Gfinity Plc (LON:GFIN) has signed a multi-year strategic partnership with pizza chain Domino’s for it to become presenting partner of the Gfinity Challenger and Elite Series UK.
Eland Oil & Gas PLC (LON:ELA) told investors that the Opuama-10 well, the latest at the Opuama field in Nigeria, has unearthed significant oil pay. The well was drilled down to a depth of 8,121 feet and encountered six oil bearing reservoirs with some 307 feet of total net pay.
Primary Health Properties PLC (LON:PHP) is seeing a continuing improvement in rental growth in the healthcare facilities sector, it said in its interim results statement.
Alliance Pharma plc(AIM: APH), the specialty pharmaceutical group, said it is trading in line with expectations. In an update, it said revenues for the six months ended June 30 rose 10% to £54.4mln, though trading profit tracked at a slightly slower pace due largely to phasing of marketing spend.
Med-tech specialist ANGLE PLC (LON:AGL) has confirmed it is on target to complete by the end of the year a US Food & Drug Administration study of cancer detection device, Parsortix. A total of 400 people at four leading oncology centres are taking part in the trial, which its hoped will help the company gain Class II clearance for the device, which harvests intact circulating tumour cells.
Stobart Group Limited (LON:STOB) has appointed Russell Reynolds Associates, a leading independent search firm, to assist in its quest to beef up its board. The company is on the look-out for a new non-executive chairman, a senior independent director and one or two additional non-executive directors; the company is also looking to appoint a suitable interim chief financial officer to replace Richard Laycock, who chose not to seek re-election to the board at the annual general meeting (AGM) earlier this month.
Clinigen Group PLC (LON:CLIN) has made its second acquisition in as many weeks, buying the global rights to Imukin from Horizon Pharma PLC (NASDAQ:HZNP) for an undisclosed sum. Imukin is licensed in 19 countries to help boost the immune system of patients with chronic granulomatous disease and for the treatment of a bone disease called severe malignant osteopetrosis. Both of those conditions are hereditary and considered to be rare.
Drug developer Midatech Pharma Plc (LON:MTPH) has praised the “significant progress” it made with two of its key clinical programmes in the first half of the year. The AIM-quoted firm remains on track to announce the results of the initial phase of the ongoing first in-human study of its MTD201 drug towards the end of Q3 or start of Q4 this year.
Empresaria PLC (LON:EMR) will post slightly higher interim profits as strong performances in North and South America offset regulatory disruption in Germany and Japan. "For the first half, adjusted profit before tax is up approximately 2% and net fee income is down approximately 1% on the prior year," the staffing group said in a statement.
Mineral sands miner Base Resources Limited (LON:BSE) has predicted another year of steady production from its Kwale mine in Kenya. Guidance for the year to end June 2019 is 88,000 to 93,000 tonnes of rutile, 420,000 to 450,000t of ilmenite and 32,000 to 37,000t of zircon.
Mosman Oil And Gas Ltd (LON:MSMN) has extended the deadline for its option to increase its stake in the Arkoma field, where new well flow data is awaited to reflect the impact of work-over programmes.
United Oil & Gas Plc(LON:UOG) has revealed that the planned Colter appraisal well on the south coast of England has passed an important administrative milestone and remains on-track for drilling in the fourth quarter of this year.
RYVL (NASDAQ:TMG), formerly The Marketing Group, has announced the appointment of Alex Knight as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO), joining its board with immediate effect. The firm said Mike McElhatton, its current CFO, has resigned to pursue other interests, and having stepped down from the board today will leave the group on 31 July 2018.
ANGLE PLC (LON:AGL) (OTCQX:ANPCY), a world-leading liquid biopsy company, announced after the close on Tuesday that, further to the announcement of 18 July 2018, the company has now received confirmation from HMRC that an investment in the company will qualify for VCT tax relief.
Tlou Energy Ltd (LON:TLOU) has reminded investors it is working to secure a clear pathway towards a gas-to-power pilot project in Botswana. It wants to connect to the power grid in the country and further de-risk the Lesedi project through future drilling to unlock additional reserves.