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Plc Market news covers the latest developments on the Alternative Investment Market, the London Stock Exchange’s venue for smaller, growth‑orientated companies. This section includes updates on company admissions and delisting’s, fund‑raisings and IPOs, share‑price movements, mergers and acquisitions, board appointments and departures, regulatory and policy changes

Ferro-Alloy Resources announces 2025 AGM date

Ferro-Alloy Resources will hold its 2025 Annual General Meeting on 14 November 2025 at 2.00 pm local time at the Duke of Richmond Hotel, St Peter Port, Guernsey...

Sintana to acquire Challenger Energy in all-share deal, valuing company at £45m

Challenger Energy Group PLC has agreed to an all-share acquisition by Sintana Energy Inc. through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. Challenger shareholders will receive 0.4705 new Sintana shares for each Challenger share, valuing the deal at about £45 million and giving them a 25% stake in the combined group...

Drax Group completes £300m buyback and launches £75m extension tranche

Drax Group has completed its £300 million share buyback programme, repurchasing 47.2 million ordinary shares between August 2024 and October 2025...

Tern Plc cuts Board pay and introduces shareholder distribution policy

Tern has announced a 50% reduction in fixed remuneration for its Board and executive management from 1 November 2025, expected to save around £153,000 annually. The company has also introduced a new policy linking management pay to investment exits and committed to distributing at least 50% of net proceeds from disposals over £1 million to shareholders, subject to reserves and regulatory requirements...

Firering Strategic Minerals raises Limeco stake to 30.7%

Firering Strategic Minerals has exercised the second tranche of its option to acquire a further 3.8% shareholding in Limeco Resources Limited for US$620,000, taking its total interest to 30.7%...

Cooks Coffee signs partnership with Tesco Ireland to open five Esquires stores

Cooks Coffee Company, owner of the Esquires brand, has agreed a partnership with Tesco Ireland to open five new Esquires cafés in Tesco stores by November 2025...

Warpaint London appoints Berenberg as joint Corporate Broker

Warpaint London, the colour cosmetics supplier and brand owner, has appointed Berenberg as joint corporate broker, working alongside Shore Capital with immediate effect...

Aptamer Group secures £360,000 contract with top 3 global pharma

Aptamer Group has signed a £360,000 development contract with a leading global pharmaceutical company to engineer Optimer® binders as targeted radiopharmaceuticals...

Tekmar Group signs exclusive framework agreement with Jan De Nul

Tekmar Group plc (AIM: TGP) has entered into an exclusive framework agreement with Jan De Nul to supply its 10th Generation Cable Protection System for projects under TenneT’s 2GW Programme in Germany...

EDX Medical launches TC100, UK’s most advanced testicular cancer testing service

EDX Medical Group plc has commenced marketing its TC100 testicular cancer testing service, described as the most advanced of its kind in the UK...

ICG Enterprise Trust reports strong cash generation in H1 FY26 interim results

ICG Enterprise Trust delivered £222m of proceeds in H1 FY26, with NAV per share at 2,040p and a share price total return of 12.6%. The portfolio generated a 2.1% local currency return, supported by strong realisations and £113m of new investments, including increased exposure to secondaries...

Acuity RM secures defence and healthcare contracts worth £126,000

Acuity RM Group’s subsidiary, Acuity Risk Management, has won a £71,000 pilot contract with a global defence contractor and a £55,000 upsell with a healthcare instruments client...

Ampeak Energy to host strategic update at Newport Energy Park

Ampeak Energy will hold a strategic update event at its Newport Energy Park, offering site tours and presentations from its executive team..

Tirupati Graphite raises funds, appoints interim CEO, updates Vatomina

Tirupati Graphite has raised a further £300,000 through convertible loan notes and appointed Arun Somani as interim CEO to oversee operational improvements at the Vatomina project. Former CEO James Nieuwenhuys has moved to a Non-Executive Director role, while plant upgrades and mining adjustments are expected to restore sustainable production from November 2025...

Great Western begins drilling at West Huntoon ahead of schedule

Great Western Mining has started its 1,800-metre drilling programme in Nevada, with the first hole at West Huntoon already near target depth. The campaign will also test the Rhyolite Dome prospect, with drilling continuing through October and assay results expected to follow...

Jubilee Metals updates Zambia copper strategy and South Africa sale

Jubilee has reported progress on its Three-Pillar Copper Strategy in Zambia, targeting long-term output of 25,000 tonnes per year. The Company has received the first US$15 million tranche from the sale of its South African chrome and PGM operations, with completion expected by the end of 2025...

Manx Financial extends Neil Jeffery’s consultancy role at Payment Assist

Manx Financial has extended its consultancy agreement with Neil Jeffery, founder of Payment Assist Limited, until August 2030...

Big Technologies announces change of Chair

Big Technologies plc (AIM: BIG) has confirmed that Alexander Brennan has stepped down as Independent Non-Executive Chair with immediate effect. Sangita Shah has been appointed Interim Chair as the company continues efforts to resolve ongoing litigation with former CEO Sara Murray...

FW Thorpe delivers profit growth despite flat revenue in 2025 results

FW Thorpe reported preliminary results for the year to 30 June 2025, with profit before tax up 5.9% to £31.6 million and earnings per share rising 4.6% to 21.69p...

Manx Financial Group publishes Interim Results Presentation for H1 2025

Manx Financial has released its presentation covering unaudited interim results for the six months to 30 June 2025. The update outlines financial performance, operational highlights, and strategic developments, including growth in profit before tax to £4.1 million and earnings per share rising to 3.11 pence..
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Ferro-Alloy Resources announces 2025 AGM date

Ferro-Alloy Resources will hold its 2025 Annual General Meeting on 14 November 2025 at 2.00 pm local time at the Duke of Richmond Hotel, St Peter Port, Guernsey...

Sintana to acquire Challenger Energy in all-share deal, valuing company at £45m

Challenger Energy Group PLC has agreed to an all-share acquisition by Sintana Energy Inc. through a court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement. Challenger shareholders will receive 0.4705 new Sintana shares for each Challenger share, valuing the deal at about £45 million and giving them a 25% stake in the combined group...

Drax Group completes £300m buyback and launches £75m extension tranche

Drax Group has completed its £300 million share buyback programme, repurchasing 47.2 million ordinary shares between August 2024 and October 2025...

Tern Plc cuts Board pay and introduces shareholder distribution policy

Tern has announced a 50% reduction in fixed remuneration for its Board and executive management from 1 November 2025, expected to save around £153,000 annually. The company has also introduced a new policy linking management pay to investment exits and committed to distributing at least 50% of net proceeds from disposals over £1 million to shareholders, subject to reserves and regulatory requirements...

Firering Strategic Minerals raises Limeco stake to 30.7%

Firering Strategic Minerals has exercised the second tranche of its option to acquire a further 3.8% shareholding in Limeco Resources Limited for US$620,000, taking its total interest to 30.7%...

Cooks Coffee signs partnership with Tesco Ireland to open five Esquires stores

Cooks Coffee Company, owner of the Esquires brand, has agreed a partnership with Tesco Ireland to open five new Esquires cafés in Tesco stores by November 2025...

Warpaint London appoints Berenberg as joint Corporate Broker

Warpaint London, the colour cosmetics supplier and brand owner, has appointed Berenberg as joint corporate broker, working alongside Shore Capital with immediate effect...

Aptamer Group secures £360,000 contract with top 3 global pharma

Aptamer Group has signed a £360,000 development contract with a leading global pharmaceutical company to engineer Optimer® binders as targeted radiopharmaceuticals...

Tekmar Group signs exclusive framework agreement with Jan De Nul

Tekmar Group plc (AIM: TGP) has entered into an exclusive framework agreement with Jan De Nul to supply its 10th Generation Cable Protection System for projects under TenneT’s 2GW Programme in Germany...

EDX Medical launches TC100, UK’s most advanced testicular cancer testing service

EDX Medical Group plc has commenced marketing its TC100 testicular cancer testing service, described as the most advanced of its kind in the UK...

ICG Enterprise Trust reports strong cash generation in H1 FY26 interim results

ICG Enterprise Trust delivered £222m of proceeds in H1 FY26, with NAV per share at 2,040p and a share price total return of 12.6%. The portfolio generated a 2.1% local currency return, supported by strong realisations and £113m of new investments, including increased exposure to secondaries...

Acuity RM secures defence and healthcare contracts worth £126,000

Acuity RM Group’s subsidiary, Acuity Risk Management, has won a £71,000 pilot contract with a global defence contractor and a £55,000 upsell with a healthcare instruments client...

Ampeak Energy to host strategic update at Newport Energy Park

Ampeak Energy will hold a strategic update event at its Newport Energy Park, offering site tours and presentations from its executive team..

Tirupati Graphite raises funds, appoints interim CEO, updates Vatomina

Tirupati Graphite has raised a further £300,000 through convertible loan notes and appointed Arun Somani as interim CEO to oversee operational improvements at the Vatomina project. Former CEO James Nieuwenhuys has moved to a Non-Executive Director role, while plant upgrades and mining adjustments are expected to restore sustainable production from November 2025...

Great Western begins drilling at West Huntoon ahead of schedule

Great Western Mining has started its 1,800-metre drilling programme in Nevada, with the first hole at West Huntoon already near target depth. The campaign will also test the Rhyolite Dome prospect, with drilling continuing through October and assay results expected to follow...

Jubilee Metals updates Zambia copper strategy and South Africa sale

Jubilee has reported progress on its Three-Pillar Copper Strategy in Zambia, targeting long-term output of 25,000 tonnes per year. The Company has received the first US$15 million tranche from the sale of its South African chrome and PGM operations, with completion expected by the end of 2025...

Manx Financial extends Neil Jeffery’s consultancy role at Payment Assist

Manx Financial has extended its consultancy agreement with Neil Jeffery, founder of Payment Assist Limited, until August 2030...

Big Technologies announces change of Chair

Big Technologies plc (AIM: BIG) has confirmed that Alexander Brennan has stepped down as Independent Non-Executive Chair with immediate effect. Sangita Shah has been appointed Interim Chair as the company continues efforts to resolve ongoing litigation with former CEO Sara Murray...

FW Thorpe delivers profit growth despite flat revenue in 2025 results

FW Thorpe reported preliminary results for the year to 30 June 2025, with profit before tax up 5.9% to £31.6 million and earnings per share rising 4.6% to 21.69p...

Manx Financial Group publishes Interim Results Presentation for H1 2025

Manx Financial has released its presentation covering unaudited interim results for the six months to 30 June 2025. The update outlines financial performance, operational highlights, and strategic developments, including growth in profit before tax to £4.1 million and earnings per share rising to 3.11 pence..
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