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On Friday, house builder Bellway issues an interim management statement which Northland Capital Partners thinks should point to further growth. "A positive trading update from Bellway will keep our estimates well within reach given 94% of the target revenue for the full year is now in hand," the broker said.

The company also said its co-generation plant modifications are complete and the plant is being ramped up in line with the ramp up of the furnaces. The plant is expected to progress to 11% of the company's total power demand from July this year, at a significantly lower cost than bought in power from Eskom, with which until recently the company held a buyback agreement. The firm's Sky Chrome site has been ramped up to 50,000 tonnes run-of-mine. The increased mining depth on the open pit is resulting in improved quality ore as less weathered ore is mined.

International Ferro Metals has said that the ramp-up of both its furnaces is progressing "smoothly" and is on track to achieve full load by mid-June. Once full load has been achieved, the company intends to reduce load during the specific expensive peak winter tariff hours between June and August, which is expected to reduce ferrochrome production volumes by an estimated 10% over this period.

Kryso Resources pleased investors with news that in 2011 it achieved the highest amount of drilling in one year by the company to date, resulting in 'very encouraging' assay results which led to a 40% increase in its Joint Ore Reserves Committee mineral resources total, which has now exceeded 5,000,000 oz gold at a 0.5g/t cut off. During the year the company saw an 81% rise in development costs, a 69% rise in admin expenses and a 25% increase in losses, from $1.12m to $1.39m. Losses per share decreased from 0.65c to 0.53c. Cash levels fell from $16.6m to $11.1m over the course of the year. Full mine construction at Pakrut is imminent and the company is targeting the completion of mine construction by the end of 2013.

"Highlighted as useful for hazardous lighting, this key growth business can now offer a broader solution," wrote Peel Hunt analyst Andrew Shepherd-Barron. The broker is sticking with its "buy" recommendation and 1,040p target price for Dialight.

Group Chief Executive, Roy Burton, said: "The acquisition of controls capability will be key to further driving the value proposition and improving payback to our hazardous LED lighting customers." Broker Peel Hunt said the acquisition marks a step forward as "until now, Dialight has favoured simple solutions (in light fixture, no remove monitoring)."

All patent applications have been transferred to Dialight ownership. The goodwill on acquisition is expected to be $7.7m, with the final balance to be confirmed as part of the 2012 preliminary results. The acquisition is expected to be earnings accretive from 2013, at the earliest.

The light-emitting diode (LED) specialist Dialight has acquired the assets of Airinet, a US developer of lighting control, energy management and automated network control systems. Colorado-based Airinet, which employs six lighting control engineers, was bought for an upfront consideration of $2.6m, with additional sums payable based on future revenue through to 2020 of up $7.4m.

Nick Stagg, Chief Executive said: "New Albany brings years of experience in clinical operations, that, combined with Kurt Salmon's deep industry expertise, will provide opportunities to further develop our healthcare consulting practice in the United States. We will continue to look for opportunities to grow our business through small acquisitions."

Management Consulting subsidiary Kurt Salmon made the purchase for a total consideration of $0.8m. A team of five senior consultants from the business has joined the healthcare practice of Kurt Salmon, which Management Consulting believes brings "an important additional capability to Kurt Salmon's healthcare consulting offering" in the US.

Business consultancy Management Consulting Group has completed the acquisition of New Albany Healthcare Consultants, announced in May. New Albany provides consulting services related to performance improvement in clinical operations in hospitals and medical practices across the US

Mobile Tornado Group, a provider of instant communication mobile applications to the enterprise market, posted a rise in revenues from £1.4m to £2.0m, while pre-tax loses narrowed to £1.2m (2010: £1.6m). The cost of sales doubled to £0.7m, while basic and diluted losses per share came in at 0.59p, compared to 0.85p the previous year. The company achieved increased sales activity during the year, up 43%, and believes that market within which it operates is increasingly receptive to the proposition it has develo

Aer Lingus Regional's total flown passenger numbers in May 2012 were 88,000, an increase of 33.3% compared to May 2011.

Airline company Aer Lingus Group has said that its flown passenger load factor in May 2012 increased by 2.9 percentage points on May 2011 to 76.2%. Short haul flown load factor was 73.8%, an increase of 0.9 points on May 2011, with capacity decreasing by 1.6%. Long haul flown load factor was 81.5%, a year-on-year (y/y) increase of 7.4 points, with capacity increasing by 0.5%. The company's flown passengers in May totalled 882,000, a y/y increase of 0.1% compared. Short haul flown passengers in May 2012 were 793,000, a y/y decrease of 1.1%, while long haul flown passengers in May 2012 were 89,000, an increase of 12.7% on May 2011.

The interim dividend has been hiked by 10% to 4.02p

Trading in the second half of the financial year has been in line with management's expectations. "Whilst RWS is not immune to the fragile global economic situation, especially in the Eurozone, our expectations for the year as a whole remain unchanged with a greater second half weighting anticipated as a result of recent client wins, some benefit from the ongoing rationalisation in Germany, a full half year contribution from increased PatBase subscriptions, an increase in the number of translations being transferred from Inovia, a strong order book and a healthy pipeline of new business opportunities," said Executive Chairman, Andrew Brode.

Net cash at the end of the reporting period was up to £22.5m from £19.9m a year earlier, despite spending £3.7m to buy a one-third interest in Inovia Holdings. The company is set to buy the remainder of Inovia in September 2013, but in the meantime it has acquired for £2.5m the whole of the issued share capital of Davda & Associates, a company principally involved in the provision of patent and technical search services. Davda's adjusted profit after tax for the year ended 31st August 2011 was £0.45m. RWS said the acquisition will be earnings enhancin

Underlying profit before tax for the six-month period eased to £8.1m from £8.2m the year before, with the company noting that profits were £0.2m lower this time round because of currency fluctuations. Reported profit before tax eased to £7.83m from £7.97m a year earlier. Adjusted diluted earnings per share was up 3% to 14.4p from 14.0p at the half-way stage last year.

The group's core patent translations business, which accounts for around 70% of group sales, grew its revenues to £23.5m from £22.9m the year before. The information business, which accounts for 7% of group sales and a significantly higher proportion of operating profit, grew its revenues to £2.5m (2011: £2.2m). This performance was primarily driven by an approximate 15% growth in revenues from PatBase, its subscription database services arm.

Patent translation and search services provider RWS has seen a recent pick-up in its order book, underlining its confidence for the full year. The company's revenue at the half-way stage were 4% ahead of the year before, with sales for the six months to March 31st coming in at £33.7m versus £32.4m at the interim stage the year before, and £33.0m in the second half of the preceding financial year.