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The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: ---------- Shearwater Group PLC - London-based cybersecurity advisory and managed security services group - Subsidiary Brookcourt Solutions wins a roughly £9 million three-year contract renewal and expansion with a ‘leading global financial organisation’. ‘The contract win further supports the delivery of FY26 market expectations, with £2.7 million to be recognised in FY26,’ Shearwater says. ---------- Portmeirion Group PLC - Stoke-on-Trent, England-based owner of homewares brands including Spode, Portmeirion, Royal Worcester, and Wax Lyrical - Expects 2025 sales of £91 million, edging up 1% at constant currency. Excluding the US market, which was hurt by tariffs, sales rose 8%. It expects a headline pretax loss of £3.5 million. Portmeirion noted it made ‘significant changes over the year to position the business for long-term growth’. ‘These have included proactive commercial changes in the US product offer and distribution, reduction of excess / end of line inventory, some initial margin investment in accelerating our Made in Stoke-on-Trent onshoring initiative, as well as some upfront investment in future growth opportunities,’ the firm explains. It notes the short-term hit of the measures, also rising energy costs, national insurance and minimum wage increases, led to the loss. Looking ahead, it says: ‘We are excited to start 2026. We are fast tracking key new global product launches under our Spode and Portmeirion brands. We will continue the work we began in 2025 ensuring we have the right strategic relationships, distribution model, and customers in every market, to maximise the long-term potential of our brands and enhance their brand equity.’ ---------- Hardide PLC - Bicester, England-based provider of advanced surface coating technology - Receives additional follow-on order worth $1.0 million from the same customer it won a pact with in December. In December, it said the customer was a ‘major new North American customer in the energy sector’. This new order is set for delivery in the second half of Hardide’s year ended September 30. ‘Accordingly, the company now anticipates financial performance for FY26 to be ahead of previous expectations,’ the firm says. ---------- Fintel PLC - Huddersfield, England-based software provider to UK retail financial services sector - Fintel expects to report 2025 revenue of £85.9 million, up some 10% from £78.3 million. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation growth of around 17% to £25.9 million from £22.2 million. The Ebitda is to be ‘slightly ahead of market expectations’. ‘Fintel enters 2026 in a strong position, with a simplified structure, significant customer base and a recurringrevenue model providing a solid foundation for organic growth,’ it adds. ---------- PCI-PAL PLC - London-based secure payment solutions provider - In the first half to December 31, it sees a ‘further record’ for new business won. Revenue for the period rises 7% on-year to £11.3 million. ‘It has been a strong period of trading for the business. We are seeing the highest levels of demand for our core secure payments products, delivering the highest level of new business secured in any first half period of trading, and a highly encouraging sales pipeline as we enter H2,’ Chief Executive Officer James Barham says. ---------- Trellus Health PLC - digital health platform provider - Expects 2025 revenue to be $545,000. The firm reduces its monthly cash burn to around $400,000, which was ‘moderately offset’ by recurring monthly management fees during the second half of the year. The firm says it remains in ongoing discussions to find alternative sources of funding to further extend its cash runway, which currently runs to late in the first quarter. ‘We continue to manage costs and working capital carefully and are encouraged by the growing validation of our differentiated, behavioural science-based approach. We remain focused on progressing commercial discussions and look forward to updating the market on further developments,’ says Chief Executive Officer Marla Dubinsky. ---------- Earnz PLC - Cheltenham, England-based energy services company - Earnz ‘welcomes’ the UK government’s warmer homes plan. Earnz sees ‘increased order activity from the social housing sector’ stemming from the opportunity to access ‘up to £15 billion of spend to upgrade their housing stock’. ---------- Audioboom Group PLC - London-based podcast producer - Audioboom signs a pact with Crooked Media, which produces podcasts in the theme of global politics. ‘Under the agreement Audioboom will provide hosting, global distribution and audio network advertising sales across Crooked Media’s full podcast portfolio. For Pod Save the UK, Audioboom will also hold Premium advertising rights, creating a new commercial opportunity in the UK market. The multi-year partnership, running through the 2026 US mid-term elections and the 2028 presidential election, unlocks new advertising inventory across Crooked Media’s network via Showcase, Audioboom’s proprietary global advertising marketplace,’ Audioboom says. ---------- Mila Resources PLC - gold exploration firm focused on Australia - Says drilling at Yarrol gold project in Queensland, Australia confirms continuity of gold-bearing structure. It says intercepts of 5 grams per tonne were traced from surface to around 230 metres depth. However, it notes ‘mineralisation between 230m and 300m was lower grade’. ‘These results, which did not deliver the grades anticipated at depth, has allowed the technical team to further refine the company’s geological model for Yarrol,’ Mila Resources says. ‘The recent diamond drilling programme has given us highly valuable information regarding the continuity of our gold system at depth which will help us understand structures controlling gold mineralisation, and provide the data needed to make informed decisions about our next exploration programme. The grades were lower than anticipated albeit they confirmed that gold structures extend well below surface, with grades of 5 g/t still present at depth; an important validation of the system’s scale,’ says Managing Director Mark Stephenson. ---------- New Frontier Minerals Ltd - minerals exploration company in Australia with exposure to copper, heavy rare earth minerals and uranium - New Frontier Minerals reports its shares have begun trading on the OTCQB Venture Market under the ticker NFMXF. ‘The OTCQB listing enhances NFM’s visibility in the US and improves accessibility for North American investors seeking exposure to high-quality rare earth and critical minerals projects in tier-1 jurisdictions,’ NFM says. On Monday, NFM said it secured an 85% interest in a key tenement within the Harts Range heavy rare earths project. NFM sealed earn-in requirements to secure the stake. ---------- Power Metal Resources PLC - metals explorer with projects in North America, Africa, Saudi Arabia and Australia - Soil and radon sampling from the Reitenbach uranium property in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan outlines three target areas as ‘high-priority’. ‘Following a review of historical exploration data and fieldwork completed in 2024, three sampling areas were delineated: Nuphar North, Nuphar South, and Goodleap. Across these areas, both Ionic Leach soil sampling and in situ radon surveys were completed,’ Power Metal says. ‘The company considers the Nuphar North, Nuphar South and Goodleap targets to be encouraging; however, additional target generation is required to support an efficient drilling program. Reitenbach is a large property with further exploration potential, including areas associated with glacial dispersion trains and structural corridors such as the Needle Falls Shear Zone.’ The asset is held under a joint-venture with Fermi Exploration Ltd. ---------- ECR Minerals PLC - Australia-focused gold exploration and development company - ECR says it has met with and identified a possible offtake partner for the gold output from the Raglan project in Queensland. ‘Formal documentation and contractual agreements in respect of the proposed offtake agreement are now being progressed and are expected to be finalised this month. The board believes that this proposed offtake agreement represents a clear and practical route to market for gold produced at the Raglan project,’ ECR says. Talks remain at an early stage, it cautions. ‘ECR has also separately completed an internal valuation assessment for insurance purposes of the plant, equipment and site infrastructure at the Raglan project. This process covered the wash plant, gold room, mobile mining fleet, power generation, camp facilities and associated infrastructure,’ ECR reports, noting the replacement value has been assessed at A$1.9 million, some £974,502, topping the amount it paid for the project. ---------- Copyright 2026 Alliance News Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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