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Small caps round-up: Caza Oil & Gas, Alexon, Falkland Island

Thu, 22nd Apr 2010 14:22

Shares in Caza Oil & Gas jumped after it said it encountered 'multiple gas bearing sands' after drilling at the Wharton West Wilcox Field in Texas.Shares in vehicle tracking systems specialist Minorplanet slumped after it said it is selling its UK arm, which accounts for about 40% of overall revenues, to meet outstanding tax payments of about £2m. Fashion retailer Alexon scrapped its final dividend after losses in 2009 soared to £14.3m. Underlying profit, stripping onerous lease costs, fell to £0.9m from £10.8m. Turnover fell 13.6% to £153m. Group like-for-like sales for the eleven weeks ended 17 April 2010 were minus 4%, in line with management's expectations. Actions taken provide a strong platform for the group to improve its financial performance going forward, it added.Falkland Islands expects profits for the year to March to be above market expectations with underlying pre-tax profits (before amortisation and non trading items) a little ahead of the re-stated prior year figure of £2.3m. The Falkland Islands Company benefitted from stronger results than anticipated from the group's business in the Falkland Islands, with freight and local service businesses boosted by oil exploration activity and mine clearance operations. The group's pre-tax profits will also be boosted materially by the £3.1m profit on the sale of FOGL shares in November 2009 together with £0.2m of cash compensation received for the early surrender of a property lease at Momart.AEA Technology, the energy consultancy group, said US performance has exceeded expectations in orders, revenue, profit and cash. Overall orders in the US are up in excess of 140% at around $80m, while in Europe orders improved around 7%.Assura, which owns and invests in primary care property across the UK, said there will be an overall loss for the year from discontinued operations, the loss on sale of the Medical Services division and restructuring costs. Aside from that, it expects to report sales and operating profit in all its divisions have been ahead of budget. Office software firm eg solutions has signed a contract valued at £525,000 with a new customer in South Africa to supply its software and services.Powered platform specialist Lavendon said despite the challenging start, based on recent increases in activity levels it believes it will recover any performance shortfall and meet its expectations for the full year. Tom Chandos is to step down as chairman of property asset manager Capital & Regional at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 28 June. Chandos has been chairman since 2000.Non-executive director Alan Coppin has also decided to call it a day and will leave the Capital & Regional board in September. An announcement on Tom Chandos's successor and on the appointment of new non-executive directors will be made before the end of June.Clean energy company Acta has declared itself pleased with the results of an independent testing programme of its "onboard" hydrogen fuel enrichment system for diesel-fuelled vehicles.Under strict bench test conditions using a new 7.2-litre diesel engine Volvo truck, the system achieved a significant reduction in fuel consumption, equivalent to an average 17% net fuel saving, by use of Acta's fuel enrichment system.Online betting group Leisure & Gaming took in more bets in the first quarter but more oft hem proved to be shrewd wagers as the group's net win margin slumped to 15.7% from 27.3% in the first quarter of 2009.Amounts wagered rose to €37m from €31.9m a year earlier, but the net win total slipped to €5.8m from €8.7m. Net profit before interest slumped to €0.2m from €1.8m the year before.
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20 Apr 2011 10:35

Falkland Islands ahead of expectations

Falkland Islands Holdings, the AIM-quoted retail, transport and logistics services group with an 8.2% stake in Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, says that trading in the year ended 31 March has been ahead of expectations, and underlying pre-tax profits will be around £2.7m, a similar level to the previous y

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3 Dec 2010 15:19

Falkland Islands Holdings hit by weak art market

Profits dipped at Falkland Islands Holdings in the half year to September 30 as economic weakness in mother country hit trading at its art handling division Momart. The company, which is involved in retail, property, and oil exploration in the Falklands, said underlying pre-tax profits for the peri

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10 Sep 2010 06:47

Friday tips round-up: Premier Farnell, Redrow, Home Retail...

There is potentially more to go for at Premier Farnell. In the US, web sales are about a third of the total, well behind the 46% seen across the group. There is also more scope for growth in China and in India, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, where it has just set up shop. About 300,000 new custom

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9 Sep 2010 14:48

Small caps: Cluff, Ocean Power, Falkland...

Cluff Gold's production is now above estimates at the half year with cash costs continuing to fall compared to 2009. "Kalsaka has achieved its best operating performance to date, whilst the new crushing facility now being commissioned at Angovia is expected to have a significant effect on the pro

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23 Jun 2010 07:52

Falkland Islands Holdings Swings To FY10 Profit

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Falkland Islands Holdings PLC (FKL.LN), an international services group, reported Wednesday a swing into pretax profit for fiscal 2010 and said its trading performance year to date is in line with its expectations. MAIN FACTS: -Revenue for the year ended March 31 GBP29.2

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23 Jun 2010 07:35

Falkland Island beats expectations

Falkland Islands Holdings said all three of its trading businesses performed well last year in extremely tough market conditions. The company, which gas retailing, property, insurance, hotels, shipping and fishing agency services on the Falkland Islands, saw underlying profit before tax in the year

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8 Dec 2009 06:36

Tuesday tips round-up: BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Shanks

The fundamentals for both BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto look good now their iron ore tie-up in Australia has finally happened. Spot iron ore prices are currently around one-third higher than contract prices, indicating the latter will move in line, and Chinese steel production continues at high level

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7 Dec 2009 12:05

Small caps round-up: Assetco, IS Pharma, Safeland

Fire service equipment outsourcer Assetco's profits fell to £5.4m in the six months to September from £6.5m, though its underlying half year performance was significantly ahead of the comparable period. The core Integrated Support Services business delivered a 25% increase in profit to £3.9m as a r

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30 Nov 2009 16:32

London close: Shares drop again in late trading

London's blue chips recovered most of their losses in late afternoon trading and looked like they could be set for a positive finish before turning down again just before the close. Banks such as Lloyds Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered remained nervous about the debt situation

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30 Nov 2009 14:36

London afternoon: Banks pare losses

Leading share prices are still holding steady at lower levels as investors await further developments from Dubai. Banks such as Lloyds Banking, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered remain nervous about the debt situation in emirate, though the morning's losses have been pared. HSBC defie

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30 Nov 2009 14:21

Falkland Islands makes killing on Falkland Oil share sale

Falkland Islands Holdings has made a £3.1m profit after selling 3m shares in Falkland Oil and Gas. The group, which owns businesses in the South Atlantic territory, offloaded 20% of its stake in Falkland Oil, but still owns 12m shares, or 8.2% of the business. Falkland Oil shares have doubled this

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11 Sep 2009 06:48

Friday tips round-up: Royal Bank of Scotland, BG, Galliford Try

Royal Bank of Scotland is in a mess and its chief executive, Stephen Hester, has made no bones about that fact. The shares have recovered strongly recently. Although the economic outlook appears better than it was and RBS should benefit, be wary of backing the lender at these levels until there is

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16 Jun 2009 08:23

Art write-down puts Falkland Islands in red

An impairment charge of £2m linked to its art logistics business has sent Falkland Islands Holdings into the red. The group, which owns businesses in the South Atlantic territory, reported a loss before tax of £600,000 for the year to 31 March 2009 versus a £1.9m profit last time. Turnover rose 84%

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