Be Heard PLC's (LON:BHRD) digital agency MMT Limited came away from Wednesday evening's 2017 RAR (recommended agency register) Digital Awards clutching a host of accolades. MMT was voted best agency for software development , web design, web development, usability, and best mobile agency.
Falcon Media House (LON:FAL) has appointed tech and media finance specialist Diane McGrath to its newly created position of Global Chief Strategy Officer. Recently listed on AIM, Falcon Media specialises in “over the top” or OTT media services - often referred to as “red button video streaming - and has developed Q-Flow technology to prevent the frequent loss of signal or 'buffering' that affects video streaming.
Shares in software group BOS GLOBAL Holdings Limited (LON:BOS) advanced as it brought in £380,000 in cash from selling a non-core 75% stake in Australia based metals miner Copper Range (SA) Pty Ltd. The BOS software is focused on making workplaces more productive and it launched the BOS360 work patterns platform in May.
Internet of Things enabler Telit Communications Plc (LON:TCM) revealed it had received a first order for its LTE Cat 6 connectivity device from an emerging American car parts maker. The device will be shipped in the autumn and be fitted in cars along with other technology, increasingly seen in modern vehicles.
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) has appointed Sir Richard Lambert as the company’s new non-executive chairman. Lambert, who was the editor of the Financial Times for a decade, is taking over the role from Sir Anthony Salz and in accordance with Bloomsbury’s policy he will have a term of four years.
Sirius Minerals PLC (LON:SXX), which is developing a huge potash mine in North Yorkshire, UK, revealed that more of its stage one financing convertible bonds have been exchanged for shares. The bonds were announced last November and issued at US$200,000 each to raise a massive US$400mln as part of the financing for the project - believed to be the world's largest high-grade known deposit of polyhalite - used as a fertiliser.
Greatland Gold plc (LON:GGP) will issue over 53mln shares after conversion notices were issued on warrants and share options worth over £192,400.The exercise price ranged between 0.2p and 0.45p. The new shares are expected to be admitted to trading on or around next Thursday (June 22). It was the third warrant exercise reported by the company this week. On Wednesday and Thursday, a total of warrants worth £175,000 were converted.
Greka Drilling Limited (LON:GDL) has received a letter of award (LOA) for a three year, 73-well drilling programme from India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). State-owned, ONGC is the largest oil and gas exploration and production company in India and will use Greka to explore the Bokaro coal bed methane (CBM) prospect. Greka was earmarked for the work in April, but with the LOA should start to mobilise within 90 days though it is still subject to a full contract and performance bond.
Cancer treatment pioneer Nanobiotix SA (EPA:NANO) has presented new data illustrating how its lead treatment, NBTXR3, can help the body’s immune system fight tumours.
In a presentation to an Immunotherapy workshop co-sponsored by the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), Nanonbiotix highlighted new data that suggests NBTXR3 generates immunogenic cell death, which could trigger a specific immune response to attack a tumour.
The pharma services and drug developer Ergomed Plc (LON:ERGO) has appointed a new chief executive. He is Dr Dan Weng, who joins on July 1 from EPS Holdings, a Tokyo-listed contract research business, and will take the reins from the company’s founder, Dr Miroslav Reljanovic, who will become executive vice-chairman.
Falcon Media House (LON:FAL) has appointed tech and media finance specialist Diane McGrath to its newly created position of Global Chief Strategy Officer. Recently listed on AIM, Falcon Media specialises in “over the top” or OTT media services - often referred to as “red button video streaming - and has developed Q-Flow technology to prevent the frequent loss of signal or 'buffering' that affects video streaming.
Premier African Minerals Limited (LON:PREM) shares rose 5% in early deals on the back of highly encouraging initial testing on material from the group's Zulu Lithium and Tantalum project in Zimbabwe, which underscored the property's big potential. The findings from German based Dorfner Anzaplan showed that a commercial grade, high quality lithium mineral concentrate could be produced.
Shares in software group BOS GLOBAL Holdings Limited (LON:BOS) advanced as it brought in £380,000 in cash from selling a non-core 75% stake in Australia based metals miner Copper Range (SA) Pty Ltd. The BOS software is focused on making workplaces more productive and it launched the BOS360 work patterns platform in May.
Savannah Resources Plc (LON:SAV) has received initial approval for a waste storage facility at its Block 4 and 5 copper projects in Oman utilising an old mine pit from the adjacent Lasail West mine. David Archer, Savannah’s chief executive, said Oman’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Affairs (MECA) had asked for further studies and test work but it had been given the green light in principle.
PowerHouse Energy Group PLC said it is on the cusp of redefining the waste-to-energy industry with its breakthrough Distributed Modular Gasification (DMG) technology. Its ultra-high temperature system transforms rubbish into electricity with no toxic by-products and effectively zero greenhouse gases.