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Shares in hobbies specialist Hornby (HRN) have slumped 16 per cent this morning on a surprise profit warning, which has forced a significant downgrade.

Tags: London Olympics, Main market, New product lines, Profit warning, Tough Christmas

Sector: Leisure Goods

Companies: Hornby

Abbeycrest shares frozen 27/01/2012

Loss making jeweller Abbeycrest (ACR) has been forced to suspend its shares following a cash crunch at the debt laden firm.

Tags: AIM market, Loss making, Penny shares, Shares suspended

Sector: Personal Goods

Companies: Abbeycrest

Production boost for Avocet 26/01/2012

Avocet Mining (AVM) says gold production from Inata in Burkina Faso rose 21 per cent to 166,744 oz last year.

Tags: Brett Richards, Burkina Faso, Full list, Gold, Guinea, Indonesia

Sector: Mining

London looking solid 26/01/2012

Property investor London & Stamford (LSP) has announced it has £800 million ready for any 'significant opportunities' this year.

Tags: Dividend hunting, London property market, Trading update

Sector: Real Estate

ANGLE taps the market 26/01/2012

Intellectual property backer ANGLE (AGL) has raised £1.2 million for key cancer and IVF embryo investments after losing an interim £1.8 million.

Tags: AIM market, Andrew Newland, Cancer tests, Embryo tests, Novocellus, ORIGIO, Parsortix

Sector: Support Services

Companies: ANGLE

ITE holding ground 26/01/2012

Exhibitions specialist ITE (ITE) has enthused on the success of events such as the Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Exhibition.

Tags: Business in Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Creating a portfolio, Doing business in Eastern Europe, Exhibition specialists, Oil and gas markets

Sector: Media

Companies: ITE Group

Entertainment One boss wins Quoted Company award 26/01/2012

Darren Throop, head of acquisitive international media group Entertainment One (ETO), has won the 2012 Quoted Company Award for Entrepreneur of the Year.

Tags: AIM market, Full list, Grant Thornton, Growth Company Investor, Vitesse Media

Sector: Media

Companies: Vitesse Media

Animalcare on track 26/01/2012

Veterinary medicines supplier Animalcare (ANCR) has issued an 'in line' with expectations trading update but argues that it will be more second-half-weighted than usual.

Tags: AIM market, In line trading, New products, On track

Sector: Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology

Companies: Animalcare

Communisis marketing well 25/01/2012

Printing group Communisis (CMS) has issued an update in which it enthuses on contract wins with customers including Nationwide.

Tags: Contract wins, Hold rating, Support services

Sector: Support Services

Companies: Communisis

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