News

Every announcement of UK small & mid caps under £2bn. The ones that started or moved a situation are marked – a click opens it.

Key = all announcements except routine filings (voting rights, buybacks, holdings, director forms), plus the ones that are part of a situation. Not investment advice.

Date	Company	Mcap ↕	Type	Announcement
20 Oct	First Development Resources Plc FDR	£2.0m		Gold Drilling Underway at Lander West Follow-up Programme Targeting Extensions to Confirmed Bedrock Gold Mineralisation
20 Oct	Invinity Energy Systems IES	£66m	Dilutive fundraise	Proposed Fundraising of a minimum of £20 million Cornerstone Commitment of a minimum of £10 million from National Wealth Fund
20 Oct	Ondine Biomedical Inc. OBI	£64m	Project milestones	Result of Fundraise, Restoration of Trading & TVR All references to C$ in this announcement ("Announcement") are to Canadian Dollars.
20 Oct	Earnz EARN	£17m	Large acquisition / reverse takeover	Delay to Completion of the Acquisition The Acquisition is expected to complete on or before 23 October 2026 and Admission is expected to be the same day as the completion of the Acquisition.
20 Oct	Mercia Asset Management MERC	£128m		Notice of Interim Results Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the proactive, regionally focused private capital asset manager with over £2.2billion of assets under management, will announce its interim results for the six months ended 30 September 2026 on Tuesday 1 December 2026.
20 Oct	Acg Acquisition Company Limited Cls A ACG	£417m	Project milestones	2026 Gediktepe Competent Person’s Report ACG Metals Limited ("ACG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the publication of the full updated Competent Person's Report for its Gediktepe mine (the "2026 CPR").
20 Oct	Tharisa THS	£329m		Tharisa secures early renewable energy from Etana (Incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with limited liability)
20 Oct	The Smarter Web Company Plc SWC	£191m		MORE Weekly Dividend: Preferred Dividend Rate 12% The Smarter Web Company notes that the weekly Preferred Dividend (ISIN: GB00C0HJ0D12; TIDM: MORE) for the week ending Friday 23 October 2026 will be £0.2301 per Preferred Share.
20 Oct	Truetide plc TRUE	£1.8m		Investment update - Paraytec This announcement replaces RNS Number 0231Z released by Truetide plc at 07.00 a.m. on 15 October 2026.
20 Oct	Savannah Resources SAV	£156m	Board change	CEO Share Purchase & Equity Incentive Plan Update Acquisition of 3.15 million Shares by CEO, Emanuel Proença
20 Oct	Wishbone Gold WSBN	£3.9m		Wide Gold & Copper Zones Identified at Red Setter Wishbone Gold Plc is pleased to announce that the latest assay results of the on-going drill programme at its Red Setter project have identified wide zones of gold and copper mineralisation.
20 Oct	Physiomics PYC	£2.2m		Contract Award Physiomics plc (AIM: PYC), a leading mathematical modelling, data science and biostatistics company supporting the development of new therapeutics and personalised medicine solutions, is pleased to announce a new contract award valued at £102,000 for …
20 Oct	Brave Bison Group BBSN	£85m	Large acquisition / reverse takeover	Day 53 Update on Acceptance Levels On 7 October 2026, Brave Bison announced the terms and conditions of its increased final* offer comprising of 180 pence in cash, 2.394 new Brave Bison Shares and 1 Bison CVR (which is a contingent value right which may deliver 20 pence in cash) (the “Final …
20 Oct	Wickes Group WIX	£506m	Segment turn	Q3 Trading Update Wickes Group plc – Trading Update for the quarter ending 26 September 2026
20 Oct	Rockfire Resources ROCK	£16m		Molaoi Update Molaoi update - wide, strong grades intersected at HMO-021
20 Oct	XP Power Ltd. XPP	£478m	Legal & regulatory	Q3 Trading Update FY26 expectations unchanged with FY27 slightly ahead of market expectations
20 Oct	Genuit Group GEN	£640m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Trading Update Trading Update for the nine months ended 30 September 2026
20 Oct	Gulf Marine Services GMS	£212m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	3rd Quarter Results (‘Gulf Marine Services’, ‘GMS’, ‘the Company’ or ‘the Group’)
20 Oct	GB Group GBG	£354m	Sale process / strategic review	Trading Statement 4.5% first half revenue growth1 in core segments driven by Location and EMEA Identity
20 Oct	United Oil & Gas UOG	£10m	Results	Positive Drill Rig Study Results United Oil & Gas PLC / Index: AIM / Epic: UOG / Sector: Oil & Gas
20 Oct	Gear4music (Holdings) G4M	£49m	Trading update	Half Year Trading Update - Revenue growth in line with Board expectations against very strong prior-year comparatives
20 Oct	Ixico IXI	£22m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Trading Update Trading update for year ending 30 September 2026
20 Oct	Optima Health OPT	£265m	Large acquisition / reverse takeover	Half Year Trading Update (“Optima”, the “Company”, and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”)
20 Oct	Shearwater Group SWG	£17m		Central Government Cyber Security Contract Win £1.7 million Central Government Cyber Security Contract Win
20 Oct	Cropper (James) CRPR	£76m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Trading Update Strong first half performance; full-year expected to be ahead of current market expectations
20 Oct	Trifast TRI	£108m	Project milestones	Trading Update Trifast plc ("Trifast" or the "Group", LSE: TRI.L), the international specialist in the design, engineering, manufacture, and distribution of high-quality engineered fastenings, provides a trading update for the six months ended 30 September 2026 (‘H1 FY27’ …
20 Oct	B.P. Marsh & Partners BPM	£245m	Capital return	Half-year Results Marsh & Partners Plc (AIM: BPM), the specialist private equity investor in early-stage financial services businesses, announces its unaudited Group Half Year Results for the six months to 31 July 2026 (the "Period").
20 Oct	Capita CPI	£356m		Capital Market Event Update Capita today announces that it is postponing its Capital Market Event, previously planned for 4th November, as the Group maintains its focus on improving the service delivery on the Civil Service Pension Scheme contract.
20 Oct	Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Com Shs GKP	£462m	Capital return	Gulf Keystone to combine with ShaMaran Petroleum (“Gulf Keystone”, “GKP”, the “Group” or the “Company”)
20 Oct	Cornish Metals PLC TIN	£94m	Dilutive fundraise	Proposed Fundraising of approximately £135 million to develop the South Crofty tin project Entry into 6 year offtake agreement with Glencore
20 Oct	Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Com Shs GKP	£462m	Large acquisition / reverse takeover	Gulf Keystone går samman med ShaMaran Petroleum (”ShaMaran” eller ”SNM”) meddelar att de har undertecknat ett bermudiskt fusionsavtal (”Bermuda-fusionsavtalet”) och ett kombinationsavtal (”Kombinationsavtalet”) för att slå samman sina verksamheter (”Transaktionen”).
20 Oct	Kenmare Resources (CDI) KMR	£200m	Legal & regulatory	Response to Mozambican media reports regarding Implementation Agreement Kenmare Resources plc (LSE:KMR, ISE:KMR), one of the leading global producers of titanium minerals and zircon, which operates the Moma Titanium Minerals Mine (the "Mine" or "Moma") in northern Mozambique, notes the recent reports in the Mozambican media …
20 Oct	Sabre Insurance Group SBRE	£408m	Trading update	Trading Update 20 October 2026 Sabre Insurance Group plc Trading Update Full-year profit guidance reiterated as premium growth continues
20 Oct	BSF Enterprise BSFA	£1.9m		Foundational US Patent Underpins Business Strategy US Patent Allowance - Foundational Macromolecular Crowding Technology
20 Oct	Mode Global Holdings MODE	£0.5m		Allotment Of Shares And Total Voting Rights R8 announces that it has received notice to convert £25,500 of convertible loan notes (“CLNs”) into 21,794,871 new Ordinary Shares of the Company.
20 Oct	Avation AVAP	£83m		Publication Of Audited Financial Statements The annual report may be downloaded from the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.avation.net.