Dialight’s first-half operating profit rose to $14.9m from $5.9m, and the Board believes FY2027 net income could significantly exceed current market expectations, although $3.6m of first-half operating profit benefited from capitalised overheads in inventory. Revenue rose to $94.4m from $86.4m and the Group returned to net cash of $4.5m at 30 September 2026.
Cambridge Nutritional Sciences reported H1 sales below budget, with revenue down to £2.359m from £3.863m, and still expects full-year sales to be lower than the previous year. Lower sales drove an adjusted EBITDA loss of £0.5m, versus a £0.1m profit.
Funding Circle upgraded FY26 revenue expectations from more than £255 million to at least £275 million, and now expects profit margins of approximately 16%.
Vodafone raised its FY27 expectations to €13.2bn–€13.4bn of Group Adjusted EBITDAaL and €2.8bn–€3.0bn of adjusted free cash flow after H1 organic Adjusted EBITDAaL rose 6.4%, but reported a €3.6bn loss from non-cash charges.
Aeorema Communications expects FY2026 revenue of at least £23.8m and profit before tax of at least £1.25m, excluding non-trading foreign-exchange gains and losses, ahead of its September guidance.
Playtech said trading from 1 July to 31 October 2026 was ahead of expectations and expects adjusted EBITDA of over €300m for the year ending 31 December 2026, above mean analyst consensus of €279m, but expects 2027 pressure from US PMR competition, higher taxes and Brazil if its market shutdown is not lifted.
Watches Of Switzerland Group reported 15% H1 FY27 revenue growth to £974 million and raised the lower ends of its FY27 constant-currency revenue-growth and adjusted EBIT margin-expansion guidance. It expects lower revenue growth and more moderate margin expansion in H2 than H1, owing to one fewer trading week and the annualisation of the Deutsch & Deutsch acquisition.
Jet2 expects to move its shares from AIM to the FCA Official List’s ESCC category and the London Stock Exchange Main Market on 8 December 2026, when AIM trading is expected to end. The move remains conditional on prospectus, FCA and exchange approvals.
4imprint said first-10-month revenue rose 2%, but total order intake fell 1% and new-customer orders fell 5% year to date, while it reaffirmed FY2026 guidance for revenue slightly above 2025’s $1.35bn and adjusted profit before tax of about $130m, within analysts’ current forecast range. Gross and operating margins were in line with the Board’s expectations; the new-customer decline improved to 3% in Q3, from 9% in Q1 and 5% in Q2.
Princes Group’s nine-month revenue rose 10.0% to £1.515 billion and adjusted EBITDA rose 6.4% to £116.195 million, but the adjusted EBITDA margin fell to 7.7% from 7.9%; management remains confident of delivering full-year 2026 expectations despite inflation and wider uncertainty.
AB Dynamics’ FY2026 continuing revenue fell 12% to £91.6m and adjusted operating profit fell to £18.3m, yet the Board expects FY2027 adjusted operating profit to be in line with current expectations of £19.7m despite continuing automotive and macroeconomic headwinds. The VadoTech exit drove a £19.0m statutory loss after tax from discontinued operations and £19.2m of exceptional adjustments.
ZOO Digital returned to profit in H1 FY27, while the Board expects FY27 revenue growth and further profit progression in line with market expectations despite limited revenue visibility and no assumed repeat of certain one-off catalogue projects in H2. Revenue rose to $23.6m and adjusted EBITDA to $3.5m, while Media Services revenue fell as business from the largest customer reduced.
Oxford Instruments reported stronger H1 FY27 results, with revenue up 8.4% to £201.1m and adjusted operating profit up 21.5% to £30.0m; trading remains in line with FY27 market expectations, while management expects Advanced Technologies FY28 revenue growth of around 20% and a 12%-15% operating margin, assuming lead times remain unchanged. The Group expects an approximately £3.2m FY27 foreign-exchange headwind to adjusted operating profit.
Ferrexpo PLC has temporarily stopped production after attacks on Ukrainian electricity infrastructure left power supply unstable and insufficient to sustain operations, although it can still supply European customers from inventory. The group says its assets are undamaged and plans to restart when conditions allow commercially viable production.
Sabien Technology Group has added an uncommitted working-capital facility of up to £100,000 alongside its unchanged £200,000 PGL loan, but each draw needs PGL’s prior written approval. The facility is a related-party transaction because PGL is controlled by Executive Chairman Richard Parris.
Glenstone held or had valid acceptances for 89.31% of AIRE’s existing issued share capital as at 9 November. It intends to delist AIRE once it has greater certainty over further acceptances and likely statutory squeeze-out rights; compulsory acquisition remains conditional on reaching the separately defined 90% threshold.
Wynnstay Properties’ six-month income before tax fell to £758,000 from £779,000 as property costs rose and the Weston-super-Mare sale incurred £17,000 of disposal costs; subject to no further deterioration in the economy, the Board anticipates a satisfactory outcome for the financial year. NAV per share rose to 1,215p from 1,173p and the interim dividend increases to 11.0p, while existing Handelsbanken facilities mature in December 2026 and replacement facilities remain in process.
Northern Bear said H1 FY27 revenue and adjusted profits were in line with market and management expectations, and expects FY27 to be broadly in line with market expectations after adjusting for non-recurring operating profit, subject to stated assumptions. It also proposes a tender offer of up to £9.1m, subject to shareholder approval.
Northern Bear proposes a £9.1 million tender offer at 132.5p per share, expected to be accretive to earnings per share from the financial year beginning 1 April 2027 if completed, but full take-up would leave pro forma net debt of about £4.7 million by reference to net cash at 30 September 2026. The offer covers up to 6.9 million shares, or 50.1% of the current share capital, and requires shareholder approval.
Frasers Group has launched a new on-market buyback programme of up to £33,333,333, replacing its 17 September 2026 programme. Purchases are due to run until the trading day before interim results, currently expected on 10 December 2026, and shares bought will be held in treasury.
Amigo Resources PLC produced about 16.75kg of metal ingots from Tanzanian concentrate, with preliminary internal testing reporting 379g of combined osmium and iridium. The readings need independent representative assays before they confirm metal inventory, bulk grade or recovery performance.
Pensana Rare Earths has agreed a £2.0m gross placing with long-term major shareholders while Cascade finalises its next funding tranche under its US$165m commitment. The 5.0m new shares would expand the share base and reduce existing holders’ percentage ownership if admitted.
Clean Power Hydrogen has approved investment from existing resources in a new product roadmap and says it has sufficient capital to deliver it through 2027, but revenue remains dependent on future licensing, product delivery and customer uptake. CSX Eco engineering packages are expected from May 2027 and revised MFE Neo packages from December 2027.
Travis Perkins has agreed to sell Toolstation Benelux for €1 and make a final capital injection of about £35m; the business’s expected FY26 loss of about £10m will be excluded from Group Adjusted Operating Profit. The disposal is expected to complete before year-end, subject to Dutch works council consultation.
$3m follow-on pre-production order with US Company
Filtronic PLC has won a $3 million follow-on pre-production contract from an undisclosed US satellite-communications customer, incremental to the $8 million development programme announced on 26 March 2026. The award supports long lead-time component purchases, while full commercial sales remain prospective.
Frontier IP Group’s 16.95%-owned portfolio company TVG has secured a £500,000 Defra/Innovate UK grant with APHA to advance BRSV vaccine research. The study will test the minimum effective dose and whether one vaccination can protect cattle.
EDX Medical Group has launched the Caris MI Clarity breast-cancer recurrence test in the UK and agreed with Caris Life Sciences to supply it there. The test is intended for a defined early-stage breast-cancer patient group.
Anemos signs contract with Constantine Wind Energy
European Green Transition’s 79%-owned Anemos Analytics has signed a 2026 contract to deploy its turbine-monitoring technology across an initial eight Constantine Wind Energy turbines.
Henry Boot’s Hallam Land secured outline permission in September 2026 for up to 660 homes at Buntingford, clearing the way for it to market the site to housebuilders in 2027. The consent followed an appeal against the refusal of its May 2024 application.
Fulcrum Metals has agreed to receive 13.4 million Loyalist shares as part settlement for Tully Gold Project consideration, taking its holding to an expected 19.9% of Loyalist’s enlarged share capital. The remaining 1.6 million shares remain payable but are deferred until they can be issued without Fulcrum exceeding 20% ownership.
Beacon Energy has waived the Colle Santo Production Concession condition for its Second Acquisition and extended the SPA long-stop date to 28 February 2027. Completion remains subject to other conditions, though Beacon and Reabold expect it in the coming weeks.
Dekel Agri-Vision’s October palm oil volumes rose strongly year on year, although CPO prices were 3.6% below a particularly strong prior-year level. The company also plans, subject to fundraising completion, to lift cashew processing capacity by about 50% for the 2027 season.
Xeros Technology Group has begun a partnership with Netexial, with IFB supplying XOrb-enabled machinery for full-production testing planned to roll out across workwear-processing plants in 2027. Netexial operates several hundred machines, but Xeros’s anticipated replacement potential through 2027 and beyond remains an expectation.
Richmond Hill Resources has started drilling at Sakoose, completing the first hole and beginning the second in a planned nine-hole, 1,400-metre programme. The work includes expanded host-rock sampling, but no assay results are yet available.
Bradda Head Lithium has amended its proposed purchase of six Tanzanian uranium licences, splitting the US$1.0 million initial completion payment into two US$500,000 instalments. The deal remains subject to Mining Commission consent and registration, statutory payments and regulatory compliance.
Iconic Labs is converting £5,000 of convertible-note principal into 505,050 new shares at £0.0099 each, increasing the share base by about 2.7% if admission occurs.
Uru Metals has started an eight-hole, roughly 3,850-metre diamond drilling programme at Zeb Nickel’s Zone 2, but no assays are reported and it may not establish a resource or economic viability.
Nexteq PLC completed the Taiwan property sale, generating $3.7m of cash after related mortgage repayments and cutting group loan balances to $0.2m from $12.1m at 30 June 2026. FY26 trading conditions remain consistent with previous guidance, but the final two months of 2026 will have a significant impact on the full-year outcome.
Ofgem proposes to disallow DCC costs of up to £24m
Ofgem has provisionally proposed disallowing up to £24 million of Smart DCC Limited costs for Regulatory Year 2025/26. The proposal remains open to challenge through Ofgem’s consultation.
Results for the six months ended 30 September 2026
DCC Energy’s adjusted operating profit from continuing operations rose 1.1% to £175.2 million in the six months to 30 September 2026, but Energy Services profit fell 56.3% to £7.0 million amid weak demand and margin pressure. It has agreed to sell Nexora to One Equity Partners for a $725 million (£545 million) enterprise value, subject to regulatory approvals.
SkinBioTherapeutics has appointed Gill Whitty-Collins as a Non-Executive Director and Chair of its Remuneration Committee, adding consumer-brand experience to the board.
Zanaga Iron Ore Co Ltd says the proposed RAM equity investment is unlikely to conclude by 30 November 2026, despite RAM’s progress towards up to US$500 million of strategic financing. Negotiations continue, but exclusivity has expired and terms remain unresolved, prompting alternative funding work and a planned strategic review.