UK small-cap RNS · 16 Apr 2026

The key announcements of UK small & mid caps under £2bn on 16 Apr 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 Apr	Naked Wines WINE	£41m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Dunelm Group DNLM	£1,727m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Third quarter trading update Sales growth and continued strong gross margin despite uncertain environment
16 Apr	Hays HAS	£938m	Trading update	Third Quarter Trading Statement Hays plc ('Hays' or the 'Company') today announces its quarterly update for the three months ended 31 March 2026 ('Third Quarter Trading Statement'), which is available at: http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/6571A_1-2026-4-15.pdf.
16 Apr	Fortis Frontier PLC FORF	£2.7m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
16 Apr	LSL Property Services LSL	£249m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
16 Apr	Galantas Gold Corp. GAL	£172m		Exercise of Warrants On 13 April 2026, an additional 1,500,000 common share purchase warrants in the Company were exercised at an exercise price of C$0.12 per ordinary share.
16 Apr	IWG IWG	£1,745m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Frontier Developments FDEV	£180m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Playtech PTEC	£1,036m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Ashmore Group ASHM	£1,442m	Trading update	Trading Statement Ashmore Group plc (Ashmore, the Group), the specialist Emerging Markets asset manager, announces the following update to its assets under management (AuM) in respect of the quarter ending 31 March 2026.
16 Apr	Central Asia Metals CAML	£231m		Q1 2026 Operations Update Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM: CAML) provides its Q1 2026 operations update for the Kounrad dump-leach, solvent extraction-electrowinning (SX-EW) copper operation in Kazakhstan and the Sasa zinc-lead mine in North Macedonia.
16 Apr	Mercia Asset Management MERC	£128m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Mercia Asset Management MERC	£128m	Turnaround plan with targets	Year end trading summary and notice of FY results Mercia Asset Management PLC (AIM: MERC), the proactive, regionally focused private asset manager with over £2.0billion of assets under management ("AuM"), is pleased to provide a trading summary for the financial year ended 31 March 2026 ("FY26").
16 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Staffline Group STAF	£45m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
16 Apr	Gamma Communications GAMA	£974m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Audioboom Group BOOM	£85m		Update on Strategic Review On 3 October 2025, Audioboom Group PLC ("Audioboom or the "Company") announced that it had appointed J Goodwin & Co and Rockefeller Capital as Joint Financial Advisers (the "Advisers") to carry out a strategic review (the "Strategic Review") which would …
16 Apr	Norcros NXR	£273m		Year-end Trading and Board update Trading update: Strong growth in revenue and profit in line with market expectations
16 Apr	The Pebble Group PEBB	£77m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Mcbride MCB	£299m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Morgan Sindall Group MGNS	£1,839m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Trading and Outlook for 2026 "Group PBT is expected to be significantly ahead of previous expectations"
16 Apr	Greencoat Renewables (CDI) GRP	£714m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Caledonia Investments CLDN	£1,872m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Verici DX VRCI	£8.9m	Trading update	Positive Q1 Trading Update Verici Dx Plc, (AIM: VRCI), a developer of advanced clinical diagnostics for organ transplant, provides a trading update demonstrating strong momentum for the three months ended 31 March 2026 (Q1 '26).
16 Apr	Chrysalis Investments Limited CHRY	£295m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Ninety One N91	£1,875m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Gaming Realms GMR	£79m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
16 Apr	Talisman Metals PLC TLM	£5.5m	Results	Fougnar TEM and IP Survey Results Dublin, Ireland, 16 April 2026 - Talisman Metals PLC ("Talisman" or the "Company") reports it has completed a 74 line-km, TEM survey (Transient Electromagnetic) ("TEM Work") covering 18 km2 within the Company's Fougnar licenses ("Fougnar Project"), which are …
16 Apr	Union Jack Oil UJO	£2.4m	Project milestones	Crossroads Well Southern Oklahoma USA Update Union Jack Oil plc (AIM: UJO), a UK and USA focused onshore hydrocarbon, production, development, exploration and investment company, announces that, following the update on 8 April 2026, Reach Oil and Gas Company Inc.
16 Apr	Net Zero Infrastructure NZI	£1.4m	Results	Half-year Results Net Zero Infrastructure Plc, a special purpose acquisition company formed with the intention to acquire renewable or clean energy technology companies and to finance, develop and promote those environmentally sound projects internationally, is pleased to …
16 Apr	TheraCryf Plc TCF	£3.8m		New Manufacturing Process Patent for Ox-1 New Manufacturing Process Patent Extends Exclusivity for Lead Asset Ox-1
16 Apr	88 Energy Limited 88E	£15m		Quarterly Report and Appendix 5B 88 Energy Limited (ASX: 88E, AIM: 88E, OTC: EEENF) (88 Energy, 88E or the Company) provides the following summary of activities for the quarter ended 31 March 2026.
16 Apr	Sundae Bar Plc SBAR	£19m		Rule 19.6(c) confirmation Rule 19.6(c) confirmation of post-offer intention statements for Ora Technology PLC
16 Apr	Hilton Food Group HFG	£645m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
16 Apr	Avation AVAP	£83m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares