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Ilika wins £1.25m APC grant for Goliath A-Samples (LON:IKA)

Ilika has secured £1.25m from the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Demonstrate fund within the Government’s new £2.5bn Drive35 programme, supporting a £3m, 12-month PRIMED project with HSSMI and UKBIC to produce Goliath A-Samples...

Tariff whispers shape Asia’s market narrative

Hushed negotiations and policy signals now guide Asia’s equity markets as investors recalibrate for the next chapter in trade and monetary dialogue...

ME Group International H1 2025 PBT up 13% to £34m, dividend raised 11.6%

ME Group reported H1 2025 revenue of £153.8m, up 2.3%, EBITDA of £53.2m, up 3.9%, and profit before tax of £34.0m, up 13.3%. Laundry revenue grew 17.7% to £51.9m...

Greencore Group Q3 revenue up 9.9% to £511m, profit guidance lifted

Greencore grew Q3 FY25 revenue 9.9% to £511.1m, with volumes and mix up 6.8% and inflation recovery of 3.1%. Service levels remained high at 99.3%. The Group now expects FY25 Adjusted Operating Profit of £118–121m, above earlier guidance...

Mitie Q1 FY26 revenue up 10.1% to £1.28bn, record £29bn pipeline

Mitie delivered Q1 FY26 revenue of £1,282m, up 10.1% with 8.0% organic growth. Contract wins and renewals totalled £1.2bn TCV. The bidding pipeline rose 22% to £29.0bn. Net debt stood at £240m...

Inchcape Plc to acquire Iceland’s Askja, adding Kia to its OEM roster

Inchcape plc will buy Askja, Iceland’s leading automotive distributor. Askja delivered £150m revenue in 2024, holds a 16% share of an approximately 12,000-vehicle market, and employs 260 people...

Centrica Plc to take 15% stake in Sizewell C with £1.3bn commitment

Centrica will acquire a 15% equity stake in Sizewell C, committing up to £1.3bn under the RAB model. The deal targets a 10.8% allowed ROE and an IRR above 12%, with Revenue Commencement expected in Q4 2025...

Synectics Maintains Strong Momentum with Promising FY25 Outlook – Shore Capital

Synectics continues to make impressive strides under the guidance of CEO Amanda Larnder. Rob Sanders, underscores the company’s steady growth trajectory and solid financial positioning..

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in the US, new Virginia manufacturing site planned

AstraZeneca will invest $50bn in the United States by 2030, including a multi‑billion dollar drug substance facility in Virginia for its weight management and metabolic portfolio...

Compass Group to acquire Vermaat for c.€1.5bn, widening its premium offer in Europe

Compass Group will buy Vermaat Groep for an enterprise value of about €1.5bn. Vermaat is targeting c.€700m sales in 2025 with a double-digit operating margin...

Arbuthnot Banking H1 2025 PBT £10.9m, dividend up 10% to 22p

Arbuthnot Banking Group delivered profit before tax of £10.9m in H1 2025, raised the interim dividend 10% to 22p, and grew deposits to £4.42bn and FUMA to £2.38bn. CET1 stood at 12.7% and net assets per share rose to £16.49, with Specialist Division lending up 7% since year end...

Surface Transforms H1 2025 revenue up 72% as yields rise

Surface Transforms expects H1 2025 revenue of about £8.1m, up 72% year on year. Q2 yield improved to 77% from 49% in Q1. Customer advances reached £12.9m, with repayments due in H2...

Tides could power the next wave of energy

Investors are turning their gaze to the ocean’s rhythmic pulse as tidal power emerges from pilot projects into a viable, predictable renewable asset class...

Ethiopian relocation initiative signals KEFI’s next phase

Phase 1 of KEFI’s Tulu Kapi resettlement plan is underway, marking a pivotal shift from preparation to construction as the company accelerates towards gold production in 2027...

Digital replication shapes Ilika’s path to mass market solid state cells

Ilika is blending virtual factory modelling with physical cell production to de-risk and accelerate the scale-up of its Goliath solid state batteries for automotive licensing...

Trinidad Central Block reveals an understated edge

Touchstone’s latest update highlights how its LNG-linked sales model could underpin more reliable cash flows in a volatile market...

New Frontier Minerals Bolstered by Australia–EU Critical Minerals Partnerships

New Frontier Minerals is advancing its critical minerals strategy at a time of substantial global policy support and industry transformation...

Tree planting as an engine of community value

Discover how a modest tree-planting scheme at a Newark community garden is redefining corporate social value and forging unexpected bonds between residents and contractors...

UK Cyber Resilience Bill unveils hidden obligations

The UK’s new Cyber Resilience Bill transforms device security from optional best practice to legal imperative, reshaping risk and opportunity in the IoT market...

Tirupati Graphite positioned to capitalise on new tariff landscape

With production milestones on the horizon and an integrated supply chain already in place, Tirupati Graphite stands ready to meet growing western demand for high-quality, tariff-exempt graphite, supporting both battery innovation and broader decarbonisation efforts...
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Ilika wins £1.25m APC grant for Goliath A-Samples (LON:IKA)

Ilika has secured £1.25m from the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Demonstrate fund within the Government’s new £2.5bn Drive35 programme, supporting a £3m, 12-month PRIMED project with HSSMI and UKBIC to produce Goliath A-Samples...

Tariff whispers shape Asia’s market narrative

Hushed negotiations and policy signals now guide Asia’s equity markets as investors recalibrate for the next chapter in trade and monetary dialogue...

ME Group International H1 2025 PBT up 13% to £34m, dividend raised 11.6%

ME Group reported H1 2025 revenue of £153.8m, up 2.3%, EBITDA of £53.2m, up 3.9%, and profit before tax of £34.0m, up 13.3%. Laundry revenue grew 17.7% to £51.9m...

Greencore Group Q3 revenue up 9.9% to £511m, profit guidance lifted

Greencore grew Q3 FY25 revenue 9.9% to £511.1m, with volumes and mix up 6.8% and inflation recovery of 3.1%. Service levels remained high at 99.3%. The Group now expects FY25 Adjusted Operating Profit of £118–121m, above earlier guidance...

Mitie Q1 FY26 revenue up 10.1% to £1.28bn, record £29bn pipeline

Mitie delivered Q1 FY26 revenue of £1,282m, up 10.1% with 8.0% organic growth. Contract wins and renewals totalled £1.2bn TCV. The bidding pipeline rose 22% to £29.0bn. Net debt stood at £240m...

Inchcape Plc to acquire Iceland’s Askja, adding Kia to its OEM roster

Inchcape plc will buy Askja, Iceland’s leading automotive distributor. Askja delivered £150m revenue in 2024, holds a 16% share of an approximately 12,000-vehicle market, and employs 260 people...

Centrica Plc to take 15% stake in Sizewell C with £1.3bn commitment

Centrica will acquire a 15% equity stake in Sizewell C, committing up to £1.3bn under the RAB model. The deal targets a 10.8% allowed ROE and an IRR above 12%, with Revenue Commencement expected in Q4 2025...

Synectics Maintains Strong Momentum with Promising FY25 Outlook – Shore Capital

Synectics continues to make impressive strides under the guidance of CEO Amanda Larnder. Rob Sanders, underscores the company’s steady growth trajectory and solid financial positioning..

AstraZeneca to invest $50bn in the US, new Virginia manufacturing site planned

AstraZeneca will invest $50bn in the United States by 2030, including a multi‑billion dollar drug substance facility in Virginia for its weight management and metabolic portfolio...

Compass Group to acquire Vermaat for c.€1.5bn, widening its premium offer in Europe

Compass Group will buy Vermaat Groep for an enterprise value of about €1.5bn. Vermaat is targeting c.€700m sales in 2025 with a double-digit operating margin...

Arbuthnot Banking H1 2025 PBT £10.9m, dividend up 10% to 22p

Arbuthnot Banking Group delivered profit before tax of £10.9m in H1 2025, raised the interim dividend 10% to 22p, and grew deposits to £4.42bn and FUMA to £2.38bn. CET1 stood at 12.7% and net assets per share rose to £16.49, with Specialist Division lending up 7% since year end...

Surface Transforms H1 2025 revenue up 72% as yields rise

Surface Transforms expects H1 2025 revenue of about £8.1m, up 72% year on year. Q2 yield improved to 77% from 49% in Q1. Customer advances reached £12.9m, with repayments due in H2...

Tides could power the next wave of energy

Investors are turning their gaze to the ocean’s rhythmic pulse as tidal power emerges from pilot projects into a viable, predictable renewable asset class...

Ethiopian relocation initiative signals KEFI’s next phase

Phase 1 of KEFI’s Tulu Kapi resettlement plan is underway, marking a pivotal shift from preparation to construction as the company accelerates towards gold production in 2027...

Digital replication shapes Ilika’s path to mass market solid state cells

Ilika is blending virtual factory modelling with physical cell production to de-risk and accelerate the scale-up of its Goliath solid state batteries for automotive licensing...

Trinidad Central Block reveals an understated edge

Touchstone’s latest update highlights how its LNG-linked sales model could underpin more reliable cash flows in a volatile market...

New Frontier Minerals Bolstered by Australia–EU Critical Minerals Partnerships

New Frontier Minerals is advancing its critical minerals strategy at a time of substantial global policy support and industry transformation...

Tree planting as an engine of community value

Discover how a modest tree-planting scheme at a Newark community garden is redefining corporate social value and forging unexpected bonds between residents and contractors...

UK Cyber Resilience Bill unveils hidden obligations

The UK’s new Cyber Resilience Bill transforms device security from optional best practice to legal imperative, reshaping risk and opportunity in the IoT market...

Tirupati Graphite positioned to capitalise on new tariff landscape

With production milestones on the horizon and an integrated supply chain already in place, Tirupati Graphite stands ready to meet growing western demand for high-quality, tariff-exempt graphite, supporting both battery innovation and broader decarbonisation efforts...
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