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Vodafone results reassure but won't inspire fresh buying

Vodafone's full-year earnings metrics landed at the top end of guidance and management upgraded forecasts, yet a 4% share drop shows the market had already priced in this amount of good news.
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Small Caps Today: Character Group beats market on H1 profit, Marston's, Alien Metals, Angling Direct, Frontier Developments
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Macfarlane Group reiterates full-year outlook as trading meets expectations

Trading for the year to 31 December is in line with market expectations, with Q1 revenue marginally ahead of 2025 and net bank debt of £16.7m at 31 March.
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IMI reconfirms full-year guidance after solid first quarter

It said its on track for a sixth consecutive year of mid-single-digit organic revenue growth after first-quarter organic revenue rose 5%.
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Invinity completes delivery of Europe's largest vanadium flow battery

Invinity has finished installing a 20.7 MWh vanadium flow battery at its Copwood VFB Energy Hub and expects the system to connect to the GB grid and begin generating revenue before the end of the year, subject to local DNO sign-off.
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XP Factory sees earnings slightly ahead of revised market expectations

It reported FY26 revenue of more than £59m and said pre‑IFRS 16 adjusted EBITDA for the 52 weeks to 29 March is expected to be marginally ahead of the revised market consensus of £5.1m.
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Pharos Energy says five of six Vietnam wells onstream as output meets guidance

Five of six offshore Vietnam wells have been drilled on time and budget and are producing, lifting group working interest output to 5,561 boepd for the four months to 30 April and supporting c.$49m revenue YTD.
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Dekel Agri-Vision starts bookbuild for €13.3m bond
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Restore trading in line with market expectations after robust four-months

It said trading was robust in the four months to 30 April, with significant revenue growth and margins in line with plans, and reiterated full-year adjusted profit before tax guidance as in line with market expectations.
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Kromek sees FY26 revenue and PBT in line with market consensus

It expects full-year revenue and profit before tax for the 12 months to 30 April to be in line with FY26 consensus of £27.2m revenue and £2.15m PBT, driven by H2 order wins of £8.8m.
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IWG holds 2026 guidance as Q1 revenue rises 4% amid rapid network expansion

International Workplace Group reported first-quarter group revenue up 4% and system-wide revenue up 9%, and reiterated full-year adjusted EBITDA guidance of $585m–$625m while flagging faster signings and openings.
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Pantheon International commits to £180m of buybacks after divestments

The investment group will use at least 80% of proceeds from a targeted £224m divestment to fund around £180m of share buybacks, furthering its return-of-capital programme.
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Imperial Brands reiterates profit guidance, says its on-track

Imperial said it remains on track to deliver full-year guidance, expecting group adjusted operating profit to grow 3-5% after reporting the six months ended 31 March.
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Avingtrans unit Adaptix wins CE mark for Ortho350, clears path to UK and EU sales

The firm's imaging subsidiary Adaptix has received CE certification for the Adaptix Ortho350, enabling commercial rollout across the UK and European markets.
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RUA Life Sciences spins out RUA Structural Heart and secures funding
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Bytes Technology Group splits executive roles

The software, security, AI and cloud services firm has begun a search for a new chief financial officer after deciding to separate its combined finance and operations roles.
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Mendell Helium secures two Fort Dodge leases

The company has added the Durler and Leffert leases near its Rost wells, gaining acreage that could host up to four production wells and support its Fort Dodge development push.
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IXICO releases faster neuroimaging processing

The upgrade increases image-reading precision, boosts throughput and lays technical groundwork to offer IXI to partners and licensees, following a recent Medidata collaboration.
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Norcros to explore sale of South African business

It has opened a process to divest its South African operations, comprising TAL, Tile Africa and House of Plumbing.
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Physiomics appoints Stewart Williams as consultant

Stewart Williams, a transformation leader with more than 30 years' experience and current Head of Planning on AstraZeneca's c. $2 billion AXIAL programme, joins Physiomics to support its senior leadership transition.