Small caps news round-up
AIM-listed Good Energy posted a 44% rise in customer numbers in 2015 as more people opted to sign up with smaller energy firms. In its preliminary results for the 12 months to the end of December, the renewable energy company said customer numbers rose to 219,400 from 152,500 in 2014. Electricity customer numbers were up 32% to around 68,000 while gas customers grew 55% to 38,800.
Arria NLG completed a fresh round of fundraising through the issue of notes on Friday, as it continued to explore options to generate longer term capital. The AIM-traded natural language generation firm said that, subject to completion of the relevant documentation, investors subscribed to £1.379m of unsecured loan notes convertible to ordinary shares at 40p each.
Zegona Communications confirmed press speculation it was in very early talks to acquire Spanish mobile operator Yoigo on Friday, but warned the market nothing was set in stone. The AIM-traded communications firm said it had entered into an exclusivity agreement with Yoigo's parent TeliaSonera in relation to a potential acquisition.
Fastjet's public spat with easyGroup led to the resignation of a board member late on Friday afternoon. After 1500 GMT, the Africa-based low cost airline announced Tim Ingram, easyGroup's representative on the board, had resigned with immediate effect.