with an option to increase it to 70%. There are three shallow open pits and there has been mining for 12 years. The purchase price is £300,000 satisfied by the issue of […]
Quoted Micro 1 January 2024
AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Oberon Investments (OBE) increased interim revenues by 28% to £3.4m, even though capital market revenues fell by one-third. The loss was reduced from £1.67m to £1.59m. Management believes the company could move into profit during 2024. There are plans to add funds management teams. Oberon Investments has a 69.1% stake in Logic […]