Speciality drug company Alliance Pharma plc (LON:APH) more than doubled sales after an acquisition last year.
Alliance said its purchase of Sinclair Healthcare Products in December helped it rack up sales of £46.4mln in the six months to June 30 versus £22.8mln a year ago. Sinclair contributed sales of £20.6mln.
Elsewhere, Solo Oil PLC (LON:SOLO) saw more good news from the Horse Hill project, in the south of England, where a consultant has now upgraded estimates for one of the reservoirs encountered by the Horse Hill 1 well.
Nutech has increased by 200% its calculated oil in place for the Upper Portland pay zone to 22.9mln barrels per square mile, up from 7.7mln.
DP Poland Plc (LON:DPP), which develops, operates and sub-franchises Domino’s pizza stores in Poland, enjoyed a strong first half of trading in 2016.
For the six months to the end of June, like-for-like sales were up 28% compared to the same period last year, while total sales grew by 57%.
Investment software specialist StatPro Group PLC (LON:SOG) has highlighted strong recurring revenues and told investors it is trading in line with expectations.
In a trading statement for the six months ended June 30, StatPro said group annualised recurring revenue (ARR) grew by 26% to £36.2mln.
In other news, torrential rain in its part of Russia combined with lower grades to cut production at Petropavlovsk (LON:POG) in the first half of 2016.
Ounces produced amounted to 187,400, 22% below the previous year’s 240,200, and as a result production for the full year will be towards the bottom of the previous guidance of between 460,000-500,000 oz, said the company.
Elsewhere, ANGLE Plc (LON:AGL, OTCMKTS:ANPCY) has kicked of an ovarian cancer study in Europe, advancing its technology towards securing CE-mark approval.
The company’s novel medical device is designed to capture cancer cells in blood, and it is expected to improve detection and analysis of the disease, and as such help improve treatment.
Graphene specialist Versarien Plc (LON:VRS) is moving away from relying on its hardware division towards commercialising what it calls "disruptive" technologies, it told investors in full year results.
Its tungsten carbide business took a hit from the downturn in the oil and gas sector, reporting sales for the year to end March of £3.1mln compared to £4.6mln in 2015, but it said all three of its other divisions, hardware, thermal and graphene, had made progress.
Metal Tiger Plc (LON:MTR) has taken part in partner MOD Resources' (ASX:MOD) oversubscribed rights issue - a cash call, which gives the group a further AS$3mln to continue work on the ground in Botswana.
Metal bought around 6.1mln shares at A$0.024 for A$148,000 from existing cash and now owns 4.76% of MOD shares (4.92% as at January this year).
Braveheart Investment Group Plc (LON:BRH) is focused on developing the business as it revealed it's on track to generate profits in the year to end March, 2017.
Chairman Jeremy Delmar-Morgan told an AGM today that modest profitability had been achieved in the first quarter to June 30 this year.
And finally, Active Energy Plc (LON:AEG) says it's increased its revenue potential in Ukraine as it struck a forestry deal with a regional government in the country.
The memorandum of understanding covers around 186,500 hectares of mature trees in northern Ukraine.