‘Smart sensing’ software company serving life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets, Oxford Metrics (OMG) has announced “deferment of approximately £3.5m of shipments” due to global supply chain issues but that it has been able to mitigate the margin impact to some extent and “has continued to experience high levels of market demand and currently holds its largest ever level of orders-in-hand”. So what of a current share price response down to 83.5p?

Financial markets cloud computing and connectivity group Beeks Financial Cloud (BKS) “is pleased to announce the launch of Proximity Cloud, the industry’s first private cloud environment for financial markets and to provide an update on trading for the year ended 30 June 2021”. The shares have though responded currently slightly lower to 122p, so what’s the outlook?…

Owner of premium drinks brands RedLeg Spiced Rum, Blackwoods Gin and Vodka, TRØVE Botanical Vodka, Blavod Black Vodka, Jago’s Cream Liqueur and Diva Vodka, Distil plc (DIS) “is pleased to provide an update on trading for the first quarter of its current financial year” and the shares have responded up to 2.4p. What does the value proposition look like from here?…

“Beeks Financial Cloud Group Plc (AIM: BKS), a cloud computing and connectivity provider for financial markets, is pleased to provide an update on trading for the year ended 30 June 2020… Covid-19 has had a relatively small impact on Beeks’ overall trading… expects to announce trading results within the range of market expectations”… and the shares have currently responded towards 90p, approaching 8% lower!…

LoopUp Group (LOOP) has updated including that it “has continued to trade materially above pre Covid-19 levels… expect to exceed revised market expectations in terms of revenue, EBITDA and cash generation for the current financial year”. Sounds good...

A “Trading update” from bricks and other masonry products manufacturer Forterra (FORT). This was a recent years Neil Woodford pick – and so take a guess of how trading’s going…