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Oxford BioMedica , a leading gene and cell therapy group, led the region’s large and medium sized groups when it came to share prices in August. As well as announcing an agreement with a consortium of partners for a two-year £2 million collaboration project focused on gene and cell therapy manufacturing, it also reported upbeat interim results for the first half of this year.
Revenue increased by 26% to £15.7m and the operating loss was reduced to £2.2m. Cash outflow before financing activities was also reduced by £1m to £2.2m and debt refinancing completed with significantly improved terms.
Fleet-based Microgen, the IT company developing
and supporting enterprise software, applications and solutions, saw a 13% rise. It has just been selected by one of the top five Canadian banks for various services operations.
One of the month’s top risers was as usual found among the sub-£50m turnover section of the stock market, where Pebble Beach Systems gained 37%.
The Weybridge-based company is a developer and supplier of automation and content management solutions for TV broadcasters, service providers, and cable and satellite operators. Its latest development serves operators who require instantaneous feedback when switching live events.
Large (over £1 billion) Closing price
GENUS SERCO GROUP
INTL.CONS.AIRL.GP.(CDI) BIG YELLOW GROUP GALLIFORD TRY SPECTRIS ELEMENTIS SHIRE
ICTL.HTLS.GP. ULTRA ELECTRONICS HDG.
31/07/17 1,729.0 111.0 578.0 775.0
1,356.0 2,460.0 296.4
4,261.0 4,291.0 2,097.0
Closing price 31/08/17 1,863.0 117.7 611.5 808.5
1,392.0 2,314.0 269.6
3,833.5 3,856.0 1,850.0
Medium (£250 million to £1 billion) Closing price
OXFORD BIOMEDICA MICROGEN
TT ELECTRONICS RPS GROUP RENEWI
COSTAIN GROUP DE LA RUE MCBRIDE
FIDESSA GROUP SDL
31/07/17 8.6
437.0 212.3 273.3 92.0
470.0 667.0 189.0
2,264.0 642.5
TISSUE REGENIX GROUP MICHELMERSH BRICK HDG. LATHAM(JAMES)
LOK’N STORE GROUP MCKAY SECURITIES RM
D4T4 SOLUTIONS VERNALIS
INTERSERVE NANOCO GROUP
31/07/17 11.0 91.0
867.5 387.5 233.3 172.5 174.0 18.6
225.8 37.5
Sub £50 million Closing price
BEZANT RESOURCES PEBBLE BEACH
SYS.GP. MBL GROUP PIPEHAWK
OXFORD TECHNOLOGY VCT TP GROUP
GOTECH GROUP STARVEST ANGLE
FUTURA MEDICAL
31/07/17 0.9 2.7
12.5 3.1
32.0 7.0 2.1 2.9
47.5 53.8
Closing price 31/08/17 9.9
495.0 225.8 288.8 92.8
446.8 621.0 175.5
2,098.0 452.3
Small (£50 million to £250 million) Closing price
Closing price 31/08/17 13.3 98.8
890.0 397.5 239.0 161.9 161.0 16.8
168.3 26.0
Closing price 31/08/17 2.0 3.6
15.8 3.5
35.0 6.4 1.9 2.5
36.8 31.8
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Change in share price 20% 9% 3% 3% 2%
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Change in share price 129% 37% 26% 12% 9%
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Last year’s competition finalists
The 2017 HWYE competition has now closed and our judges are currently choosing the best entries from around the Thames Valley area (including Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey).
Selection involves some preliminary interviews and all applicants will be notified by mid November of the outcome.
Jane Gregory, a judge at the HWYE finals, said: “The diversity of the entries is wonderful, coming from every sector of business and industry. It’s also encouraging to see how creative young people are in tackling the challenges presented by a difficult economic climate. We’re looking forward to an exciting finals.”
The finals event will take place on November 16 in Reading, so look out for details of the chosen finalists on our HWYE website and social media channels during that month.
The overall Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur of the Year will win a fantastic and useful set of prizes worth up to £5,000.*
All finalists receive a £250 cash prize, mentoring and PR for their businesses, which makes the competition well worth entering. They will also have the opportunity to attend an HWYE Mastermind event on February 22, 2018, where they can discuss business challenges and solutions with a speaker from the HWYE finals, Vanessa Lanham-Day.
For more details – see the HWYE website:
hwye.co.uk
HWYE is also on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
For further information about Haines Watts:
hwca.com
* Full terms and conditions are on our website.
Are you a young entrepreneur with an outstanding and innovative business? One way of presenting it to the world is to enter competitions like Haines Watts Young Entrepreneur award
The HWYE competition – are you in it?
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