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The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ---------- Hercules PLC - Cirencester, England-based labour supply company for the UK infrastructure and construction sectors - Advantage NRG unit wins contracted work worth £6.5 million, across two major electricity networks. ‘Advantage NRG supplies linesmen for the construction and maintenance of overhead electrical transmission lines,’ Hercules adds. Hercules predicts ‘further growth in the power and energy sector’. ‘The UK is embarking on a major upgrade of its electrical infrastructure to meet rising energy needs. National Grid proposals include £58 billion of investment focused on extending and modernising the country’s transmission and distribution networks to deliver sustainable and reliable power across the UK,’ Hercules says. ---------- Brave Bison Group PLC - London-based advertising and communications agency - Brave Bison’s MiniMBA marketing skills and training platform wins a €1.3 million deal with ‘one of the world’s largest food and beverage conglomerates’. The firm will use MiniMBA to train employees in the Asia Pacific region. ‘The contract is the largest ever in the history of MiniMBA, has been secured approximately six months after MiniMBA’s acquisition by Brave Bison and will be recognised in the current financial year,’ Brave Bison says. ---------- B90 Holdings PLC - Isle of Man-based, gambling industry-focused online marketing company - B90 expects 2025 revenue ahead of market expectations and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in line. ‘B90 has further embedded automation, AI and machine-learning tools across its marketing and operational infrastructure, enabling the group to scale activity without a commensurate increase in overheads. This continued evolution of the operating model is enhancing campaign efficiency, improving partner returns and supporting margin progression,’ B90 says. ‘Looking ahead, 2026 is expected to follow a similar strategic trajectory, with an increased emphasis on automation, AI-driven optimisation and scalable growth. The group believes its technology-led model is well positioned to benefit from major global sporting events, including the FIFA World Cup in 2026, which historically drive increased customer acquisition activity and first-time depositor volumes across the sector.’ ---------- Pennant International Group PLC - Cheltenham, England-based provider of systems support, technical services and training with focus on defence sector - Pennant wins a new deal in its Training Systems division. The order is worth £600,000 and is for the provision of a part task trainer to support technical training in the nuclear sector. ‘This order marks a milestone achievement with the group now having secured over £10 million of new orders within the Training Systems since the interim results in September 2025, fully converting the £10 million of short-term pipeline opportunities disclosed at that time,’ Pennant says. Its total order book coverage stands at about 80% of 2026 market expectations of £13.0 million. ---------- Pathos Communications PLC - London-based public relations company - Pathos expects to report 2025 results ahead of market expectations, with revenue up to $13.2 million from $11.4 million, and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $2.9 million, up from $1.9 million. It puts market expectations at $12.5 million for revenue and $2.7 million for adjusted Ebitda. ‘We are pleased to report an excellent start to our life as a publicly listed company, with our strong financial performance in 2025 speaking for itself. Our listing has already provided us with access to a number of potential new partnerships and growth opportunities which we plan to embed during the coming months. I am excited and optimistic about the prospects of the company in 2026 and beyond as we expand our reach and develop our technology on the journey to democratising PR for the world’s 400 million SMEs. Our team is extremely driven and know exactly what they have to do to see this come to fruition,’ Chief Executive Officer Omar Hamdi says. ---------- Tooru PLC - London-based company building and investing in wellness brands - Its gluten free producer brand Juvela has made progress with its OAF free from offering. UK grocer Asda has confirmed certain OAF products will be listed in its stores from the beginning of April 2026. ‘This is testament to the attractiveness of OAF as a new brand in the free-from sector, a market segment that is exhibiting high rates of growth as consumers increase their focus and awareness on the ingredients within popular food products,’ Tooru says. Elsewhere, the number of different products listed by Tesco PLC and the number of stores where they can be purchased has grown. ‘In particular, building on this success, Tesco has confirmed that it will be adding three new OAF products into their free-from aisle after Easter,’ Tooru says. ---------- Churchill China PLC - Stoke-on-Trent, England-based ceramics manufacturer - Trading in the second half of 2025 met expectations, Churchill China says. Revenue for the year of £76 million is expected, with pretax profit in line with consensus of £6.0 million. Revenue in 2024 amounted to £78.3 million, with pretax profit of £8.5 million. ‘Trading in Europe during the second half was ahead of the prior year, with the region ending the year broadly in line with 2024. We are confident that the actions taken in sales and marketing in this region are having a positive impact. Whilst the company maintained market leader status in the UK, end users were affected by adverse macro-economic factors during the year. However, the run-in to Christmas was encouraging, with pub groups investing ahead of the holiday period and the order pipeline at year end was ahead of the prior year,’ Churchill China says. ‘The USA ended the year ahead of 2024 despite the devaluation of the dollar in the period. Performance of ’Rest of the World’ was softer, as large projects, on which this segment relies, were delayed and pushed out into later periods. Materials performed well despite reduced sector volumes, although the decision of a key UK customer to source their materials supply directly will influence revenue going forward. However mitigating actions are expected to limit the impact on profitability.’ ---------- EMV Capital PLC - life sciences focused investor - Expects to report total assets under management of £100 million as at the end of last year, up from £98.5 million a year prior. Revenue of £2.8 million is expected, up from £2.5 million. ‘EMV Capital continues to see high-quality opportunities across its portfolio and pipeline despite market conditions for venture capital and exits remaining challenging. Structural tailwinds across deep tech, life sciences and sustainability, including healthcare demand, defence and security priorities, and industrial and supply-chain realignment all continue to strengthen. Whilst no major exits occurred during the period, several portfolio companies have been and continue to be engaged in potential M&A and other strategic partnership discussions, evidencing a greater market appetite for corporate transactional activities and growth,’ EMV says. ---------- Strip Tinning Holdings PLC - Birmingham, England-based provider of connection systems to the automotive sector - Expects a slimmer adjusted loss before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation than market expectations. It expects a 2025 adjusted Ebitda of £500,000, versus market expectations of £900,000. It expects revenue of £8.6 million, versus expectations of £8.5 million. ‘FY25 has been a year of strong progress for Strip Tinning, characterised by significant cash constraints but still delivering operational improvements and launch readiness across our Battery Technologies and Glazing Connectors divisions,’ CEO Mark Perrins says. ---------- Blencowe Resources PLC - developing the Orom-Cross graphite project in Uganda - Drilling at the Iyan deposit at Orom-Cross confirms ‘thick, continuous near-surface graphite mineralisation’. The results are from 15 of 72 holes. ‘Drilling confirms a laterally continuous graphite system well suited to bulk, low-strip mining. Average grades are consistent with definitive feasibility study assumptions, with multiple higher-grade zones within bulk mineralisation’, Blencowe adds. ---------- Oracle Power PLC - developer of projects in Pakistan and Australia - Oracle Power reports assay results from the last of 16 holes at the Northern Zone project in Western Australia. At the asset, Oracle Power has a joint-venture with Riversgold Ltd, which could see the latter take an 80% stake in the asset. ‘Riversgold continues intersecting shallow gold mineralisation as it expands it gold footprint at the Northern Zone gold project near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia,’ Oracle Power says. ‘Gold mineralisation continues to expand the northeastern zone and infill the central Saddle area.’ ---------- Switch Metals PLC - mining exploration company focused on developing battery and technology metals mines in Ivory Coast - It reports the discovery of its first spodumene bearing pegmatite at the Issia project. It names the discovery Kabore. It reports grades between 1.00% and 2.58% lithium oxide. ‘As we focus on the delivery of our first tantalum MRE, targeting shallow free-digging deposits, Issia is already exceeding our expectations with this lithium discovery,’ Chief Executive Officer Karl Akueson says. ---------- Goldplat PLC - gold miner and producer with recovery operations in Ghana and South Africa - Goldplat expects annual results for financial 2026, which concludes in June, to ‘materially exceed prevailing market expectations’. Goldplat says this is due to ‘increased volumes and operational agility and improvements’. Goldplat is to release a second quarter update by February 10. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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