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• Small caps round-up: Ambrian Capital, North River, Ark ...
  Wed 08 February 2012 15:35
  Ambrian Capital slumped to a 52-week low after a trading update littered with references to subdued markets and downward adjustments to the book value of its investments which will cause the company to report a substantial pre-tax loss.

• Escher wins big contract with leading postal authority
  Wed 08 February 2012 14:35
  Shares in Escher Group, the provider of outsourced, point of sale software to the postal industry, leapt on Wednesday following the announcement it has won its largest contract in the group's history, to provide its software and maintenance services to a

• Thomas Cook to offload Indian unit as strategic review continues
  Wed 08 February 2012 08:17
  Shares in travel operator Thomas Cook rose strongly on Wednesday morning after the firm said it was offloading its stake in its Indian subsidiary as the group reported a 3% rise in first-quarter revenue.

• Low & Bonar overcomes rising costs as profits jump
  Tue 07 February 2012 14:03
  Industrial fabric maker Low & Bonar was able to overcome a weaker macroeconomic climate and rising raw materials costs to post a strong rise in both profits and sales in the year ended November 30th.

• St. Modwen sees strong rise in profits
  Tue 07 February 2012 13:08
  Property regeneration specialist St Modwen has reported a 34% rise in pre-tax profit for the year ended November 30th.

• Wolfson down on 'challenging' year-end results
  Tue 07 February 2012 09:31
  Wolfson Microelectronics, which makes components for mobile phones and tablet computers made an underlying operating loss in 2011 of $7.5m.

• Small caps round-up: Aminex, Solo, Firestone Diamonds ...
  Tue 07 February 2012 08:50
  Oil and gas companies Aminex and Solo Oil took a hit on Tuesday morning after the first stab at drilling their shared Ntorya-1 exploration well in the Ruvuma Basin onshore in Tanzania proved disappointing.

• Small caps round-up: Richland, Interior Services, Oracle Coal..
  Mon 06 February 2012 10:18
  Richland Resources, the gemstone producer and developer, has upgraded the resource estimate for its tanzanite mining operation in Tanzania. The site has a Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) indicated resource of 30.6m carats, JORC inferred resource of 74

• New chief at Workspace
  Mon 06 February 2012 07:51
  Business space provider Workspace has named Jamie Hopkins as chief executive, with effect from 1 April 2012 as Harry Platt retires at the end of March.

• Allocate Software confident on full year
  Mon 06 February 2012 07:16
  Allocate Software, a provider of workforce and compliance software, said

• Small caps round-up: Kedco, Condor, Silverdell...
  Fri 03 February 2012 11:56
  Waste energy group Kedco has generated £0.403m after placing 31m new ordinary shares at 1.3p each. The proceeds of the placing will be used for working capital purposes and for continuing investment in the company's portfolio of biomass electricity and h

• Zambeef in tax row with Zambian revenue body
  Fri 03 February 2012 11:38
  Zambeef, a fully integrated agri-business with operations in Zambia, Nigeria and Ghana, has been hit with a $10.7m bill from the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA), for an outstanding tax liability relating to Zamanita, the company's wholly-owned subsidiary i

• Walker Crips profits down on falling revenue and FuM
  Fri 03 February 2012 11:27
  Walker Crips, the integrated financial services group, admitted that trading during the third quarter remained weak, with group net revenue down 9.8% to £3.76m.

• Network agrees takeover bid
  Fri 03 February 2012 11:18
  Diversified recruitment and outsourcing business Network Group has come to an agreement with NGH Topco on a recommended cash offer of £19.6m for the entire share capital of Network.

• Fuller's buys 15 pubs from Enterprise Inns
  Fri 03 February 2012 07:14
  Fuller, Smith and Turner, the pubs group which lost out to Greene King last year in a bid battle for the Capital Pub Company, is beefing up its estate with the purchase of 15 freehold tenanted pubs from cash-strapped rival Enterprise Inns.

• Acal reports good progress
  Thu 02 February 2012 14:11
  Acal, the European specialist provider of technology products and services, has reported good progress throughout the half year in its Electronics division, which accounts for around 90% of group profitability.

• Small caps round-up: Caza, Tower Resources, Noventa...
  Thu 02 February 2012 12:17
  Mining firm Noventa says that operations have suffered from a "plague" of beetles as a result of tropical storms which have hit the firm's Marropino site in Mozambique over the past 10 days. The Rove Beetle is very poisonous and around 30% of the workforc

• Avon Rubber down on legal challenge to US order
  Thu 02 February 2012 11:15
  Avon Rubber, the gas masks and dairy products company, has dropped sharply this morning after reporting a legal challenge over an order from the US Department of Defence.

• Small caps round-up: Mediwatch, Mediterranean Oil, Kea ...
  Wed 01 February 2012 12:49
  Mediwatch, a urological diagnostic firm, has reported a rise in pre-tax profit (PTP) up from £0.23m to £0.32m for the year ending October 31st. Sales revenue rose from £10.5m to £10.6m, while cash flow from operations jumped £0.58m to £0.84m. The co

• Fusion IP lights up on LED agreement
  Wed 01 February 2012 09:28
  Shares in Fusion IP, which commercialises university research, hit a 52-week high after it announced that Seren Photonics, its 48% owned light emitting display (LED) technology company, has signed its first collaboration agreement.

• Puricore Q4 revenue up 39%
  Wed 01 February 2012 07:40
  Green cleaning company Puricore said revenue in the fourth quarter increased 39% to $14.3m as it moved into EBITDA profitability during the period.

• Sales surge at 4imprint
  Wed 18 January 2012 14:25
  Promotional products producer 4imprint made its mark on Wednesday after an upbeat trading update.

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