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Astrid reveals rising exposure to RESI, with TAO holdings climbing
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Bluebird Mining Ventures raises £750,000

Management says the cash will accelerate a shift from infrastructure build‑out to active capital deployment.

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Frontier IP-backed 2D Photonics wins €211m grant to industrialise graphene optical interconnects
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Poolbeg Pharma says TOPICAL trial gets greenlight
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Obsidian to go public via Galera reverse merger backed by $350m private placement

Obsidian Therapeutics will join the public markets through a reverse merger with Galera, concurrent with a $350m private placement; the combined company is expected to begin trading in Q3.
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GSK completes acquisition of 35Pharma for $950m
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Barratt Redrow reiterates profit guidance, lifts year‑end cash expectations

The housebuilder says it is on track to deliver 17,200–17,800 homes and adjusted pre‑tax profit in line with consensus while upgrading year‑end net cash to £550–£650m and cutting planned land approvals to 7,000–9,000 plots.
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Petards revenue rises, says its "well placed to deliver a continued improvement"

For the year to 31 December 2025 Petards lifted revenue to £14.9m, boosted adjusted EBITDA to £1,002,000 and cut its loss after tax to £406,000, while closing the year with a £9.2m order book.
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Robert Walters says Q1 trading was in line with expectations

Group net fees were down 2% in Q1 but trading met the Board’s expectations and 2026 Group net fee guidance is unchanged.
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Hamak Strategy starts drill programme at Akoko to deliver maiden resource

A team has mobilised to drill 72 RC holes targeting the upper 80m of oxide gold across Akoko North and South, with results to feed a maiden JORC mineral resource and a preliminary economic assessment.
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Made Tech Group wins £19m three-year IT and security contract with GDS

"As the centre of digital government, GDS plays a critical role in shaping technology across government, and this award strengthens our position in one of the most important parts of the UK public sector technology market," CEO Rory MacDonald said.
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hVIVO revenue slides, strategy pivot offsets market hit

The contractor to healthcare research revealed revenue for the year to 31 December 2025 fell to £46.8m (2024: £62.7m) as cancelled human challenge trials hit activity, but it said disciplined costs and acquisitions delivered a positive adjusted EBITDA of £1.4m and an expanded, diversified platform.
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Bloomsbury elevates Jenny Ridout to board as it reorganises business units

Jenny Ridout, MD of Academic & Professional, is appointed an executive director as Bloomsbury names unit heads, consolidates central functions under Keith Underwood and repositions for growth.
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Antofagasta boasts margin improvement, albeit copper output slips

Group net cash costs fell to $1.08/lb in Q1 despite an 8% drop in copper production to 143,000 tonnes; growth projects remain on track and full‑year guidance is unchanged.
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Tiger Alpha to buy AI start-up Potentially for £10m in reverse takeover

Tiger Alpha will issue 2 billion shares at 0.5p to acquire Cypriot peer‑to‑peer AI infrastructure start‑up Potentially, rebrand as Potentially AI and convert from an investing vehicle to an operating group.
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Imperial Brands reiterates FY26 guidance as H1 trading holds
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Connecting Excellence’s invoices BTC for fees
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SEED commits £260,000 into Clean Food Group’s £4.5m convertible loan round
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Recyclus secures TFS export licence and three-year ISO renewals
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Tropic’s non‑browning banana cleared for Japan and Brazil, opening two major markets

Agronomics-backed Tropic has won regulatory approval to import and sell its non‑browning banana in Japan and Brazil — and to cultivate it in Brazil — expanding commercial access and reducing food waste in two of the world’s most important banana markets.