Small cap round up

Billington Holdings, a UK based structural steel and construction safety solutions specialist, has achieved the largest number of orders since the firm’s origins. Chief executive Mark Smith said: "Billington currently has the longest forward order book, in relation to capacity, in the Group's history, and the strength of this provides the company with confidence going into the second half of the year.”

Virtual reality content creator EVR Holdings raised £3.4m on through a placing of over 200m shares on AIM, in order to fund further expansion in the US.The new ordinary shares of 1p each were sold to new and existing investors for 1.7p per share.

AIM listed miner Scotgold Resources will de-list from the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) on 21 October in a bid to consolidate securities trading and save costs.The gold and silver miner is to de-list due to its limited trading volume on ASX, as over the past six months about 98% of trading securities occurred on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market and about 87% of the securities in Scotgold are held by UK residents or already registered as depository interests on AIM.

Kyrgyz Republic-focused exploration and development company Chaarat Gold announced its intention to appoint a new non-executive chairman and published its unaudited results for the six months to 30 June on Tuesday.The AIM-traded firm’s largest shareholder, Martin Andersson, affirmed his support for Chaarat, the board said, by agreeing to join as non-executive chairman.

Tricor updated the market on its ongoing VAT claim on Tuesday, confirming that the board has resolved that it will not appeal the decision of the Upper Tribunal. The AIM-traded firm said it will also accept liability for the costs incurred by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in relation to the appeal proceedings.

Fox Marble Holdings announced its interim results for the six months to 30 June on Tuesday, with sales for the period more than doubling to €0.26m from €0.11m in the first half of 2015.The AIM-traded firm’s order book stood at €4.1m at period end, with cash advances of €0.42m received.