Quoted Micro 6 March 2023

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Invinity Energy Systems (IES) is repaying the remaining $2.1m of its $2.5m convertible loan facility provided by RiverFort Global Opportunities out of the proceeds of the recent placing. There is a 10% redemption premium, making the total cost £1.92m. That stops dilution by the issue of six million shares. Related warrants can […]

Quoted Micro 6 June 2022

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE VSA Capital (VSA) has launched the AQSE Apex Index, which has a base of 1,000 at the beginning of 2021. There are 21 constituents of the Apex segment of the Aquis Stock Exchange, including its owner Aquis Exchange. The index is weighted by market capitalisation and the total market capitalisation is around […]

Quoted Micro 7 March 2022

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Field Systems Designs Holdings (FSD) reported a sharply increased loss in the six months to November 2021. There were unpaid debts of £300,000 due to the financial failure of NMCN. The overall loss increased from £267,000 to £1.52m on revenues that fell from £5.75m to £2.64m. The pandemic hit trading and the […]

Quoted Micro 11 October 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Ecotricity has failed in its takeover bid for Good Energy (GOOD). Ecotricity had a 25.1% stake and acceptances of the bid totalled 11.5% of God Energy. Acceptances did increase significantly in the last few days of the bid, but they are still well below the level required for the bid to succeed. […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 26 April 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Shepherd Neame (SHEP) in common with other brewers and pub companies has been hard hit by the closure of pubs. Monthly cash burn during pub closures is £1.5m-£2m. Unsurprisingly, interim revenues slumped from £79m to £55.3m, while an underlying pre-tax profit of £4.88m was turned into an underlying loss of £4.81m. Bottled […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 22 March 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Rogue Baron (SHNJ) has sold a shipment of 857 cases of Shinju Japanese whisky in the US. Each case of six bottles sells for up to $150. There was a total of 9,000 bottles of Shinju sold in 2020. US sales are growing so quickly that the company has decided to focus […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 15 March 2021

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Rogue Baron (SHNJ) joined the Aquis Stock Exchange on Friday. The company is a spirits brand developer, and its focus is the Shinju Japanese whisky brand and specialist tequila Copa Imperial Tequila. The idea is to build these and other niche brands to the point where larger drinks companies will want to […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 7 December 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Newbury Racecourse (NYR) has completed the sale of 1.2 acres of land on the northern perimeter of the racecourse for £1.5m. That is equal to book value. NQ Minerals (NQMI) is able to draw down from its recently arranged $55m loan facility between its subsidiary Hellyer Gold Mines with ING. The cash […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 15 June 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Wheelsure Holdings (WHLP) has published results for the year to August 2019 and the subsequent interims. Following these announcements, trading in the shares has resumed. There was strong growth in the interim figures with revenues of £116,000 but there was still a loss of £75,000. The working capital facility has been increased […]

Andrew Hore – Quoted Micro 25 May 2020

AQUIS STOCK EXCHANGE Daniel Thwaites (THW) closed its pubs and hotels on 20 May and it will not pay a final dividend for 2019-20. Net debt was £65.4m at the end of March 2020 and there are £16.6m of spare bank facilities. Trading had been strong, and the predominance of freehold properties means that rent […]