Brady records strong revenue boost in ’09; sees substantial areas for growth
Brady plc, provider of trading, risk management and settlement software to the metals and commodities industries, said revenue was up 33% to £8.2m and pretax profit was up 14% to £1.2m in the year to end December 2009.
Chairman Paul Fullagar said the result "demonstrates ongoing success executing the business plan set out in 2008.
"Growth has been achieved across all our revenue streams...
Abcam reports strong growth in 1H ‘09/10; 2H matches expectations so far
Abcam plc, the Cambridge-based bioscience firm that markets antibodies online, reported a 38% increase in sales to £31.8m and 64% rise in pretax profit to £11.2m in the half year to end December 2009.
Sales increased 25% in constant currency terms.
The company said it was doubling its interim dividend to 5.42p per share; its strategy is now to pay a higher proportion of the full year...
Cambridge Consultants unveils novel prefilled syringe, cutting volume in half
Cambridge Consultants, a tech product design and development firm, announced a novel pre-filled syringe concept ‘Syreen'.
A revolutionary ‘green' syringe design, Syreen is an effective, safe, and easy-to-use drug delivery device for self administration, designed to ease the resource intensity and material wastage associated with traditional syringe development and manufacture.
Instead...
Listed Silicon Fenners show cause for celebration, and concern
It was a mixed month for the top listed tech companies in Silicon Fen. Of the top ten, five saw their shares prices rise, five saw them fall.
And it was a story of the big getting bigger, the smaller struggling. Perhaps that is partly the way of the post GFC world.
The largest three - now icons of the Cambridge Cluster of high tech firms, -sophisticated search software specialists Autonomy, chip...
ANT has good revenue gains in ’09; losses narrow: profitable in 2H
ANT plc, provider of software and services for the delivery of digital TV, said revenue for the year to end December increased 26% to £4.7m., while pre-tax losses narrowed by 38% to £0.6m.
Licence and royalty revenue rose by 28% to £3.7m due to the broadened product range and increase in customer numbers. Professional Services revenue increased 17% to £1.0m (2008: £0.9m).
The...
