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SCISYS lands deal to provide facilities for EUMETSAT

Software systems, IT based solutions and support services supplier SCISYS has landed a contract with GMV Aerospace and Defence to deliver the mission operations facility for EUMETSAT's upcoming geostationary weather satellite, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG). EUMESTAT is the European Organisation

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Glencore Sells Interest In Peru Copper Project

LONDON (Alliance News) - Glencore Xstrata said Monday it has agreed to sell its interest in the Las Bambas copper project in Peru to a Chinese consortium including MMG, Guoxin International Investment Corp and CITIC Metal Co for USD5.85 billion in cash. The deal is part of an agreement to w

SCISYS Wins Operations Contract For Geostationary Weather Satellite

LONDON (Alliance News) - SCISYS PLC said Monday it has won an operations contract with GMV Aerospace and Defence for the Mission Operations Facility of a new geostationary weather satellite. The supplier of bespoke software, IT and support systems to the media, broadcast, space, government

SCISYS Signs Extension To European Space Agency Contract

LONDON (Alliance News) - SCISYS PLC said Tuesday it has signed a one-year extension to its contract with the European Space Agency, worth in excess of EUR5 million. The bespoke software systems and IT provider said the one-year extension with the European Space Agency will see it provide a

Scisys Raises Dividend 11% As 2013 Profit Hit By Restructuring Costs

LONDON (Alliance News) - Software company Scisys PLC raised its total dividend Wednesday despite seeing pretax profit decline, as higher revenue was offset by restructuring costs in 2013. The company raised its total dividend for 2013 by 11% to 1.46 pence from 1.32 pence in 2012. Scis

Scisys To Meet Full-Year Expectations, Confident For 2014

LONDON (Alliance News) - Scisys PLC said Friday that it full-year results will meet expectations and expressed confidence for 2014 as it saw strong order intake in its fourth quarter. Scisys produces software systems for the media and broadcast, space, government and defence sector. T

Scisys H1 Revenues Up But Says 2nd-Half Contracts Slipping Into 2014

STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-UK small caps shed 0.2 pct at midday

UK small caps fall 0.2 percent in midsession trade, in tandem with the mid-caps and the blue chips, while the junior-listed AIM shares made it into positive territory, rising 0.2 percent. Scisys, the supplier of bespoke software systems and IT based solutions, falls 12.2 percent after annou

London open: Footsie flat, Vodafone rises on Indian tax ruling

The Footsie opened flat on Friday morning, with a rise in the banking sector being offset by resource stocks. The blue chip index nudged just a few points lower to 5,738 in early trading, following yesterday's 0.7% rise on the back of strong macro data and an improving outlook in the Eurozone. In o

Cash rolling in at SciSys

Buoyed by strong order intake in the final quarter of 2011, software solutions provider SciSys reckons it is likely to enjoy further growth in sales, profits and net margins in 2012. The group said it performed in line with expectations in the second half of last year, despite the board having some

Round-up: Hamworthy, Meggitt, SciSys...

Engineer Hamworthy expects 'significantly' to exceed previous earnings expectations for the year to March after strong demand for after sales products and services, an increase in order intake from the oil and gas market and a reduction in the instances of customers delaying delivery dates. "It r