Growth Company Investor - Stock market recommendations on AIM and small cap companies

Anglo Asian into profit 02/09/2010

Central Asian gold producer Anglo Asian Mining has turned a $2 million (£1.28 million) interim loss into $6.2 million first-half pre-tax profits.

Tags: AIM , Commodities , Emerging markets , Turnaround

Sector: Mining

Companies: Anglo Asian Mining

Interim advance at Abbey Protection 02/09/2010

Legal fees and related insurance and services specialist Abbey Protection has increased first-half pre-tax profits 9.3 per cent to £4.7 million.

Tags: AIM , Growth Stocks , Mergers & acquisitions

Sector: Nonlife Insurance

Companies: Abbey Protection

Johnson Service on the prowl 01/09/2010

Workwear rental and facilities management concern Johnson Service Group is feeling acquisitive after losing a first-half £2.2 million pre-tax.

Tags: Deals & contracts , Mergers & acquisitions , Turnaround

Sector: Support Services

Companies: Johnson Service

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Editor
Growth Company Investor

The challenge for companies targeting AIM 13/08/2010

With AIM investment advisers speaking of ‘cautious optimism’ and a ‘stronger deal pipeline’, Robert Tyerman assesses whether we are soon to see a deluge of new issues

Tags: AIM , Deals & contracts , Fundraisings , Growth Stocks , New Issues

Companies: ReneSola , SureTrack Monitoring , Argos Resources , Metminco , Emis , Ncondezi Coal Company , Bellzone Mining , Kea Petroleum , Squarestone Brasil , Oxford Nutrascience

Time to pile into property?

13/08/2010

Accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has bearishly declared that by 2015 there is ‘a 50 per cent chance that property prices will be below 2007 levels’.

Tags: AIM , Cash , Emerging markets , Fundraisings

Companies: Max Property , London & Stamford Property , LXB Retail Properties , Lok'n Store , HML , West Pioneer Properties

People: Perfect pitch? 13/08/2010

As Tajikistan-focused gold explorer Kryso Resources celebrates the appointment of experienced gold miner Andre Gaston as chief operating officer, London public relations outfit Walbrook has announced to an unsuspecting world that it has won the PR account for the AIM-quoted company.