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Bond International Software Profits Rise 176% As Confidence Returns

Bond International Software secures contract with Academic Work

Bond International Software, the AIM-listed provider of software for the international recruitment and human resources industries, has won a contract worth more than 1.0m pounds with Academic Work, a temping agency specialising in Young Professionals in the Nordics. The agreement includes a Bond

Bond International hit by tough markets

Profits at Bond International Software were hit as recruitment firms paired back on IT investment. The firm, which provides software to the recruitment sector, added that a shift from from traditional licences to cloud-based deals - known as Software as a Service (SaaS) - had also impacted the bott

Bond International secures Ozzie contract

Software firm Bond International said it had signed a contract worth 1.25 million Australian dollars with one of the country's largest recruitment providers. Bond failed to detail exactly which firm it was doing business with, but said its software would be installed in the mystery company's networ

Bond sees green shoots after troubled 2010

Bond International Software, the personnel software specialist, says improved cost controls and better market conditions boosted profits through 2011. Revenues came in 30% ahead of a difficult 2010 at £36.8m with operating margins increasing from 7.8% to 14.2% reflecting a better mix of licence and

Bond International falls into losses

Recruitment software group Bond International Software fell into losses in 2010 as the effects of the previous year's downturn continued to be felt, but said that the market improved towards the end of the year. The firm recorded a pre-tax loss of £1.2m, against a profit of £217,000 the previous ye

Bond buys US rival

Recruitment software provider Bond International Software is acquiring staffing software supplier VCG and raising £6.17m gross from the issue of ordinary and non-voting convertible shares. The deal is structured so that VCG merges with Bond's US subsidiary. VCG is valued at $1.09m - with $500,000

Bond shaken but not deterred

Personnel and recruitment software developer Bond International Software moved into the red at the half-year stage but said the second half of the year has started more positively. Group revenue in the six months to 30 June 2010 tumbled to £15.1m from £17.1m in the first half of last year, but recu

Small caps round-up: Oilex, Bellzone, Bond Int'l...

Shares in Oilex almost tripled on Monday after the oil and gas explorer announced a "significant" upgrade to its gas for the Cambay field in Gujarat, India. Following a nine-month drill programme of studies, it now believes the field holds 248bn cubic feet (BCF) of gas and 11m barrels (MMbbls) of c

PRESS RELEASE: Bond International Software and Newbury Consulting Group announce partnership

RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 01, 2010-- Bond International Software, global leader in staffing and recruitment software, and Newbury Consulting Group (Newbury), the world's foremost consultancy for Oracle's PeopleSoft Staffing applications, announce a partnership to integrate and cross-m

Small caps round-up: Baobab Resources, Idatech, Bango...

Shares in Baobab Resources jumped after the Mozambique-focused metals explorer said it intersected 'significant widths' of magnetite-ilmenite mineralisation at the Chimbala prospect in the Tete region of the country. Fuel cell system firm IdaTech expects revenues for 2010 to be lower than expectati

Bond Intl. sees profit drop

Shares in Bond International are on offer after the recruitment software provider's full-year profit dropped despite a small rise in revenue. Profit on ordinary activities before tax fell to £217,000n in the year ended 31 December compared with £2.83m last year, though revenue was slightly higher a

Small caps round-up: African Diamonds, Dragon Oil, Helius Energy.........

An independent valuation of rough diamonds from African Diamonds' AK6 diamond project shows average rough diamond revenue per carat of $162 - 16.5% higher than previously. African Diamonds' partner is Lucara Diamond Corp, which took on De Beers' 71% stake in AK6. A revised feasibility study is due f

Small Caps round-up: Prosperity Minerals, Handmade, Sylvania....

China-based cement manufacturer Prosperity Minerals Holdings has asked for its shares to be suspended pending an announcement of price sensitive information. The company's majority shareholder has asked for its shares to be suspended on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. At the end of November, Prosper

London close: Afternoon rally fizzles out

The Chancellor's pre-Budget Report speech had little effect on UK equities, with much of its content widely expected while others subscribed to the view espoused by the Shadow Chancellor that it was more of a 'pre-election report' than a pre-Budget report. As expected, banks that pay excessive bonu