UK small-cap RNS · 16 Mar 2026

The key announcements of UK small & mid caps under £2bn on 16 Mar 2026 – situations they move are marked, with the share price since.

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

Date	Company	Mcap ↕	Type	Announcement
16 Mar	NeoTerra Group TERA	£7.1m	Routine	TR1: Notification of Holdings in Company
16 Mar	Fuller Smith & Turner FSTA	£400m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 8.3 - Permanent TSB Group plc
16 Mar	Foxtons Group FOXT	£108m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	XP Factory XPF	£26m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	CLS Holdings CLI	£201m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Trainline TRN	£733m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Close Brothers Group CBG	£569m		Statement regarding report from Viceroy Research Close Brothers Group plc ("Close Brothers" or the "Company") notes the publication of the research report by Viceroy Research (the "Report") this afternoon.
16 Mar	First Class Metals FCM	£12m	Routine	Issue of Equity & Total Voting Rights
16 Mar	Funding Circle Holdings FCH	£569m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Polar Capital Holdings POLR	£708m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	iFOREX Financial Trading Holdings Ltd. IFRX	£32m	Routine	Issue of Equity
16 Mar	Moneysupermarket.com Group MONY	£1,032m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 8.3 - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
16 Mar	Georgia Capital CGEO	£1,276m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Earnz EARN	£15m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Earnz EARN	£15m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Niox Group NIOX	£286m	Routine	Block Listing Application
16 Mar	Vanquis Banking Group 20 VANQ	£173m	Board change	Non-Executive Director Pension Transfer London - 16 March 2026 - Vanquis Banking Group plc ("Vanquis") announces that Non-Executive Director, Oliver Laird, conducted a series of on-market share transactions on the 11th, 13th and 16th of March 2026.
16 Mar	Vistry Group VTY	£756m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Crystal Amber Fund Ltd. CRS	£43m	Routine	Notice of results; update re strategy and manager
16 Mar	Virgin Wines UK VINO	£12m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	MobilityOne Ltd. MBO	£12m		Update in relation to Sincere Acres Sdn Bhd On 4 October 2023, the Company announced, amongst other matters, that MobilityOne Sdn Bhd ("M1 Malaysia"), the Group's wholly-owned operating subsidiary in Malaysia, had completed the acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Sincere for a cash consideration of …
16 Mar	Westmount Energy Ltd. WTE	£4.0m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	MS International MSI	£248m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	IntegraFin Holding IHP	£1,231m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Pathos Communications plc NEWS	£17m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Harena Resources plc HREE	£19m	Routine	Exercise of Options and Total Voting Rights
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	Kier Group KIE	£1,293m	Transformational contract / build-out	UK’s STEP fusion energy programme appoints Kier Leading role in strategic clean energy initiative, securing multi-year revenue stream
16 Mar	Trustpilot Group TRST	£1,040m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Com Shs GKP	£473m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Telecom Plus TEP	£681m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Savills SVS	£1,725m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Vertu Motors VTU	£259m		EBT Share Purchase Vertu Motors announces that it was notified on 13 March 2026 of the following acquisition ("Dealing") of the Company's ordinary shares of 10p each ("Ordinary Shares") by Ocorian Limited ("Trustee"), the trustee of the Company's employee benefit trust.
16 Mar	STV Group STVG	£45m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Pathos Communications plc NEWS	£17m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Zotefoams ZTF	£246m		Notification Of Transactions Of Directors/PDMRs The Company has received notification from MUFG Corporate Markets Trustees (UK) Limited, the Trustee of the Company's Share Incentive Plan (the 'SIP'), that on 11 March 2026 the following Director and Person Discharging Managerial Responsibilities became …
16 Mar	Vesuvius VSVS	£1,145m	Board change	Directorate Change ") announces that Italia Boninelli, a non-executive Director since June 2024, and Chair of the Company's Remuneration Committee, has notified the Company that for personal reasons she will step down from the Board of Vesuvius with effect from the close of the …
16 Mar	Atlas Metals Group plc AMG	£2.8m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3
16 Mar	Moonpig Group MOON	£871m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	Total Graphite Plc TGR	£6.4m	Results	Half-year Results Tirupati Graphite plc (TGR.L), the specialist flake graphite company and supplier of the critical mineral for the global energy transition, announces its Interim Results for the six months ended 30 September 2025.
16 Mar	GB Group GBG	£357m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.5 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	Savills SVS	£1,725m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 38.5(b) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 38.5(b) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 38.5(a) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
16 Mar	Savills SVS	£1,725m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Breedon Group BREE	£1,136m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Ironveld IRON	£4.4m		Update on Publication of FY25 Accounts Ironveld PLC ("Ironveld" or the "Company") provides an update regarding the publication of its audited accounts for the year ended 30 June 2025 ("FY25 Accounts") and interim results for the six months to 31 December 2025 ("Interim Results").
16 Mar	Pagegroup PAGE	£620m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Thor Energy THR	£5.7m	Project milestones	Half-year Results The Directors of Thor Energy plc (AIM, ASX: THR) are pleased to announce the Company's results for the six months ended 31 December 2025.
16 Mar	Hollywood Bowl Group BOWL	£445m		Change of Auditor Hollywood Bowl, the UK and Canada's largest ten-pin bowling operator, announces that, following a formal tender process, it has appointed Ernst & Young LLP ("EY") as its auditor for the financial year ending 30 September 2026.
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	On The Beach Group OTB	£239m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Sigmaroc SRC	£1,421m		Announcement of Option and LTIP awards Notification and public disclosure of transactions by PDMR
16 Mar	Guardian Metal Resources plc GMET	£193m	Project milestones	Launch of Roadshow for US Initial Public Offering Guardian Metal Launches Roadshow for US Initial Public Offering
16 Mar	Dialight DIA	£229m	Routine	Issue of Equity and Total Voting Rights
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
16 Mar	Forterra FORT	£313m		Launch of £20m Share Buyback Programme Forterra plc, "the Group" a leading UK manufacturer of essential clay and concrete building products, today announces the commencement of a share buyback programme to purchase ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") for up to £20 …
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 8.3 - Permanent TSB GRP HLD plc
16 Mar	Baltic Classifieds Group BCG	£830m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Asia Strategic Holdings Limited ASIA	£9.6m	Routine	Result of AGM and Directorate Changes
16 Mar	Capita CPI	£344m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Essentra ESNT	£328m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Ascent Resources AST	£3.9m	Director dealing	Grant of Share Options and PDMR Notification Ascent Resources Plc (LON: AST), the onshore US focused oil and gas company, announces that it has granted options over a total of 30,000,000 ordinary shares of £0.005 each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares"), including 15 million to the Non Executive Chairman …
16 Mar	Medpal AI PLC MPAL	£46m		Pharmacy Operational Update MedPal AI combines its user-friendly mobile app, AI-driven diagnosis and triage with human-in-the-loop clinical oversight and prescribing services, with high-tech robotic pharmacy dispensing.
16 Mar	Inspiration Healthcare Group IHC	£17m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Beacon Energy BCE	£3.0m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Kier Group KIE	£1,293m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Volution Group FAN	£1,262m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Sealand Capital Galaxy Limited SCGL	£34m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 38.5(a) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
16 Mar	Celebrus Technologies CLBS	£20m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Everyman Media Group EMAN	£45m	Insider conviction	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Moonpig Group MOON	£871m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Vistry Group VTY	£756m	Insider conviction	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	CAB Payments Holdings 1/3P (WI) CABP	£210m	Offer	Response To Possible Offer Announcement The Board of CAB Payments excluding Henry Obi and Nitin Kaul (the 'Independent Board') notes the recent announcement made by StoneX Group Inc.
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Form 8.3 - N
16 Mar	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,379m	Routine	Form 8.3 - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
16 Mar	Trainline TRN	£733m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	HUTCHMED (China) Limited HCM	£1,877m	Routine	Vesting of awards under Long Term Incentive Plan
16 Mar	CleanTech Lithium CTL	£26m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Bytes Technology Group BYIT	£1,021m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Pennpetro Energy PPP	£11m		Changes to Board Directors Pennpetro Energy plc, the company focused on developing strategic traditional and transition energy projects, confirms that as the company enters a new phase of development Board Director Robert Menzel has resigned effective Monday, 16th March, 2026.
16 Mar	Ultimate Products ULTP	£38m		EBT Share Purchase Further to its announcement of 2 February 2026, Ultimate Products, the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, est.1760) and Beldray (est.1872), was notified that on 13 March 2026, JTC Employer Solutions …
16 Mar	Bodycote BOY	£1,541m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Acuity RM Group ACRM	£4.5m	Turnaround plan with targets	Product Launch , the software group specialising in the cybersecurity sector of the Governance, Risk and Compliance ("GRC") market, is delighted to announce the launch of STREAM® Cloud, a new cloud-native edition of its award-winning STREAM® integrated risk management …
16 Mar	Huddled Group HUD	£7.3m		Presentation and Q&A at Private Investor Evening
16 Mar	Ultimate Products ULTP	£38m		Notice of Investor Presentation Ultimate Products, the owner of a number of leading homeware brands including Salter (the UK's oldest houseware brand, est.1760) and Beldray (est.1872), is pleased to announce it will be conducting a live investor presentation following the release of its …
16 Mar	Mkango Resources MKA	£138m		Hypromag And Ils Commission Pre-processing System · Commissioning of Inserma hard disk drive magnet pre-processing system at the ILS facility in Williston, South Carolina
16 Mar	Journeo JNEO	£96m		Contract award in Denmark Journeo plc (AIM: JNEO), a leading provider of intelligent systems for transport networks and Critical National Infrastructure, is pleased to announce the award of a strategically important contract with Danske Statsbaner (DSB), Denmark's largest state-owned …
16 Mar	Zinc Media Group ZIN	£14m		BBC commissions major geopolitical documentaries BBC commissions two major geopolitical documentaries from Zinc Media Group
16 Mar	European Green Transition EGT	£30m		Investor Presentation via Investor Meet Company European Green Transition plc (AIM: EGT), a company focused on acquiring, integrating and optimising revenue-generating and profitable services businesses in the critical infrastructure sector, announces that Cathal Friel, Executive Chair, Jack Kelly, Chief …
16 Mar	Sanderson Design Group SDG	£56m		Launch of Zoffany x Michael S. Smith Collection ("Sanderson Design Group", the "Company" or the "Group")
16 Mar	Tower Resources TRP	£7.2m	Fundraise	License and Farmout Approval Update & Subscription Tower Resources plc (AIM: TRP), the AIM-listed oil and gas company focused on Africa, is pleased to provide an update on the approval process in respect of the farm-out transactions with Prime Global Energies Limited ("Prime") in Cameroon and Namibia, …
16 Mar	Dianomi DNM	£19m		Partnership with AI Company Dappier New Partnership with AI Media Infrastructure Company Dappier
16 Mar	Physiomics PYC	£2.2m	Activist campaign	General Meeting Request The directors of Physiomics plc (AIM: PYC) announce that at 2114h on 13 March 2026 they received a request submitted pursuant to section 303 of the Companies Act 2006 (the "Act") requiring the Board to convene a general meeting of the Company's shareholders …
16 Mar	The Beauty Tech Group PLC TBTG	£507m	Routine	Notice of Results
16 Mar	Craneware CRW	£375m		Share buyback programme and Total Voting Rights The board of directors of Craneware ("Board") is pleased to announce the commencement of a share buyback programme to purchase ordinary shares of 1 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") for an aggregate purchase of up to $25 million ("Programme").
16 Mar	The Smarter Web Company Plc SWC	£198m	Results	Existing Warrants-Voluntary Purchase Offer Results The total Pre-IPO warrants purchased by the Company through the Voluntary Purchase Offer was 3,000,000 for a total consideration of £618,000 at a price of 20.6 pence per warrant.
16 Mar	Restore RST	£404m	Capital return	Commencement of £20m Share Buyback Programme Restore plc (AIM:RST), the UK's leading provider of secure and sustainable business services for data, information, communications and assets, today announces the commencement of a share buyback programme to purchase ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the …
16 Mar	Eurocell ECEL	£138m	Routine	Notice of Results and Investor Presentation
16 Mar	Time Finance TIME	£54m		Notice of Trading Update Time Finance plc, the AIM listed independent specialist finance provider, announces that it will be providing a scheduled trading update for the nine-month period ended 28 February 2026 ("9M 25/26") on 24 March 2026, a period in which the Group has continued …
16 Mar	Tungsten West TUN	£621m	Overhang	Holding(s) in Company
16 Mar	Frontier Developments FDEV	£188m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Brooks Macdonald Group BRK	£238m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	DotDigital Group DOTD	£168m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Supermarket Income Reit SUPR	£1,134m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Mar	Wishbone Gold WSBN	£6.3m		Gold–Copper Mineralisation Confirmed at Red Setter 9,000m Fully Funded Drill Programme Planned for 2026
16 Mar	GreenX Metals Limited GRX	£162m		Issue of Shares GreenX Metals Limited (GreenX or Company) advises that it has issued 598,235 ordinary fully paid shares (Shares) to a consultant in lieu of cash.
16 Mar	Team Internet Group plc TIG	£90m	Segment turn	Trading Update and progress on Strategic Review ("Team Internet" or the "Company" or the "Group")
16 Mar	River Global Plc RVRB	£8.7m	Cash shell / net cash above market value	Proposed sale of RG’s AM business to Liontrust Proposed Sale of Asset Management Business to Liontrust Asset Management Plc
16 Mar	River Global Plc RVRB	£8.7m	Cash shell / net cash above market value	2025 Full Year Report for the year ended 30/9/25 The analysis of revenue and results by commercial activity for the year ended 30 September 2025 shows revenues of £12.2m (30 September 2024: £14.4m).
16 Mar	Buccaneer Energy PLC BUCE	£2.6m		Completion of Carlisle-1 Acquisition Buccaneer Energy (AIM: BUCE), the international oil & gas exploration and production company with development and production assets in Texas, USA, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of a 100% working interest in the Carlisle-1 well …
16 Mar	Nativo Resources NTVO	£4.4m	Results	Operations Updates: High-Grade Gold Results High-Grade Gold Results at Bonanza Confirm Vein Potential and Mine Plan
16 Mar	Kendrick Resources KEN	£22m	Results	Excellent Drill Assay Results at Bonya REE project Kendrick Resources Plc (LSE: KEN), the mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce receipt of rare earth element ("REE") assay results for a drill hole completed by Bonya Exploration Pty Namibia ("Bonya") at the Bonya rare earth …
16 Mar	Botswana Minerals plc BMIN	£3.2m	Results	Unaudited Interim Statement and Financial Results Botswana Minerals PLC ("Botswana Minerals", "BMIN" or the "the Company")
16 Mar	DSW Capital DSW	£11m	Trading update	Trading Update DSW Capital, a profitable, mid-market, challenger professional services platform and owner of the Dow Schofield Watts and the DR Solicitors brands, announces the following trading update for the year ending 31 March 2026 ("FY26").
16 Mar	Panther Metals PALM	£20m		Winston Tailings Project: Sample Collection (Incorporated in the Isle of Man with company number 009753V)
16 Mar	System1 Group SYS1	£44m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Trading Update Strong new business performance positions the Group for record H2 FY26 revenue and a return to profitable growth in FY27, ahead of market expectations
16 Mar	LSL Property Services LSL	£249m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
16 Mar	Great Portland Estates GPE	£1,312m		GPE sells wells&more, W1 for £172m GPE completes sale of wells&more, 45 Mortimer Street, W1 for £172 million
16 Mar	Liontrust Asset Management LIO	£188m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Proposed Acquisition of River Global Holdings Ltd The Proposed Acquisition is advantageous for Liontrust and RGH and each of the companies' shareholders and clients.
16 Mar	M&C Saatchi SAA	£137m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Venture Life Group VLG	£82m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	ECR Minerals ECR	£6.0m		Update on Royalty of up to A$2 Million Update on Royalty of up to A$2 Million over Victoria gold projects
16 Mar	Oriole Resources ORR	£13m	Results	Final drilling results from MB01-N Final drilling results from MB01-N including 56.20m at 0.99g/t Au in MBDD039
16 Mar	CAB Payments Holdings 1/3P (WI) CABP	£210m		Statement re CAB Payments Holdings plc StoneX announces that it has made an approach to the Board of CAB Payments in relation to a potential acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of CAB Payments.
16 Mar	Sigmaroc SRC	£1,421m		Full Year Results and Notice of AGM Audited full year results for year ended 31 December 2025
16 Mar	Hunting HTG	£594m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Metals one MET1	£12m		Partial Sale of Interest in CleanTech Lithium Plc Metals One (AIM: MET1, OTCQB: MTOPF), a critical and precious metals project developer and investor, announces it was approached to sell, and has completed the sale of, a block of 7,000,000 shares in CleanTech Lithium (AIM: CTL, Frankfurt:T2N) for £0.910 …
16 Mar	Marshalls MSLH	£443m	Turnaround plan with targets	Final Results Full Year results for the 12 months ended 31 December 2025
16 Mar	Avacta Group AVCT	£293m		Phase 1 study opening for AVA6103 Specialty U.S. oncology centers open for recruitment in Virginia and Texas
16 Mar	Beeks Financial Cloud Group BKS	£120m	Results	Half-year Results Strong commercial momentum, laying the foundation for significant, profitable growth
16 Mar	Trustpilot Group TRST	£1,040m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Conduit Holdings Limited Com Shs CRE	£636m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Strix Group KETL	£68m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Ten Lifestyle Group TENG	£94m	Trading update	H1 2026 Trading Update · Net Revenue up 6% on PY, 9% at constant currency
16 Mar	Frontier Developments FDEV	£188m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	NCC Group NCC	£236m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Glenveagh Properties (CDI) GLV	£997m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Gaming Realms GMR	£86m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Oxford Metrics OMG	£38m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Mar	Aptitude Software Group APTD	£123m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares