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Roadside to buy Hoch Group for £28.6m, expands forecourt estate to 20 sites

Roadside Real Estate will pay a net £28.6m for Hoch Group, adding 12 petrol forecourts and a convenience store, funded mainly by a new £25m HSBC revolving facility and a top-up from Tarncourt, with completion expected by end-May 2026.
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Coinsilium extends media tie-up with When Shift Happens, launches Predict Alpha report to back prediction markets push

Coinsilium has renewed its sponsorship of the When Shift Happens podcast until 1 January 2027 and will fund a new bi‑monthly intelligence product, the Predict Alpha Report, to amplify its strategic focus on prediction markets, event‑driven finance and the agentic AI economy, the company said.

SRT to raise up to £15m to support pipeline conversion

SRT will issue at least 17.07m new shares at 82p, a 5.75% discount, in a placing, subscription and retail offer that will amount to at least £14m before expenses and up to £15m if the retail tranche is filled.
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Amigo pivots to production‑first, asset‑light hubs to aggregate Africa’s critical minerals

The company says it will build processing and aggregation hubs that can be operational within 3–6 months, take 50–80% production participation from artisanal and small‑scale miners and target a 28‑commodity critical minerals portfolio.
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Tullow appoints four independent non-execs ahead of refinancing close

Tullow Oil has named Henry Steel, Garrett Soden, Euan Shirlaw and James Peterkin as independent non‑executive directors to bolster governance and meet conditions of its refinancing.
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Ethtry adds more Ethereum for £100,000

Ethtry bought 66.6737 ETH, increasing its balance-sheet holding to 816.6737 ETH and preparing the full position for staking to earn yield.
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MedPal launches Health OS to close the wearable-to-prescription loop in the UK

MedPal AI has launched the MedPal Health OS, a vertically integrated, closed-loop platform that links data from 100+ wearables to AI triage, clinician-led prescribing and BD Rowa VMAX robotic dispensing — aiming to deliver ultra‑low‑cost, personalised care at scale.
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Young's snaps up Cubitt House's west London pubs to bulk up premium estate

Young & Co.'s Brewery has agreed to acquire nine Cubitt House pubs (eight operating plus one in development) in affluent west London.
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United Oil & Gas's Jamaica exploration case boosted by latest analysis

Analysis showed C4 and C5 hydrocarbons in the headspace gas, a signal the company says is consistent with thermogenic hydrocarbons and strengthens its case as it advances farm‑out discussions for the Walton‑Morant licence.
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Munni Munni review points to material upside beyond historic 2.2Moz resource, JV partner says
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Alien Metals picks up a near-term exploration catalyst as West Coast Silver kicks off drilling

Explorer West Coast Silver has started an up-to-1,500m diamond drill program beneath the historic Elizabeth Hill silver mine.
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Blackbird inks in-editor Epidemic Sound integration for elevate.io

The cloud-based video editor has integrated Epidemic Sound’s royalty-free catalogue into its platform, giving users instant search, preview and track insertion with licensing applied at video export.
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Genflow says its gene therapy for dogs maintains safety and efficacy three months after dosing

Three-month follow-up from the SLAB (Sarcopenia and Longevity in Aged Beagles) study shows maintained functional improvements and no adverse events, with the trial due to complete at the end of July 2026.
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Advent rules itself out of Senior takeover sweepstakes
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Bezant’s Hope jumps sevenfold, opens 7.5-year open‑pit life

An independent 2026 JORC update boosts Hope open‑pittable tonnes from 0.41Mt to >3.0Mt (gross), cuts the strip ratio and, after Bezant increases its stake to 90%, lets the miner accelerate a 25,000 tpa Phase 2 flotation plant plan that the company says would yield about US$290m of annual revenue at US$11,500/t copper.
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Kooth weathers 2025 revenue dip as Soluna embeds in California and adjusted EBITDA holds at £11.3m

Revenue fell to £63.3m in the year to 31 December 2025, as Kooth doubles down on US state contracts and evidence for its Soluna platform.
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Motorpoint flags record volumes as AI lifts sales

Motorpoint said it expects profit before tax of c.£7.5m for FY26, up 83%, after record retail volumes of c.65,000 and stronger margins driven by data and AI tools.
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Thruvision returns to growth as FY26 revenue rises 45%

Thruvision said FY26 revenue climbed 45% to approximately £6.0m, in line with prior Board expectations, with £7.1m of FY26 order intake and a £1.3m backlog to be delivered mostly in H1 FY27.
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Quantum Helium kicks off extended production test in Colorado

The small cap gas firm has started an extended production test at its proven Sagebrush-1 well in Colorado to measure flow rates and helium concentrations as it pushes prospective resources toward reserves.
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Shell warns of $10–15bn working‑capital hit amid Middle East uncertainty

Ahead of Q1 results on May 7, Shell said it expects working‑capital movements to drain $10–15bn and non‑cash net debt to rise by $3–4bn as the Middle East conflict and commodity volatility weigh on volumes and inventories.