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Valeura Energy signals deeper positioning in Gulf of Thailand

Valeura’s Q2 2025 update shows a company conserving financial strength today while laying foundations for a much larger Gulf of Thailand presence tomorrow...

Solid state power reshaping the economics of implantable devices

Ilika’s millimetre scale solid state battery is designed to power neuromodulation devices directly at the therapy site, reducing surgical complexity and supporting long term patient use...

The advantages of Carbon Ceramic Brakes

Born from Formula 1 engineering, carbon ceramic brakes offer a rare blend of performance, longevity and refinement that can redefine both driving dynamics and long-term ownership value...

Cerillion recognised in Gartner reports, drives AI innovation in telecom software (LON:CER)

Dominic Smith, Marketing Director at Cerillion, discusses the company’s recent inclusion in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and how embedded AI across its product suite is helping telecom providers streamline operations, personalise services, and accelerate growth...

A new layer of defence emerging in machine and human interaction

Industrial systems are facing a quiet yet profound shift, identity is the new perimeter, and automation is the path to resilience...

Cora Gold’s CEO Bert Monro on Updated Reserves and DFS for Sanankoro

Cora Gold CEO Bert Monro discusses the updated definitive feasibility study for the Sanankoro gold project in southern Mali. The revised study shows a 26% increase in reserves, extending mine life to 10 years, with projected average annual production of 65,000 ounces of gold...

Likewise positions Newport for a step beyond logistics

Likewise Group’s Newport expansion signals a discreet but strategic scaling of its logistics, anchored in cash flow and poised for growth...

Challenger Energy: Uruguay’s AREA OFF-3 Unveils Massive 980 Million Barrel Upside Potential

With shallow water and development-friendly reservoir depths, even modest discoveries would be commercially viable. A farm-out process is now underway as Challenger looks to accelerate momentum in one of the world’s most overlooked emerging basins...

Great Western Mining begins drilling at key Nevada prospects (LON:GWMO)

Great Western Mining Executive Chairman Brian Hall has outlined upcoming drilling at the West Huntoon copper porphyry and the Rhyolite Dome gold prospect, alongside progress at Yellow Peak and tungsten work at Defender Pine Crow...

Diversified Energy sharpens focus in Oklahoma with new acquisition

Diversified Energy’s $550 million acquisition of Canvas Energy deepens its Oklahoma footprint with producing assets and recent wells...

XP Factory CEO on double digit growth and expansion plans (LON:XPF)

XP Factory CEO Richard Harpham spoke with DirectorsTalk about the company’s FY25 results. Revenue rose 19% on a comparable basis to nearly £58m, while EBITDA increased 30% to £6.6m. Both Escape Hunt and Boom Battle Bar delivered strong like-for-like sales growth, supported by customer demand and strategic site expansions...

Arbuthnot Banking Group: Growing in targeted areas (LON:ARBB)

Analyst Mark Thomas from Hardman & Co highlights the bank’s focus on low capital intensity and high risk-adjusted return businesses, disciplined credit practices, and plans to expand in underserved market segments...

ICFG Ltd: Interim CEO Enkhmaral Batkhuyag Charts Bold Expansion with AI-Driven Finance and Insurtech Moves (Video)

CEO, Enkhmaral Batkhuyag, shares how the company is leveraging advanced technology to transform microfinance in Central Asia, scale into new markets, and break ground with digital insurance...

Grainger achieves 50% lease-up in under a month at Seraphina Apartments

Grainger plc has leased 50% of the 132 Build to Rent homes at Seraphina Apartments in less than a month, significantly ahead of expectations. The development is the final phase of the Fortunes Dock cluster in Canning Town, bringing the total to 412 homes and £152m of investment...

Vistry Group Plc reports H1 results with debt reduction and affordable housing focus

Vistry Group delivered H1 2025 results in line with expectations, reporting adjusted profit before tax of £80.6m and net debt reduced to £293m, significantly better than forecast. The Group highlighted its strong pipeline of opportunities under the UK Government’s new £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, where it is well positioned to play a key role...

Associated British Foods reports trading update with Primark growth in UK and US

Associated British Foods plc has provided a second-half trading update ahead of its year-end on 13 September 2025. Primark delivered improved UK performance and strong US sales, though trading in Europe was weaker...

Vodafone announces leadership change as Chief HR Officer to step down

Vodafone Group has confirmed that Leanne Wood will step down as Chief Human Resources Officer and from the Group Executive Committee on 1 January 2026. She will continue to represent Vodafone on the boards of Vodacom and Vantage Towers while pursuing a portfolio career...

Harworth Group appoints Phil Redding as Independent Non-Executive Director

Harworth Group has appointed Phil Redding as an independent Non-Executive Director and member of the Remuneration Committee. With over 35 years’ experience in UK and European real estate, including senior roles at Tritax Eurobox and SEGRO, Redding brings extensive expertise in the industrial and logistics sector to support Harworth’s growth strategy...

Warpaint London reports interim results with revenue growth and higher dividend

Warpaint London reported an 8% increase in revenue to £49.3m for H1 2025, supported by the acquisition of Brand Architekts. Gross profit margin improved to 45%, while cash rose to £17m. The board declared a 14% increase in the interim dividend to 4.0p per share....

Likewise Group: Scaling Fast with Sales Growth, Dividends and Distribution Muscle (Video)

CEO Tony Brewer outlines how the flooring distributor is pushing beyond its £160m run rate, growing like-for-like sales by over 10%, and doubling its dividend since 2021...
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Valeura Energy signals deeper positioning in Gulf of Thailand

Valeura’s Q2 2025 update shows a company conserving financial strength today while laying foundations for a much larger Gulf of Thailand presence tomorrow...

Solid state power reshaping the economics of implantable devices

Ilika’s millimetre scale solid state battery is designed to power neuromodulation devices directly at the therapy site, reducing surgical complexity and supporting long term patient use...

The advantages of Carbon Ceramic Brakes

Born from Formula 1 engineering, carbon ceramic brakes offer a rare blend of performance, longevity and refinement that can redefine both driving dynamics and long-term ownership value...

Cerillion recognised in Gartner reports, drives AI innovation in telecom software (LON:CER)

Dominic Smith, Marketing Director at Cerillion, discusses the company’s recent inclusion in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant and how embedded AI across its product suite is helping telecom providers streamline operations, personalise services, and accelerate growth...

A new layer of defence emerging in machine and human interaction

Industrial systems are facing a quiet yet profound shift, identity is the new perimeter, and automation is the path to resilience...

Cora Gold’s CEO Bert Monro on Updated Reserves and DFS for Sanankoro

Cora Gold CEO Bert Monro discusses the updated definitive feasibility study for the Sanankoro gold project in southern Mali. The revised study shows a 26% increase in reserves, extending mine life to 10 years, with projected average annual production of 65,000 ounces of gold...

Likewise positions Newport for a step beyond logistics

Likewise Group’s Newport expansion signals a discreet but strategic scaling of its logistics, anchored in cash flow and poised for growth...

Challenger Energy: Uruguay’s AREA OFF-3 Unveils Massive 980 Million Barrel Upside Potential

With shallow water and development-friendly reservoir depths, even modest discoveries would be commercially viable. A farm-out process is now underway as Challenger looks to accelerate momentum in one of the world’s most overlooked emerging basins...

Great Western Mining begins drilling at key Nevada prospects (LON:GWMO)

Great Western Mining Executive Chairman Brian Hall has outlined upcoming drilling at the West Huntoon copper porphyry and the Rhyolite Dome gold prospect, alongside progress at Yellow Peak and tungsten work at Defender Pine Crow...

Diversified Energy sharpens focus in Oklahoma with new acquisition

Diversified Energy’s $550 million acquisition of Canvas Energy deepens its Oklahoma footprint with producing assets and recent wells...

XP Factory CEO on double digit growth and expansion plans (LON:XPF)

XP Factory CEO Richard Harpham spoke with DirectorsTalk about the company’s FY25 results. Revenue rose 19% on a comparable basis to nearly £58m, while EBITDA increased 30% to £6.6m. Both Escape Hunt and Boom Battle Bar delivered strong like-for-like sales growth, supported by customer demand and strategic site expansions...

Arbuthnot Banking Group: Growing in targeted areas (LON:ARBB)

Analyst Mark Thomas from Hardman & Co highlights the bank’s focus on low capital intensity and high risk-adjusted return businesses, disciplined credit practices, and plans to expand in underserved market segments...

ICFG Ltd: Interim CEO Enkhmaral Batkhuyag Charts Bold Expansion with AI-Driven Finance and Insurtech Moves (Video)

CEO, Enkhmaral Batkhuyag, shares how the company is leveraging advanced technology to transform microfinance in Central Asia, scale into new markets, and break ground with digital insurance...

Grainger achieves 50% lease-up in under a month at Seraphina Apartments

Grainger plc has leased 50% of the 132 Build to Rent homes at Seraphina Apartments in less than a month, significantly ahead of expectations. The development is the final phase of the Fortunes Dock cluster in Canning Town, bringing the total to 412 homes and £152m of investment...

Vistry Group Plc reports H1 results with debt reduction and affordable housing focus

Vistry Group delivered H1 2025 results in line with expectations, reporting adjusted profit before tax of £80.6m and net debt reduced to £293m, significantly better than forecast. The Group highlighted its strong pipeline of opportunities under the UK Government’s new £39bn Social and Affordable Homes Programme, where it is well positioned to play a key role...

Associated British Foods reports trading update with Primark growth in UK and US

Associated British Foods plc has provided a second-half trading update ahead of its year-end on 13 September 2025. Primark delivered improved UK performance and strong US sales, though trading in Europe was weaker...

Vodafone announces leadership change as Chief HR Officer to step down

Vodafone Group has confirmed that Leanne Wood will step down as Chief Human Resources Officer and from the Group Executive Committee on 1 January 2026. She will continue to represent Vodafone on the boards of Vodacom and Vantage Towers while pursuing a portfolio career...

Harworth Group appoints Phil Redding as Independent Non-Executive Director

Harworth Group has appointed Phil Redding as an independent Non-Executive Director and member of the Remuneration Committee. With over 35 years’ experience in UK and European real estate, including senior roles at Tritax Eurobox and SEGRO, Redding brings extensive expertise in the industrial and logistics sector to support Harworth’s growth strategy...

Warpaint London reports interim results with revenue growth and higher dividend

Warpaint London reported an 8% increase in revenue to £49.3m for H1 2025, supported by the acquisition of Brand Architekts. Gross profit margin improved to 45%, while cash rose to £17m. The board declared a 14% increase in the interim dividend to 4.0p per share....

Likewise Group: Scaling Fast with Sales Growth, Dividends and Distribution Muscle (Video)

CEO Tony Brewer outlines how the flooring distributor is pushing beyond its £160m run rate, growing like-for-like sales by over 10%, and doubling its dividend since 2021...
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