Small cap round-up
Recruitment software provider Dillistone Group announced on Wednesday that its subsidiary, Dillistone Systems, has secured an order for its FileFinder Anywhere product with the Paris headquartered global executive search firm Alexander Hughes International.
The AIM-traded firm said the FileFinder Anywhere software combines browser based technology with access to data across devices, and will be implemented across the firm's global network of offices in around 30 countries.
Breedon Aggregates’ planned takeover of Hope cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday, with the Competition and Markets Authority accepting its undertakings in lieu of a Phase 2 investigation.
The AIM-traded firm said as a result, it has been cleared to complete the acquisition, subject to those undertakings.
Staffing services and outsourcing group Staffline posted a rise in first-half pre-tax profit as revenue grew and the company said it has seen no signs that Brexit is affecting demand for its services.
For the six months ended 30 June, underlying pre-tax profit was up 50.5% to £15.2m on revenues of £414.7m, up 39.5% from the same period last year.
Southern and Western Africa-focused multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company Premier African Minerals announced on Wednesday that Pamela Hueston has resigned as a director of the company, and that simultaneously Russel Swarts has been appointed as a consultant.
The AIM-traded firm said Swarts will provide oversight of its financial management.
Market analytics company Ebiquity reported on Wednesday that it has performed in line with market expectations as revenue grew in the first half, boosted by a weak sterling.
In a trading statement for six months ended 30 June, the company said two thirds of its revenue is denominated in non-sterling currencies and it had received some benefit from the the weak pound in the first half of the year. Following the Brexit result from the 24 June EU referendum the pound plummeted to 31-year lows.
MediLink-Global announced on Wednesday that it has decided to seek shareholder approval for the cancellation of the company's ordinary shares from trading on AIM.
The directors of the AIM-traded firm said they consider that the costs associated with having its shares admitted to trading on AIM are not commensurate with the associated benefits of admission.
Connemara Mining found a new gold system in a green bed environment as part of its Inishowen drilling campaign in Ireland.
The company drilled two holes in a four-hole programme on its licences in Donegal, Ireland and found a new gold system contained within quartz calcite veins, shears and an altered unit.
Agriterra announced on Wednesday that it has agreed the sale of its Beech King Air F-90 plane to a registered aircraft retailer in South Africa for consideration of $0.29m, which is expected to complete within the next few days.
The AIM-traded firm said the sale follows the recent disposal of its Aerospatiale Alouette 3 helicopter to the same purchaser for a consideration of $80,000.