QinetiQ (#QQ.) – agreement for sale of its Cody Technology Park for £112m and a 15 year lease for its existing, approx. a third of the site, footprint

Luceco (#LUCE) – acquisition of workplace wiring accessories manufacturer CMD for £30m

Anpario (#ANP) – agreement to acquire animal health and nutrition products producer Bio-Vet Inc. for $6.3m and up to a total $7.3m

Eurasia Mining (#EUA) – H1 £1.2m cash burn to just £0.2m period-end cash

Ten Lifestyle (#TENG) – up to £0.315m “retail offer” at 63p per share

World Chess (#CHSS) – €1.2m “subscription agreement” at €0.10 per share

Hummingbird Resources (#HUM) – new loan facility and with delayed Kouroussa mine commercial production, a “strategic review”

Sound Energy (#SOU) – notes Moroccan press speculation re. assets sale authorisation, but that “transaction remains conditional”

Invinity Energy Systems (#IES) – H1 £11.1m loss, cash £49.2m following May £57.4m fundraise

Ceres Power (#CWR) – H1 notes “reduced cash outflow” though still £13.9m, “cash and short-term investments” £126.1m

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – H1 reported revenue down, though “sales orders… substantially higher than in H1 2023”

Cranswick (#CWK) – H1 expected to be ahead of prior year same period, now expects FY “towards the upper end of current market expectations”

AdvancedAdvT (#ADVT) – H1 revenue expected to be circa £19.5m and adjusted EBITDA circa £4m, “continue to experience positive momentum”

Photo article from the Welsh Hovel – another night of stewing and canning, Tom Winnifrith

Ten Lifestyle (#TENG) – new contract and proposed fundraising at 63p per share

OptiBiotix Health (#OPTI) – intends to vote in support of requisitioned board changes at ProBiotix Health (#PBX), notes ProBiotix needs to clarify its issued share capital

Ariana Resources (#AAU) – appoints Ord Minnett as “lead manager” to proposed dual-listing on the Australian Securities Exchange

Touchstar (#TST) – H1 EPS down to 2.82p, DPS up to 1.5p, strategic review to explore options including a sale of the company

Mitchells & Butlers (#MAB) – Q4 LFL sales +2.5% YoY, remains confident of FY “at the upper end of consensus expectations”

IG Design (#IGR) – FY adj. profit now expected to be “below but within 10% of previous market expectations”