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Strong trading at EKF triggers earnings upgrades

Thursday 13 Jul 2017

Things are looking up for medical diagnostics specialist EKF Diagnostics ( EKF:AIM ) as its latest trading update (6 Jul) triggered a round of earnings upgrades, putting the spotlight on strong sales and profit growth potential over the next few years. N+1 Singer analyst Chris Glasper upgraded...

Get Busy to join AIM

Thursday 13 Jul 2017

Enterprise data management solutions supplier Get Busy is set to join AIM on 4 August. The software-as-a-service business is not looking for fresh funding. Up to £3m is set to be raised for selling shareholders of Reckon, the Australian IT services business from which Get Busy is being spun out...

Jangada outlines low cost route to metals production

Thursday 06 Jul 2017

Brazil-based Jangada Mines ( JAN:AIM ) believes it can have a platinum group metals (PGMs) mine in production within the next 12 to 18 months. It says a trial mining set-up may only cost up to $1.5m to build. A full 30,000 ounce operation will cost between $20m and $30m. The ultimate plan is to...

CityFibre’s new growth funding tap

Thursday 06 Jul 2017

Gigabit city fibre networks operator CityFibre Infrastructure ( CITY:AIM ) could gain access to part of a new £400m Government growth fund. The cash is being made available to drive faster adoption of ‘fibre to the premises’, the superfast fibre optic networks to individual homes and businesses...

Small cap surprises with profit surge and dividend

Thursday 06 Jul 2017

Personal care-to-beauty products developer Creightons ( CRL ) is an little known growth stock that merits further attention. Growing in a consolidating market, the £19.8m cap has form in profitably developing and selling brands to rivals. Peterborough-based Creightons creates and manufactures...

D4T4 impresses the market with 21% profit growth

Thursday 06 Jul 2017

Analysts are impressed with D4T4 Solutions’ ( D4T4:AIM ) switch to data analytics. The old IS Solutions business reported forecast-beating adjusted pre-tax profit of £4.2m for the year to 31 March 2017, up 21%. Recurring revenue is expected to improve this year after a hiatus although analysts also...

Is Lakehouse worth another look?

Thursday 06 Jul 2017

Social housing maintenance group Lakehouse ( LAKE:AIM ) is a classic turnaround story, according to Stockdale analyst Alastair Stewart. He believes demand for group’s services should be driven by a growing focus on health and safety compliance, together with the Government’s renewed commitment to...

Tax Systems excited by new strategic plan

Thursday 29 Jun 2017

Middlesex-based Tax Systems ( TAX:AIM ) plans to concentrate on opportunities within its existing customer base, putting its more ambitious expansion plans to one side. The company supplies corporate tax reporting, planning and forecasting software that automates much of the compliance nitty gritty...

Further setback for The People’s Operator

Thursday 29 Jun 2017

The spectacular collapse of mobile services supplier The People’s Operator ( TPOP:AIM ) continues to play out. The company, started by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, missed its 2016 revenue target by 5.6% at £3.4m. Cash burn remains a worry with just £1.7m on the books even after a £1.58m cash call...

Europe setback wipes shine off Warpaint

Thursday 29 Jun 2017

Shares in lipstick seller Warpaint ( W7L:AIM ) fell by 11% to 215p on 26 June as investors were spooked by disappointing progress in Europe. The company says sales in that region so far this year are flat on 2016. We note that broker Stockdale didn’t see any reason to change its earnings forecasts...

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