UK small-cap RNS · 17 Apr 2026

The key announcements of UK small & mid caps under £2bn on 17 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
17 Apr	Kier Group KIE	£1,303m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Niox Group NIOX	£279m	Director dealing	Exercise of Options, Director Dealing and TVR
17 Apr	Character Group CCT	£52m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
17 Apr	Fuller Smith & Turner FSTA	£417m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Moneysupermarket.com Group MONY	£1,010m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Helix Exploration HEX	£76m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Reach RCH	£158m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Sunrise Resources SRES	£1.6m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Rome Resources RMR	£16m		Increased interests in DRC, Director appointment Entry into non-binding heads of terms to increase interest in existing DRC projects
17 Apr	Churchill China CHH	£41m	Director dealing	Director dealing – Late Notification
17 Apr	TPXimpact Holdings TPX	£90m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Sunrise Resources SRES	£1.6m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Filtronic FTC	£539m	Overhang	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Coro Energy CORO	£3.1m	Overhang	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Domino's Pizza Group DOM	£827m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Mears Group MER	£322m	Results	Annual Report Annual Financial Report 2025 and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2026
17 Apr	DCI Advisors Ltd DCI	£43m	Routine	TR Major Holding Notification
17 Apr	Baltic Classifieds Group BCG	£786m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 8.3 - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
17 Apr	Team Internet Group plc TIG	£85m		AIM Rule 17 and Schedule 2(g) Disclosure ("Team Internet" or the "Company" or the "Group")
17 Apr	Palace Capital PCA	£30m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Playtech PTEC	£1,036m		Publication of the 2025 Annual Report & AGM Notice Playtech plc (the "Company") has today made available on its website, www.investors.playtech.com/ the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025 (the "Annual Report"), the 2026 Notice of AGM (the "AGM Notice") and the Form of Proxy.
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	Gaming Realms GMR	£79m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Energean ENOG	£1,358m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Domino's Pizza Group DOM	£827m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Kenmare Resources (CDI) KMR	£200m	Results	2025 Annual Report Central Bank of Ireland disclosure 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, issued its Annual Report for the year ended 31 …
17 Apr	Ceres Power Holdings CWR	£550m		Grant of Long Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) Awards Horsham, UK: Ceres Power Holdings plc (CWR.L), a leading developer of clean energy technology, confirms the grant of LTIP share options on 17 April 2026 under the Ceres Power Holdings plc Long Term Incentive Plan 2025 (the "Plan") to the following Persons …
17 Apr	OSB Group OSB	£1,615m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Staffline Group STAF	£45m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	CAB Payments Holdings 1/3P (WI) CABP	£204m		Update Statement The Helios Consortium notes the announcement on 16 April 2026 by CAB Payments Holdings plc ("CAB Payments") that it has received a non-binding proposal from StoneX Group Inc.
17 Apr	Tertiary Minerals TYM	£4.1m		Grant of Warrants Tertiary Minerals plc (AIM: TYM) ), the London listed explorer focused on copper and precious metals in Zambia and Nevada, USA, announces that as part of the remuneration of employees and directors the Board of the Company has today granted a total of …
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group
17 Apr	Light Science Technologies Holdings LST	£8.6m	Overhang	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Capital Limited CAPD	£265m	Routine	Notice of AGM and Proxy Form
17 Apr	IQE IQE	£471m	Routine	Rule 2.9 Announcement
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	Arkle Resources (CDI) ARK	£9.0m		Appointment of Nominated & Financial Adviser Arkle Resources PLC (LSE:ARK), the energy metals explorer with a key focus on uranium, announces the appointment of Strand Hanson Limited as its Nominated & Financial Adviser with immediate effect.
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	ITM Power ITM	£559m	Routine	Block Listing Application
17 Apr	ITM Power ITM	£559m	Board change	LTIP Grant and CEO discretionary share award Annual Grants under Long Term Incentive Plan and CEO discretionary share award
17 Apr	The Pebble Group PEBB	£77m		Purchase of Shares by Employee Benefit Trust ("The Pebble Group", the "Group" or the "Company")
17 Apr	Finseta PLC FIN	£4.0m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Brooks Macdonald Group BRK	£234m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Tertiary Minerals TYM	£4.1m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Great Western Mining Corporation (CDI) GWMO	£13m		Grant of Share Options Great Western Mining Corporation PLC (AIM: GWMO & ESM: 8GW) announces that it has granted a total of 7.5 million share options, including grants to Directors, in accordance with the rules of the Company's Share Option Plan 2014.
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.5 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	Topps Tiles TPT	£68m	Board change	Confirmation of New CFO Start Date Topps Tiles Plc ("the Company"), issued an announcement on 1 December 2025 confirming the appointment of Caroline Browne to the role of CFO.
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.5 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 38.5(b) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 38.5(b) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 38.5(b) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 38.5(a) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - N
17 Apr	Wilmington WIL	£249m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	WH Smith SMWH	£631m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	New Frontier Minerals Limited NFM	£4.8m		Application for quotation of Securities New Frontier Minerals Limited / Index: LSE & ASX / Epic: NFM / Sector: Industrial Metals and Mining
17 Apr	Ibstock IBST	£321m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	New Frontier Minerals Limited NFM	£4.8m		Cleansing Notice New Frontier Minerals Limited / Index: LSE & LSE / Epic: NFM / Sector: Industrial Metals and Mining
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Form 8.3 - NCC Group plc
17 Apr	Glenveagh Properties (CDI) GLV	£978m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Bow Street Group PLC BOW	£8.4m		AIM Rule 17 Schedule 2(g) update ("Bow Street Group", the "Group" or the "Company")
17 Apr	BSF Enterprise BSFA	£1.9m		Admission of Shares Further to the announcement published on 02 April 2026, BSF Enterprise PLC ("BSF" or the "Company"), a leading innovator in tissue-engineered materials, announces that 38,500,000 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the issued share capital of the Company ("April …
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 38.5(a) - Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc
17 Apr	Trafalgar Property Group TRAF	£7.0m	Cash shell / net cash above market value	Proposed £1.93m Subscription and GM Notice Proposed £1.93 million Subscription, Rule 9 Waiver, Subsidiary Sale, Conversions of certain liabilities into new Ordinary Shares or Unapproved Options, Subdivision, Consolidation And Notice Of General Meeting
17 Apr	Robert Walters RWA	£87m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Premier African Minerals Ltd PREM	£2.2m	Routine	Issue of Equity
17 Apr	Oxford Instruments OXIG	£1,365m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Permanent TSB Group Holdings (CDI) PTSB	£1,370m	Routine	Form 38.5(a)
17 Apr	Alien Metals Limited UFO	£6.8m		Elizabeth Hill DHEM Target Update West Coast Silver Releases Elizabeth Hill DHEM Target Update
17 Apr	Amala Foods DISH	£0.3m	Routine	Notice of AGM
17 Apr	Bodycote BOY	£1,541m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Cerillion CER	£207m		Excercise of Options, Total Voting Rights Cerillion, the billing, charging and customer relationship management software solutions provider, announces that on 16 April, options (the "Options") over 387 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") were exercised by employees …
17 Apr	Essentra ESNT	£326m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Resolute Mining Limited RSG	£1,137m	Routine	Notice of AGM
17 Apr	Resolute Mining Limited RSG	£1,137m		Quarterly Conference Call Details Thursday, 23 April 2026 at 6:00pm (AEST) 9:00am (BST)
17 Apr	Sovereign Metals Limited SVML	£148m		Issue of Shares on Conversion of Performance Right Sovereign Metals Limited (ASX:SVM; AIM:SVML; OTCQX:SVMLF) (Sovereign or the Company) advises that it has issued 9,022,500 fully paid ordinary shares (Shares) upon the conversion of 9,022,500 unlisted performance rights upon satisfaction of the Bankable …
17 Apr	Quantum Helium Limited QHE	£7.7m	Project milestones	£5 Million Institutional Placing £5 Million Institutional Placing Positions Quantum for Next Phase of Growth
17 Apr	Pensana PRE	£129m		US$165 million Strategic Investment to support U.S. Mine to Magnet strategy Pensana (PRE.LSE) is pleased to confirm receipt of the first tranche of US$15 million from Cascade Natural Resources Limited ("Cascade") as contemplated under the US$165 million Strategic Investment ("Strategic Investment") announced on 4 March 2026.
17 Apr	Fevara plc FVA	£78m		Distribution Agreement with Oceana Minerals Fevara enters distribution agreement with Oceana Minerals for LithoNutri in Great Britain and Ireland (GB&I)
17 Apr	Helium One Group Ltd HE1	£30m		Issue of Awards under the Company’s LTIP Issue of Awards under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan
17 Apr	Zinc Media Group ZIN	£13m		Payment of final The Edge earn-out Payment of final The Edge earn-out and partial conversion of debt to equity
17 Apr	Accsys Technologies AXS	£134m		Analyst Site Visit, Arnhem, NL Accsys, the world's leading supplier of premium, high performance and sustainable wood building materials, will today host a site visit at its Arnhem plant for analysts.
17 Apr	Metals one MET1	£14m	Offer	Update re LBR Offer for Barbrook and MIMCO Further to the Company's announcements on 9 April 2026 and 15 April 2026, Metals One (AIM: MET1, OTCQB: MTOPF), a critical and precious metals project developer and investor, provides an update on the proposed acquisition by Lions Bay Resources (Pty) Ltd …
17 Apr	Cora Gold Limited CORA	£73m		US$120m Stream Financing to Fully Fund Sanankoro Cora Gold Limited / EPIC: CORA.L / Market: AIM / Sector: Mining
17 Apr	NewRiver REIT NRR	£351m		NewRiver agrees £240m unsecured debt facility NewRiver completes £240 million unsecured facility, returning to a fully unsecured debt structure
17 Apr	Finseta PLC FIN	£4.0m	Fundraise	Result of Retail Offer Further to the Director and PDMR Subscription announcement on 14 April 2026, James Hickman, CEO has elected to complete his subscription through the Retail Offer.
17 Apr	Palace Capital PCA	£30m	Disposal of a part (break-up)	Share Buyback Programme The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Palace Capital announces it has approved a share buyback programme of up to 400,000 ordinary shares of 10 pence each in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") (the "Buyback Programme") as the initial step of a …
17 Apr	Great Southern Copper GSCU	£15m		Admission of Shares Further to the release on the 10 April 2026, Great Southern Copper plc (LSE: GSCU), the company focused on copper-gold-silver exploration in Chile, announces the Admission of the 25,083,328 new Ordinary Shares in the Company to trading on the Main Market of …
17 Apr	Hvivo HVO	£38m	Results	Annual Report & Notice of AGM London, UK - 17 April 2026, hVIVO plc (AIM: HVO), a purpose-built, full-service international clinical development partner and the world leader in human challenge trials, confirms that the Company's Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December …
17 Apr	Christie Group CTG	£40m	Routine	Notice of Results and Investor Presentation
17 Apr	TPXimpact Holdings TPX	£90m		Share Incentive Plan The SIP Trustees (VG Corporate Trustee (UK) Limited) acquired a total of 14,123 shares (the "Partnership Shares") on 8th April 2026 at a price of £0.325 per Ordinary Share and a total aggregate cost of £4,619.81.
17 Apr	ITM Power ITM	£559m		Strategic collaboration with Rheinmetall Strategic collaboration with Rheinmetall for the Giga PtX project
17 Apr	Trufin TRU	£54m		Block Admission Six Monthly Return The Company has allotted 378,125 shares under the 2024 Block Admission.
17 Apr	Light Science Technologies Holdings LST	£8.6m	Routine	Notice of Results, Analyst Briefing, Investor Pres
17 Apr	Titon Holdings TON	£9.3m		Notice of Interim Results & Investor Presentation Notice of Interim Results and Investor Presentation via Investor Meet Company
17 Apr	Pennpetro Energy PPP	£11m		Appointment of Board Director Pennpetro Energy plc (PPP), the company focused on developing strategic energy projects, announces the appointment of Grand Chief Ronald M.
17 Apr	Altitude Group ALT	£15m		Board Role Change Board Role Change: Alexander Brennan returns to Non-Executive Chairman
17 Apr	Mendell Helium plc MDH	£12m		Proposal to install helium production facility Proposal to install 1,000 Mcf/day helium production facility at Rost
17 Apr	Savannah Resources SAV	£156m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Serica Energy SQZ	£1,057m		Long Term Incentive Plan Awards London, 17 April 2026 - Serica Energy plc (AIM: SQZ) announces that on 16 April 2026, the Company has granted nil-cost options over a total of 1,640,464 ordinary shares (the "Awards") of US$0.10 each (representing approximately 0.4168% of the Company's issued …
17 Apr	Caledonia Mining Corporation CMCL	£310m		Dividend Payment Date for AIM Depositary Interests Dividend Payment Date for the Holders of Depositary Interests Representing Shares Trading on AIM
17 Apr	Vertu Motors VTU	£264m		EBT Share Purchase Vertu Motors announces that it was notified on 16 April 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.
17 Apr	Kazera Global KZG	£17m		Appointment of Technical Director Kazera Global plc (AIM: KZG), the AIM-quoted investment company, is pleased to announce that further to its RNS announcement on 7 April 2026, Dr.
17 Apr	Yu Group YU.	£296m		SAYE Option plan – grant and exercise of options The Company is pleased to announce that on 15 April 2026 it made a further grant of options under its Save As You Earn ("SAYE") plan for all eligible employees.
17 Apr	Frontier Developments FDEV	£180m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Mila Resources MILA	£8.4m	Holding	Holding(s) in Company
17 Apr	Chesnara CSN	£775m	Routine	Admission to Trading
17 Apr	Eurocell ECEL	£143m	Board change	Leadership Update - CFO Appointment Eurocell plc, the leading UK manufacturer and distributor of door and window products to the trade, today announces the following changes to the Board.
17 Apr	Science Group SAG	£229m		Treasury Shares Issued Science Group plc (AIM:SAG) announces that on 16 April 2026 the Company issued 5,000 treasury shares at an average price of 1 pence per share in settlement of the exercise of share options.
17 Apr	Trifast TRI	£108m	Director dealing	Director/PDMR Shareholding
17 Apr	Optima Health OPT	£265m	Large acquisition / reverse takeover	Full Year Trading Update ("Optima", the "Company", and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
17 Apr	Premier African Minerals Ltd PREM	£2.2m		Operational Update Premier African Minerals Limited ("Premier" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a further interim update on the ongoing progress at the Zulu Lithium and Tantalum Project ("Zulu Lithium").
17 Apr	Celebrus Technologies CLBS	£19m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Medpal AI PLC MPAL	£46m	Fundraise	Placing to raise £3m MedPal AI Plc (AIM: MPAL, FRA: Z1N), the UK digital health and AI company, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally raised gross proceeds of £3 million (the "Placing") through the issue of 120,000,000 new ordinary shares of £0.0002 each (the "Placing …
17 Apr	Quantum Base Holdings plc QUBE	£16m	Trading update	Trading Update Quantum Base Holdings plc (AIM: QUBE), the UK-based quantum science company focused on creating a new global standard in authentication powered by Q-ID®, provides the following update on current trading.
17 Apr	NCC Group NCC	£250m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Glenveagh Properties (CDI) GLV	£978m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Craneware CRW	£374m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Integrated Diagnostics Holdings IDHC	£213m	Results	Final Results Integrated Diagnostics Holdings plc delivers 37% revenue growth in FY 2025 with strong margin expansion and bottom-line performance
17 Apr	Workspace Group WKP	£637m	Turnaround plan with targets	Workspace Q4 Business Update Workspace Group PLC ("Workspace"), London's leading owner and operator of sustainable, flexible work space, provides a business update for the fourth quarter ending 31 March 2026 and an update on financial outlook for the year ending 31 March 2027.
17 Apr	VP VP.	£207m	Turnaround plan with targets	Trading Update Disciplined performance and continued strategic progress, positioning Vp for long-term growth
17 Apr	AdvancedAdvT Limited ADVT	£233m		Transaction in Own Shares for the purposes of UK Market Abuse Regulation.
17 Apr	Anglo-Eastern Plantations AEP	£601m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	The Pebble Group PEBB	£77m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	IWG IWG	£1,745m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Frontier Developments FDEV	£180m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Greencoat Renewables (CDI) GRP	£714m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	M&C Saatchi SAA	£137m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Gamma Communications GAMA	£974m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Chrysalis Investments Limited CHRY	£295m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Ninety One N91	£1,875m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Caledonia Investments CLDN	£1,872m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Somero Enterprises Inc. SOM	£152m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares and Total Voting Rights
17 Apr	Physiomics PYC	£2.2m	Takeover target	ISS Voting Recommendation Physiomics plc (AIM: PYC), a leading mathematical modelling, data science and biostatistics company supporting the development of new therapeutics and personalised medicine solutions, notes the publication of the voting recommendation from Institutional …
17 Apr	Globaldata DATA	£422m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Discoverie Group DSCV	£759m	Upgrade / downgrade cycle	Q4 and full year trading update discoverIE Group plc (LSE: DSCV, "discoverIE" or the "Group"), a leading international designer and manufacturer of customised electronics to industry, today issues a trading update for its fourth quarter and financial year ended 31 March 2026 ahead of the …
17 Apr	SThree STEM	£358m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Avation AVAP	£83m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares
17 Apr	Foresight Group Holdings Limited FSG	£506m	Routine	Transaction in Own Shares