(Alliance News) - British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and British Smaller Cos VCT 2 PLC on Friday reported mixed performances for their latest periods, with steady investment activity and strong growth in several portfolio companies helping to offset challenging market conditions. Read More
British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and VCT2 PLC - venture capital trusts investing in UK companies across broad range of sectors - Says that applications exceeding GBP25 million have been received in relation to the new share offers in the 2024/25 tax year. The offers are seeking to raise up to GBP50 million, with an over-allotment facility of up to a further GBP25 million. Applicants subscribing for the first GBP25 million of application amounts will receive additional new shares equivalent to 0.1% of the amount they subscribe, which will be paid by YFM Private Equity Ltd, the manager of the companies. Read More
British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and VCT2 PLC - venture capital trusts investing in UK companies across broad range of sectors - The two VCTs plan a combined share subscription offer for the 2024-25 UK tax year, which ends in April. Details will be provided in "due course". In the meantime, VCT reports net asset value of 83.50 pence per share on June 30, while VCT2 has NAV of 57.50p per share. This is down from 83.60p and 59.25p, respectively, on March 31. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Friday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and British Smaller Cos VCT 2 PLC - Leeds, England-based venture capital trusts - Closes offer to new applications. In September last year, the company launched offers for subscriptions, raising GBP90 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and British Smaller Cos VCT 2 PLC on Friday reported good progress in their latest half year and quarter respectively, despite a challenging macroeconomic climate. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Monday and Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and British Smaller Cos VCT 2 PLC - Leeds, England-based venture capital trusts - Say they have received GBP20 million in applications for its new share offer launched late September, which aims to raise GBP65 million. Says it has an over-allotment facility of a further GBP25 million. Says applicants subscribing for the first GBP20 million will receive additional shares worth 0.25% of the amount they subscribe, with the applicants for the next GBP10 million receiving shares worth an additional 0.125% to the amount they subscribe for. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Wednesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
British Smaller Companies VCT PLC - venture capital truss managed by YFM Equity Partners - Reports an unchanged net asset value of 83.7 pence in the quarter to June 30 compared to the previous quarter, and against the 0.4% fall in the FTSE Small Cap Index during the period. Says total return at June 30 was unchanged at 258.6 pence per share. Notes during the quarter, it invested GBP2.6 million into Workbuzz, an employee insights and engagement settlement platform and GBP0.8 million into Relative Insight. Also realised its investment in Ncam in April, generating initial proceeds of GBP1.4 million. Read More
British Smaller Cos VCT PLC and VCT2 PLC - Leeds, England-based venture capital trusts - Announce their intention to launch a new combined subscription offer, in respect of the 2023 to 2024 tax year, later this year. Will publish a prospectus with full details of the proposed offer around the end of September or beginning of October. Will release further information, including the amount to be raised and date of launch, in due course. Read More
(Alliance News) - British Smaller Companies VCT PLC on Friday said that its annual net asset value return outperformed its benchmark despite economic volatility. Read More