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Oil & Gas Today: EnQuest seals $833m Malaysian deal, Tullow Oil, Coastal Africa Group

A busy session for UK-listed oil and gas names brought a transformative acquisition, an upbeat production update, and a fresh AIM admission. EnQuest's $833m Malaysian deal dominated the tape, while Tullow Oil lifted sentiment with guidance nudged to the higher end.
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Tech Today: Light Science secures assembly deal, Vodafone Greece, Beeks Financial Cloud

A busy Wednesday for small-cap technology names, with Light Science Technologies expanding its contract electronics manufacturing capacity, while Beeks Financial Cloud posted a sharp share price gain after landing three cloud contracts.
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Ceres Power shares slide after news of £103m equity raise

Ceres Power Holdings has raised approximately £103m gross (£100m net) in a non‑pre‑emptive placing, retail offer and directors' subscription to fund acceleration of its SOFC pipeline.
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Fuller, Smith & Turner shares up amid profit lift

Revenue rose 5.7% to £397.8m as like-for-like sales and margin expansion pushed adjusted profit before tax to £34.6m and the board proposed a final dividend of 13.35p.
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Diales Group posts 43% rise in underlying profit as European demand drives first-half growth

The expert witness and advisory firm says its new Building Safety and Fire Engineering service will make its full contribution in the second half.

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Motorpoint posts 82.9% jump in pre-tax profit as revenue rises 8.1%

"We embraced the tangible benefits of AI," said Mark Carpenter, Chief Executive Officer, reflecting on a year in which data became fundamental to the business.
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Pennon doubles profit after year of heavy investment

"Focusing on operational excellence, driving a performance culture and delivering through technology and innovation will be my key priorities," said Keith Haslett, Group Chief Executive.
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Premier African Minerals produces first spodumene-bearing concentrate at Zulu plant

The miner reports initial production of a spodumene-bearing concentrate from commissioning of its Zulu flotation plant, with internal assays preliminary and grades improving but still below target.
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Small Caps Today: RC365, Fuller Smith & Turner, Diales Group, Beeks Financial Cloud ...

RC365 shed nearly 30% after a sweeping capital restructure that cancelled its convertible loan note, elsewhere, a clutch of operational updates, from hydrogen sales to high-grade drill holes, kept the newsflow dense across the market.
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WH Smith shares slump after profit outlook cut and placing

The group expects a significant non‑underlying non‑cash impairment charge of up to £150m for the full year relating to goodwill and store impairments following the InMotion review, store exits and ROW restructuring
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EnQuest jumps as investors cheer $833m Malaysian deal

The group frames the deal as a material expansion of its operated Malaysian footprint that leverages existing infrastructure for capital‑efficient growth
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Sure Ventures gets cash boost as CameraMatics secures €49m investment

"This funding round provides independent validation of the value being created within one of our portfolio companies," said Gareth Burchell.
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World Chess signs term sheet with FIDE to create first official online-to-over-the-board rating conversion route

The non-binding agreement also renews the FIDE Online Arena partnership and opens a new revenue line through conversion fees.
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Beeks wins three cloud contracts worth £1.7m

It has signed three contracts across Analytics, Proximity Cloud and Private Cloud

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Tritax Big Box REIT says Secretary of State to decide Manor Farm planning by 7 July

The Government has designated data centres as critical national infrastructure
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Power Probe says 2026 trading in line with expectations ahead of AGM

"We're pleased to report an encouraging start to 2026 with trading in the year to date in line with our expectations," said Chema Garcia, Chief Executive Officer.
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BWA Group identifies gold-favourable structures at Aracari

BWA completed more than 500 soil samples on a 200m x 50m grid to generate geochemical anomalies, will dispatch samples to a laboratory for assay, and said it plans further programmes across AOI-06 to AOI-09.
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Fulcrum signs TDI contract to deploy cyanide-free pilot plant in Ontario

Fulcrum Metals has contracted Test Design Implement Solutions to deploy and operate a 2.4 tonnes-per-day pilot using Extrakt Process Solutions' cyanide-free leach to advance the Teck‑Hughes project and create a repeatable mine-waste recovery platform.
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H-Power sells two LC30 fuel cell generators to TAMGO for Saudi trials

"We are delighted to have signed this agreement with TAMGO, which demonstrates its commitment to H-Power's LC30 fuel cell generator product," John Wilson, CEO of H-Power, said.
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Dekel Agri-Vision posts 31.9% May rise in crude palm oil production

"We are pleased to report another strong month for our Palm Oil Operation," said Youval Rasin, Dekel's Chief Executive.