9th Jun 2026 13:09
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
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Vianet Group PLC - Stockton-on-Tees, England-based provider of retail sales and volume monitoring systems - Pretax profit in the year ended March 31 declines to GBP832,000 from GBP929,000, though revenue edges up 1.5% to GBP15.5 million from GBP15.3 million. Total administrative expenses rise to GBP9.7 million from GBP9.4 million. "I am excited by the progress Vianet has made over the last two years. We have materially strengthened the quality of our earnings through increased recurring revenues, significantly improved our balance sheet and cash position, expanded our strategic customer relationships and continued to build momentum across both our UK and US operations. Importantly, this progress has been achieved against a demanding economic backdrop and ongoing market disruption," Chair James Dickson says. Vianet doubles its final dividend to 2.00 pence per share from 1.00p. The total dividend is increased by 85% to 2.40p from 1.30p.
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Time Finance PLC - asset, loan and invoice finance provider for small and medium enterprises - Gross lending book spikes to GBP250 million at the end of last month, its financial year end, an all-time high, having sat at GBP217 million at the end of May 2025. Time Finance adds: "This is the 20th consecutive quarter of loan book growth for the group. As such, the group looks to deliver on its stated strategic plan, which is targeting a GBP300 million plus lending book by 31 May 2028."
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Crimson Tide PLC - field management software provider - Sim Trava, the operator of approximately 80 Costa Coffee stores in the UK, kicks off a one-year trial of the mpro5 operational compliance platform. "With an estate of this scale, operational consistency and compliance rigour are central to Sim Trava's operating model. The deployment of mpro5 will digitise ways of working and provide real-time visibility across all locations, enabling Sim Trava's teams to maintain standards and respond effectively across the business," Crimson Tide says. In addition, it wins a deal from food manufacturer DW Baking Ltd. DW will deploy mpro5 across quality inspection and daily task management workflows.
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Barings Emerging EMEA Opportunities PLC - investor in emerging and frontier equity listed or traded on Europe, Middle East & Africa securities markets - Generates net asset value total return of 3.3%, in six months to March 31, undershooting the MSCI EM EMEA Index which increases by 6.1%. "While it is always disappointing when the company's return falls short of the benchmark in any given reporting period, the board believes that this outcome should be viewed from two perspectives. First, the company's NAV total return has outperformed the benchmark over one, three and ten-year periods. Second, and most important, the new Middle East war - with its direct impacts on some of our most important markets - broke out in the final weeks of the half year under review," the firm says. Net asset value per share rises to 899.39p at March 31, rising from 884.03p in September.
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New Frontier Minerals Ltd - Australia-focused critical minerals explorer - Will kick off metallurgical studies at the Pomme rare earths asset in Canada. Initial work will focus on metallurgical testwork. "Metallurgical testwork aims to establish a pathway to produce higher-grade REE concentrates and could represent a key catalyst in unlocking the economic potential of the Pomme Project," New Frontier adds. "Testing will target key intercepts including mid-high-grade zones of REE mineralisation that has been identified by previous scout drilling."
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Aterian PLC - minerals exploration and trading in Africa, including copper-silver projects in Morocco and Botswana and an exploration licence in Rwanda - Enters into agreement with a Rwanda-based firm to "support the expansion" of Aterian's trading activities there. The firm it is partnering with is a producer and exporter of tin, tantalum, and tungsten. "The agreement represents a further step in Aterian's strategy to build a scalable, cash-generative critical minerals trading platform alongside its exploration and development portfolio across Africa. Management believes the expansion of the trading business has the potential to become an increasingly important contributor to shareholder value as trading volumes continue to grow," Aterian says. Aterian's Executive Chair Charles Bray will assume direct strategic responsibility for the growth of the firm's trading activities. Chief Executive Simon Rollason will "focus on advancing the group's exploration portfolio activities across Morocco, Botswana, and Rwanda".
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Alien Metals Ltd - minerals exploration and development focused on Australia - Notes announcement from joint-venture partner West Coast Silver Ltd which hails "significant assay results" from reverse circulation drilling at Elizabeth Hill in Western Australia. "RC drilling has significantly increased the scale of silver mineralisation up to 70m north of the Elizabeth Hill April 2026 maiden mineral resource estimate," Alien says. "The majority of new mineralisation lies outside the April 2026 MRE, increasing the scale of the mineralised system and providing a clear basis for MRE growth." Results were from 17 of 32 drill holes completed last month.
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By Eric Cunha, Alliance News news editor
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