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People: Snaking up to a float 14/02/2011

Des Crampton, South African boss of green energy hopeful Checkmate Group, is hoping that broker Brewin Dolphin will help his company raise a pre-float £6 million to build the biggest rubber tube ever made

Tags: AIM float, Carbon Trust, Checkmate Group, Des Crampton, South African

People: Measured steps 11/02/2011

Dirk Van Dijl, the entrepreneurial Dutchman who used to head City Car Club and helps run online small company ginger group Enterprise Britain, is nursing what he contends are two particularly promising projects just now

Tags: City Car Club, Dutch entrepreneurs, Enterprise Britain, PLUS Markets

Companies: PLUS Markets

AIM IPO market – improving trend continues 11/02/2011

After a pleasing start to the year the momentum in the new issues market continued through 2010 and the signs for the current year are positive, says Miles Nolan

Tags: AIM IPOs, Liberum, New Issues

Companies: Zanaga Iron Ore , Jubilant Energy , SKIL Ports & Logistics , Wasabi Energy , PeerTV , Sherborne Investors (Guernsey A) , Northwest Investment , Q Resources (suspended on 13 April 2011) , Metminco , Emis

Viva Las Vegas 11/02/2011

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the world’s largest trade show of its kind. The 2011 iteration was the best attended in the past couple of years, with a total of 140,000 visitors, including a record 30,000 from overseas

Tags: Consumer electronics show, Las Vegas, Smartphone, Technology

Companies: ARM Holdings , Spirent Communications , Anite Group , IQE , DDD , Filtronic , Amino Technologies , Velti , InternetQ , Probability

Jim Slater – stock market legend 11/02/2011

Legendary investor Jim Slater explains that his success is due to a disciplined approach and sticking to principles. Miles Nolan explores the methods he uses

Tags: Andor, David Lloyd, Jim Slater, Spanish Mountain Gold

Companies: Volex , Cape , Advanced Medical Solutions , Andor Technology , Cape , Hutchison China Meditech , Domino's Pizza UK & IRL , Oxford Instruments , Education Development International , Healthcare Locums

Spread Betting by Vince Stanzione 11/02/2011

Vince Stanzione offers his market outlook for 2011 – mostly sunny but with occasional thunderstorms

Tags: Commodities, Dogs of the Dow, High-yielding

In the Hotseat by Miles Nolan
10/02/2011

In the first of a series of articles, Miles Nolan will be pacing the City streets to interview the head honchos of a range of broking firms. The first is Simon Melling, chief of Cenkos Securities

Tags: Cenkos securities, Hemscott, Miles Nolan, Simon Melling

Companies: Cenkos Securities

Fund Manager Focus by Rob Langston 11/02/2011

Adam McConkey took over as manager of the Gartmore UK & Ireland Smaller Companies fund in September, replacing renowned smaller companies expert Gervais Williams

Tags: Gervais williams, Lavendon, Nestor Healthcare

Companies: Nestor Healthcare , Lavendon Group

New Issues Examined by Ben Jaglom 11/02/2011

2011 has started with a flurry of excitement as a rash of new issues look to join AIM with vinophiles in particular likely to be excited.

Tags: Bordeaux, En primeur, Vinophile, Wine Investors

Companies: Frontier IP

Pick of AIM by Miles Nolan 11/02/2011

Companies that have disappointed in the past are often written off as duds, but this can bring opportunity. The media sector is undergoing huge change so I have picked out three ideas that currently fly below the radar

Companies: Boomerang Plus , Motive Television , Avesco

Directors’ Dealings by Ben Jaglom 08/02/2011

The new year has seen a flurry of activity among directors as many of AIM’s biggest companies saw extensive action

Tags: Bango, Floods, Jaglom

Companies: Encore Oil (suspended on 13 January 2012) , Bango , YouGov , MP Evans , PLUS Markets

Exploration Insights by Robert Tyerman 07/02/2011

People are still striking interesting deals in the resources sector. One that should appeal is AIM shell Chalkwell Investments (CORE)

Companies: Egdon Resources , Petra Diamonds , Firestone Diamonds , Paragon Diamonds , Atlantic Coal