Small caps round-up: Pure Wafer, Lombard, Oxford Catalysts...
30th Jul 2012 11:30
Pure Wafer, which provides silicon wafer reclaim services for semiconductor manufacturers globally, has said its results for the year ended June 30th are set to exceed current market expectations with an expected reduced loss before tax resulting from an increase in earnings before interest, tax, de
Read moreSmall caps round-up: HaiKe Chemical, Mobile Tornado, GETECH...
17th Jul 2012 10:53
HaiKe Chemical Group, a petrochemical, specialty chemical and biochemical business based in China, has purchased a minority stake in Dongying Hi-Tech Ruilin Chemical for a total consideration of RMB121m (c.12m pounds), taking HaiKe's interest in Hi-Tech Ruilin from 65.7 per centto 88.85 per cent. Hi
Read moreGetech defies gravity after licensing data
16th Jul 2012 09:53
Getech, a business which provides geological exploration studies to help oil explorers, has issued two licences for its global continental margins gravity and magnetic datasets. The company is set to trouser more than $0.6m from the sales of data which Getech has amassed over the last 25 years. For
Read moreGETECH posts solid first half
29th Mar 2012 12:11
Geosciences firm GETECH, which specialises in improving the efficiency of exploration activies with the oil and mining sectors, has reported a strong half year ended January 31st. Revenue rose from £2.65m to £3.19m, up 20%, while pre-tax profit was up 22%, from £0.29m to £0.36m. Chief Executive R
Read moreOil rally boosts Getech
30th Mar 2011 07:46
Oil exploration data services provider Getech returned to profit in the year to 31 January as big companies seeking to cash in on higher oil prices loosened their purse strings. Pre-tax profits totalled £294,000, against a deficit of £392,000 the previous year on revenues that more than doubled to
Read moreGETECH flags interim profit
22nd Feb 2011 10:55
AIM-quoted oil data services provider GETECH says that it will make a "satisfactory" interim profit. GETECH returned to profit in the second half of the year to July 2010 but made a loss for the full year. Trading in the six months to January 2011 has maintained the recovery of the past two half-y
Read moreAggreko non-exec opens wallet
20th Dec 2010 15:48
Ken Hanna, a non-executive director at Aggreko since October, has opened his account with the temporary power and temperature control specialist, taking a big chunk of shares. He took 10,000 shares at 1,500p a go, spending a total of £150,000. The purchase was announced on the same day Aggreko sai
Read moreGETECH cuts loss
26th Oct 2010 16:50
Oil exploration data services provider GETECH Group reduced its loss in the year to July 2010 and shoudl return to profit this year. Revenue was slightly down from £3.31m to £3.25m, while the loss was reduced from £628,000 to £228,000. Net debt was £130,000 at the end of July 2010. GETECH has alr
Read moreGETECH chairman buys
30th Jul 2010 17:18
Peter Stephens, the chairman of oil exploration data services provider GETECH Group, has bought shares for the fourth time in four months. Yesterday, AIM-quoted GETECH said trading continues to recover in the second half. Management expects to report an operating profit in the six months to July 2
Read moreSmall caps: Titon, Utd Drug, Vernalis...
29th Jul 2010 14:16
Blinds specialist Titon's revenues for the 3 months to June were 19% higher than the corresponding period last year, with UK sales 15% higher and the rest of the world 37% higher. Growth in the UK came from higher sales of mechanical ventilation systems. There were also increased sales volumes in
Read moreGETECH Group Sees 2H Operating Profit, FY Loss
29th Jul 2010 07:47
LONDON (Dow Jones)--GETECH Group PLC (GTC.LN), a geosciences business specialising in the provision of data, studies and interpretation services to the oil, gas and mining exploration sectors, said Thursday that the second half of its current financial year to July 31, 2010 has shown a continuation
Read moreGetech swings to loss as oil firms cut back
31st Mar 2010 08:26
Getech, which provides geological data to assist with oil exploration, fell into losses in the six months to January 31 as big firms cut back on expenditure amid uncertainty over oil prices. The firm posted a pre-tax loss of £392,000, compared with a profit of £187,000 over the same period the prev
Read moreComment: More data needed on Getech
27th Oct 2009 17:47
In normal times, a sharp rally in the oil price would bode well for companies that provide services to big oil firms, but unfortunately for Getech these are not normal times. Getech, which provides oil and gas companies with geophysical data to help them track down the black gold, fell into losses
Read moreLondon close: Footsie clings on
27th Oct 2009 16:47
Footsie managed to close with gains despite spending some of the day in the red, with oil giant BP leading the risers. BP climbed after it kicked off the oil majors results season with third quarter figures that showed a smaller than feared drop in profits. Profit attributable to shareholders came
Read moreLondon afternoon: London jolted by US consumer confidence data
27th Oct 2009 14:35
An unexpected fall in US consumer confidence in October has had a knock-on effect back in Blighty, with the FTSE 100 relinquishing most of the gains amassed during the morning. Household goods group Reckitt Benckiser shrugged off the recession during the third quarter, reporting a big jump in profi
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