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So a two-day Atom event in Newport now on, with Safetell at its Heart: and it's 'The Mother of all FM events' (in more ways than one) ...

Safetell should certainly be 'Pink Bouyed' by this event, which should be 'Moosic' to our ears!

"Atom Heart Mother" - Pink Floyd

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_Heart_Mother

"Atom Heart Mother (suite)" - Pink Floyd

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fku7hi5kI-c

New on Grosvenor Technology's website:-

"Insights

Grosvenor Technology Fuels Restart Racing’s Ambitions in the 2025 BTCC Season

Grosvenor Technology is sponsoring Restart Racing in the 2025 BTCC season. Learn about the team, their drivers, and the exciting world of British motorsport.

Ben Lagden

Commercial Director

The roar of the engines, the thrill of the competition, the pursuit of excellence – motorsport embodies a spirit of innovation and determination that resonates deeply with the values we hold at Grosvenor Technology. That’s why we’re incredibly excited to be sponsoring Restart Racing in the 2025 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).

Restart Racing: A Team Driven by Passion and Expertise

Restart Racing is not just another team on the grid. They are a group of passionate and experienced professionals with a proven track record of success in the motorsport industry. Having competed in various championships, including the BTCC and TCR UK, Restart Racing has consistently demonstrated their ability to build and run race-winning cars.

Their dedication to innovation and performance aligns perfectly with Grosvenor Technology’s commitment to delivering cutting-edge Access Control and HCM solutions. We believe that by supporting a team that shares our values, we can contribute to the growth and success of British motorsport and share our brand with a wider audience.

The 2025 BTCC Season: A New Chapter

This year, Restart Racing is taking on the challenge of the BTCC with two Hyundai i30 Fastback N cars. Driven by experienced drivers Chris Smiley and Dan Lloyd, the team is ready to compete against the best in the business.

We’re confident that Restart Racing will make a strong impression on the championship, and we’re proud to be a part of their journey. Our sponsorship not only provides financial support but also demonstrates our commitment to the motorsport community and the values it represents. ..."

https://www.grosvenortechnology.com/insights/grosvenor-technology-fuels-restart-racings-ambitions-in-the-2025-btcc-season/

16th Apr 2025 7:30 am RNS High Recoveries of Critical Magnet Metals

"Ampasindava Confirms High Recoveries of Critical Magnet Metals via Low-Impact Heap Leach Processing

Harena (LSE:HREE) is pleased to report metallurgical test results from its 75% owned Ampasindava Rare Earths Project in Madagascar. The work confirms that ionic clay-hosted rare earth elements (REEs) from Ampasindava - including the strategically critical magnet metals Neodymium (Nd), Praseodymium (Pr), Dysprosium (Dy) and Terbium (Tb) - can be recovered efficiently using low-impact heap leach processes such as salt water or standard ammonium sulphate solutions.

This result supports the Company's goal of developing a technically robust, environmentally responsible, and geopolitically independent supply of magnet metals essential to the global defence, energy, and technology sectors.

Highlights:

• REEs at Ampasindava are readily recoverable through simple ion desorption, with high extraction rates achieved using a ammonium sulphate leach in low-acid conditions.

• Main extractions were approximately 88% Nd, 73% Dy, 67% Y, 86% La, with low levels of gangue, thorium (Th) and uranium (U) supporting a clean environmental profile.

• SGS Lakefield testwork using a pH 5 ammonium sulphate solution delivered strong results, including 87% Nd, 88% Pr, 71% Dy, 75% Tb and 63% Y

• Encouragingly optimal column heap leach test, over 218 hours, demonstrated recoveries of 88% Nd, 86% Pr, 73% Dy, 79% Tb and 67% Y using Ammonium Sulphate at a pH of 4.

• Low value/high bulk Cerium demonstrated minimal recovery, a significant benefit in production of a high-grade magnet metal concentrates or carbonates.

Joe Belladonna, Managing Director, commented:

"While early days in the programme the high rare earth recovery results achieved in the SGS Lakefield test work are very encouraging. This demonstrates that the process to be employed at Ampasindava will be environmentally and ecologically friendly. Furthermore, the low-risk process, simple reagents utilised and no requirement for a tailing storage facility should benefit the economic and technical viability of Ampasindava."

"With the current geopolitical environment, the race to secure heavy rare earth feed stocks for defence and new energy applications is accelerating. Projects that can demonstrate both technical viability and alignment with Western supply chain priorities are increasingly in focus. Ampasindava's combination of critical magnet metals, clean extraction, and independence from Chinese processing gives us a timely opportunity to contribute to a more resilient global supply chain." ..."

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/HREE/high-recoveries-of-critical-magnet-metals-rnhpp5w1sc5l6yn.html

16th Apr 2025 7:00 am RNS Final Results

"... Pathways to a greener future adopted by the UK and other governments remain an issue for public and political debate at a time of economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Clearly some prospective targets and their business models are likely to be more resistant to external risk than others. It remains our approach that any acquisition will take full account of a developing regulatory and political environment and any potential associated risks.

We remain confident that where disruptive technologies are not only cleaner but more competitive than incumbent processes, the renewable energy sector will offer excellent opportunities for acquisitive and organic growth.

In addition, the board is actively considering widening the Company's stated acquisition criteria beyond the global renewable energy sector supply chain in order to expand the range of potential acquisition targets. In particular, the board is looking at other industries which are also characterised by strong macro-economic fundamentals and with incumbents subject to disruptors enabled by new technologies and AI, and new entrants able to grow their businesses through acquisition and consolidation. Further details of any change in the acquisition criteria will be shared with investors in due course.

I would like to thank my fellow board members and our advisers for their assistance in this important stage of the Company's development and look forward to providing an update on progress in due course.

John Croft, the Chairman of Aura, commented:

"The board has maintained close connections with potential business introducers from within the Board's professional and business networks. By reinforcing the board's intentions and objectives to these potential introducers of opportunities, we have maintained a pipeline of potential targets.

We believe our strategic approach to finding the right transaction, while closely controlling overheads, will prove successful."

Publication on website

A copy of this announcement is also available on the Company's website at http://www.aurarenewables.com.

Enquiries

Aura Renewable Acquisitions Plc

John Croft (Non-Executive Chairman) 07785 315588

Robin Stevens (Non-Executive Director) 07787 112059

Media enquiries

Allerton Communications

Peter Curtain 020 3633 1730

aurarenewables@allertoncomms.co.uk

LEI: 894500XA241IB9HL7147

Notes to Editors

Aura was established to acquire and then act as the holding company for targeted businesses operating in the Global Renewable Energy Sector Supply Chain, particularly participants in the wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, carbon capture, waste management, smart grids and green hydrogen supply chain, and their sub-sectors."

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/ARA/final-results-r7wroilnknusdt1.html

16th Apr 2025 7:00 am RNS Final Results

"Annual Results and Likely Extension of Acquisition Criteria

16 April 2025 - Aura Renewable Acquisitions plc, a UK-based company formed to build shareholder value by investing in the global renewable energy supply chain, announces its results for the year ended 31 December 2024.

The Company has continued to seek suitable acquisition and investment targets while operating with minimal overheads following its admission to the Standard Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in April 2022, raising gross proceeds of £1,000,000 from a placing and subscription. The Company has incurred a loss before taxation of £185,000 for the financial year ended 31 December 2024 (2023: £153,000). At 31 December 2024 the Company had cash resources of £486,000 (2023: £661,000).

Aura was established to acquire then act as the holding company for targeted businesses operating in the Global Renewable Energy Sector Supply Chain, particularly participants in the battery, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, carbon capture, waste management, smart grids and green hydrogen supply chain, and their sub-sectors.

During the year the board has met and assessed potential acquisition targets in the UK and overseas and, on 9 December 2024, Aura announced that it had entered into heads of terms with Zero Carbon Capital Limited ("ZCT"), a UK incorporated company with planned battery recycling operations in Europe, which set out the key terms for Aura to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of ZCT. Following the announcement of the proposed transaction and at the request of Aura, the Financial Conduct Authority suspended Aura's listing on the Official List and trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange was also suspended.

On further consideration, the board concluded that it would not be in the best interests of the Company's shareholders to pursue the proposed acquisition and notified the market on 15th April 2025 that it had given notice to ZCT that the heads of terms and the discussions relating to the proposed transaction were terminated. Minimal external due diligence costs have been incurred this potential transaction. In light of the termination of the heads of terms, the Company applied to have the suspension lifted and trading in the Company's shares will recommence at 7.30 am on 16th April 2025. ..."

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/ARA/final-results-r7wroilnknusdt1.html

"Termination of exclusivity with Zero Carbon Technologies Limited

and

Restoration of Trading

Aura, a UK-based company, whose objective is to invest in the global renewable energy sector supply chain and thereby build shareholder value, announced on 9 December 2024 that it had entered into heads of terms (the "Heads of Terms") with Zero Carbon Technologies Limited ("ZCT"), a UK incorporated company with planned battery recycling operations in Europe, which set out the key terms for Aura to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of ZCT ("Proposed Acquisition"). Although those terms were not legally binding, the Heads of Terms did include legally binding provisions, including with regard to exclusive dealing between the parties regarding the Proposed Acquisition.

The Company further announced that should the Proposed Acquisition complete, it would constitute an Initial Transaction under the UK Listing Rules, and accordingly the Company requested the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") to suspend the Company's listing on the Equity shares (shell companies) category of the Official List and the trading of its shares on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange ("Suspension").

Unfortunately, the board of directors of the Company ("Board") has concluded that it would not be in the best interests of the Company's shareholders to pursue the Proposed Acquisition and has given notice to ZCT that the Heads of Terms and the discussions relating to the Proposed Transaction are terminated. Minimal external due diligence costs have been incurred on this potential transaction.

In light of the termination of the Heads of Terms and discussions, the Company has applied to have the Suspension lifted. Trading in the Company's shares is expected to re-commence shortly.

The Board will continue to seek alternative attractive targets and further updates will be provided in due course.

- Ends -

Contact Information

Aura Renewable Acquisitions Plc

John Croft, Chairman: +44 77 8531 5588

Media Enquiries

Allerton Communications

Peter Curtain: +44 203 663 1730"

https://www.lse.co.uk/rns/ARA/cessation-of-proposed-acquisition-j9j53g99looy31u.html

Another great new article from GT's Commercial Director Ben Lagden: about the compelling benefits of Grosvenor's HCM solutions for the retail sector:-

"Insights

SPOTLIGHT: Optimising Workforce Management in the Fast-Paced Retail Sector

Grosvenor Technology provides comprehensive workforce management solutions to 5 of the top 10 major UK retailers.

Ben Lagden

Commercial Director

Grosvenor Technology provides comprehensive workforce management solutions to 5 of the top 10 major UK retailers.

The UK retail landscape is a demanding environment. Large retailers with numerous locations across the country face the complex task of managing thousands of employees, each with varying shift patterns, roles, and responsibilities. This complexity presents a unique set of workforce management challenges that can impact efficiency, costs, and employee satisfaction.

Common Challenges Faced by Major UK Retailers:

• Diverse Workforce: Managing a large and diverse workforce across multiple locations, with varying roles, contracts, and skill sets, requires sophisticated systems and processes.

• Complex Scheduling: Creating efficient schedules that accommodate fluctuating demand, employee availability, and diverse shift patterns can be a logistical challenge.

• High Turnover: The retail industry often experiences high employee turnover, leading to increased recruitment and training costs, as well as potential disruptions to operations.

• Labour Cost Control: Maintaining strict control over labour costs is crucial in a competitive market, requiring accurate time and attendance tracking and efficient payroll processing.

• Compliance and Security: Ensuring compliance with labour laws, data protection regulations, and security protocols is essential for protecting both the business and its employees.

• Employee Engagement: Creating a positive and engaging work environment for retail employees can be challenging, especially in a fast-paced and demanding industry. ..."

https://www.grosvenortechnology.com/insights/spotlight-optimising-workforce-management-in-the-fast-paced-retail-sector/

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