SMALL CAP MOVERS: Avacta shares soar as test detects new Covid variant; Premier African on a lithium charge By John Harrington, Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 15:18 GMT, 12 March 2021 | Updated: 15:18 GMT, 12 March 2021 Premier African Metals continued its astonishing rise this week after it was formally granted an ‘exclusive prospect … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Broker Finncap ‘in a good moment’ as flotations and deals continue to flow By John Harrington, Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 14:44 GMT, 5 March 2021 | Updated: 14:44 GMT, 5 March 2021 In a week when announcements of forthcoming flotations continued to flow, broker FinnCap revealed it has been trading materially … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Online Blockchain’s share price gets Elon-gated; investors high on cannabis stocks By John Harrington, Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:42 GMT, 19 February 2021 | Updated: 16:42 GMT, 19 February 2021 Investors piled this week into stocks exposed to the hot investment sectors, namely Bitcoin, COVID-19 and cannabis. A lot of successful … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Data intelligence firm Location Sciences hit by Covid; Franco Manca owner to open new restaurants in the summer By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 12:51 GMT, 12 February 2021 | Updated: 12:51 GMT, 12 February 2021 Location Sciences tumbled 24 per cent to 0.5p this week after embarking on … Read more
Arcadia’s high street empire looks likely to end up in the hands of two of the AIM’s runaway retail success stories. Boohoo has confirmed it is in exclusive discussions with administrators Deloitte to buy the Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton brands, days after it emerged that rival ASOS was the frontrunner to rescue Topshop, Topman, … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Eve Sleep plans French expansion but raw material shortage is a drag; Quadrise Fuels makes potential breakthrough deal By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 12:21 GMT, 22 January 2021 | Updated: 12:21 GMT, 22 January 2021 Quadrise Fuels shot up 55 per cent to 3p this week after making … Read more
The perpetual arm-wrestling match between the two leading junior market online retailers has resulted in Asos clawing back the ‘king of AIM’ crown. In fact, the clothier is now worth £5billion, well above its rival Boohoo’s market capitalisation of £4.2billion. However, investors haven’t been impressed lately despite strong festive performances from both companies, with shares … Read more
Argo Blockchain has been one of the winners in the recent Bitcoin rally, having rocketed 218 per cent to 107p in the first week of trading in 2021. The cryptocurrency miner, which started 2020 changing hands for 6p, broke records with trading volumes and new user numbers surging over 1,500 per cent and 500 per … Read more
Takeovers of companies listed on the junior market have dominated London Stock Exchange deals recently. In the year to September 2020, mergers and acquisitions involving smaller companies accounted for 56 per cent of the total up from 46 per cent in the previous 12 months. There was also a strong rise in takeovers made by … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Junior market in healthy shape as fundraisings continue; Helium One makes debut By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 15:39 GMT, 4 December 2020 | Updated: 15:51 GMT, 4 December 2020 It’s been another bustling week of fundraisings in the junior market as some uncertainty started to dissolve now that … Read more