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The Premarket Brief: ITM Power and Protium partner on UK hydrogen, Currys, B&M, Boohoo

A strategic hydrogen partnership, a chief executive appointment, and a pair of contrasting retail updates set the agenda for Wednesday morning.
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Currys names Fredrik Tønnesen as its new Group Chief Executive

The consumer electronics retailer's incoming boss, promoted from the Nordics division, takes the reins from 3 August.
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A.G. BARR launches IRN-BRU summer football campaign

The multi-beverage owner has rolled out a TV, out-of-home, social and in-store advertising push timed to Scotland's return to global football, aiming to lift awareness and sales beyond Scotland and overseas.
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ITM Power forms strategic partnership with Protium to develop UK hydrogen projects

The first area of collaboration is the Cromarty Hydrogen Project in the Scottish Highlands, recently acquired by Protium, which will host a 15MW electrolyser expected to produce around 7 tonnes of green hydrogen per day.
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Novo Nordisk launches Wegovypill in the UAE

The launch of the Wegovy pill in the United Arab Emirates marks it out as the first country outside the United States to get the oral GLP‑1 weight‑loss therapy.
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Debenhams Group returns to growth as Boohoo completes 'asset light' transition

The transition to an asset‑light marketplace model is complete, the retailer highlighted, with around c.25k brands and partners now on the group ecosystem.
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Mining Today: Central Asia Metals swoops on Cygnus for A$232m, Aura Energy, Xtract Resources, Elementis, Panther Metals

A busy session of corporate activity and exploration news defined the small-cap mining space, with Central Asia Metals announcing its largest deal in years and Aura Energy rocketing on a nuclear utility partnership that puts its Tiris uranium project on a path to a final investment decision.
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Health & Bio Today: ValiRx walks away from Stingray licence, Verici Dx, Inspiration Healthcare, Hammerson

A decision to abandon a licensing option and a strategic distribution exit dominated the health and biotech small-cap space on Tuesday, as ValiRx (AIM:VAL) walked away from Stingray Bio's assets and Inspiration Healthcare (AIM:IHC) handed back a £9.7m revenue line.
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Serica Energy's expanded North Sea portfolio means its a buy, says broker

Panmure Liberum rates Serica Energy Buy with a 342p target after a CMD in which it argued the enlarged North Sea portfolio can sustain production above 50kboepd into the next decade.
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Zeus analyst says Alaska LNG momentum bolsters Pantheon farm‑out case

Daniel Slater of Zeus Capital argues that a string of positive Alaska developments, state tax‑relief talks, a ConocoPhillips gas supply deal and the Pikka start‑up, strengthens the case for Pantheon Resources as it advances its farm‑out process.
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Active Energy's Ghummud facility nets first month's revenue

The newly acquired Ghummud site in Abu Dhabi generated AED 404,000 (c. US$110,000) in its first full month of operations, with average uptime of about 97%.
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Gelion wins Innovate UK funding for three-year Nissan solid‑state Li‑S collaboration

Gelion has secured Innovate UK grant funding and launched a three-year CoRe‑SoLiS project with Nissan Technical Centre Europe and the University of Oxford to integrate its NES™ sulfur cathode into next‑generation solid‑state EV batteries.
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Xtract granted 10-year Amghas mining licence and moves gravity plant to site

Xtract Resources has secured a 10-year renewable mining licence for the Amghas antimony project in northwest Morocco and begun relocating a 70,000 tpa gravity plant to site, with first concentrate production and sales targeted in Q4 2026.
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Vaultz Capital raises £1m from RRCC and flags potential strategic acquisitions

It raised £1 million through a subscription by Regent Resources Capital Corporation and told investors it is exploring significant transactions in strategic minerals, AI and digital infrastructure.
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BSF Enterprise white paper sets out commercial case for T‑Rex Leather

A technical white paper by the Lab‑Grown Leather business detailing reconstructed T‑Rex collagen, a scaffold‑free production platform and the company's strategy to scale its "T‑Rex Leather" into the ultra‑luxury and smart textiles markets.
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ValiRx shares tumbled after Stingray evaluation ends

The company completed an in-silico evaluation of Stingray Bio's assets and decided not to exercise its option to licence after concluding the technology needs further optimisation to reach the candidate stage.
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GoldStone Resources shares lifted by wash-plant commissioning

Visible coarse gold was identified during commissioning of a newly installed wash plant at MinCorp SL, the Sierra Leone venture in which GoldStone Resources holds a 50% equity interest.
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Sabien Technology Group shares rise on cost cutting

Sabien Technology Group will issue shares to settle accrued directors' pay and broker fees after receiving £213,708 from b.grn, and will use a substantial proportion of the cash to pay £127,500 owed to Parris Group by 30 June.
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Oxford Biomedica's investor day can kick of a rerating and reignite sentiments

Panmure Liberum noted that the shares have traded sideways since takeover talk faded away, but with a bullish recommendation, the broker reckons today's capital markets day can reset investor attentions on revenue growth.
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Aura Energy shares rocket thanks to MOU with nuclear utility

It has signed a strategic non-binding MOU with a major international nuclear power company to progress funding, offtake and technical collaboration for the Tiris uranium project and targets a Final Investment Decision by year-end 2026.