The price of Itaconix shares went down the plughole as the company, whose plant-based polymers are used in detergent products, warned of order fluctuations as brands and retailers adjust inventories due to uncertainties around consumer buying habits. As a result, unaudited revenues in this business area for the first half of 2021 were flat compared … Read more
Amazon may soon employ a little robotic helper to assist with delivering packages from vans to a customer’s drop-off destination. The firm was awarded a patent earlier this month entitled, ‘Directing secondary delivery vehicles using primary delivery vehicles,’ which describes its delivery van bringing packages to a customer’s drop-off destination and a smaller vehicle carrying … Read more
At Greatland Gold’s huge Havieron discovery, Newcrest Mining, the Australian major that’s buying into the project, has started digging down towards the mineralisation. This is no half-hearted or tentative effort, mind, but the mining out of a large tunnel or ‘decline’ as it’s known in the mining industry. A formal decision to mine the ore … Read more
Tesco’s sales top £10bn as the supermarket manages to eek out more growth on top of last year’s ‘exceptional’ performance Sales at Tesco’s UK supermarkets rose by 0.5% to £10bn in quarter to end of May Online sales growth continued unabated, up 22% and 1.3m orders a week Wholesale business saw strongest growth as hospitality … Read more
INVESCO PERPETUAL UK SMALLER COMPANIES INVESTMENT TRUST: Small firms…but the chance of a big return By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 12 June 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 12 June 2021 Fund manager Jonathan Brown believes the second half of this year should prove fruitful for investors in UK smaller companies. … Read more
STONEHAGE FLEMING AIM FUND: Small firm fund that seeks big gains is up 60% By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 5 June 2021 Investing in shares listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) provides a chance to participate in the success of some of … Read more
NHS calls for ban on small magnetic toys after dozens of children who swallowed them needed urgent surgery Ingesting more than one magnet can cause major damage in hours if not removed They fuse in intestines or bowels, squeezing tissue and cutting off blood supply At least 65 children have been admitted to hospital for … Read more
Another 50 migrants cross Channel by small boat as people-smugglers seize on calm weather with arrival numbers doubling from last year Around 50 migrants have arrived by small boat so far today after being intercepted by Border Force officials Four vessels brought in to the busy port town were among the first since a flurry of … Read more
Some mining exploration targets are bigger than others. But they don’t come much bigger than the Kalahari Suture Zone in Botswana, an area of long-standing interest to explorers which is now being worked up by Kavango Resources. Kavango reckons that the Kalahari Suture Zone, or KSZ as it’s know, could end up containing a mineralised … Read more
SMALL CAP MOVERS: Investors tuck into bars and restaurants stocks as lockdown restrictions ease By John Harrington, Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 15:16 BST, 14 May 2021 | Updated: 15:16 BST, 14 May 2021 It was a case of Viva La Revolución as Revolution Bars welcomed the government’s latest lockdown guidelines. The company, whose brands … Read more