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Record output at Cluff

Potential bid candidate Cluff Gold produced 19,288 oz of gold in West Africa in the first two months of the year.

Brainspark takes football stake

As foreshadowed in the latest Growth Company Investor, investment minnow Brainspark is buying into Italian football club AC Ancona.

New hope for China Evoline

AIM shell China Evoline is understood to be contemplating the injection of some Chinese mining assets.

Avocet targets growth after setback

Gold producer Avocet Mining hopes its Wega acquisition will take 2010 group output to 200,000 oz after a flat nine months.

Interim progress at Ultimate Finance

Small and medium sized company financier Ultimate Finance has increased first-half profits 36 per cent to £191,000 pre-tax.

Cyprotex broadens its scope

Bid candidate Cyprotex is moving its drug discovery services into toxicology after pre-tax profits down 15 per cent to £460,413.

Turnaround at TEG

Organic composting specialist TEG Group is pursuing long-term contracts after turning £1.6 million annual losses into £155,000 pre-tax profits.

Axiom taking developer to PLUS

Cretan Group, with ambitious tourism projects in Crete, is poised for an introduction to PLUS-quoted. 

West African hopes cheer Forte

Forte Energy expects new uranium resource figures for its Mauritanian projects shortly and could start producing from Guinea by 2012.

Iron ore miner in AIM float

West African iron ore play Bellzone Mining plans to raise more than $100 million (£66 million) to develop deposits in Guinea.

Rheochem raises £1.6m

Oil and gas services, production and exploration concern Rheochem is tapping AIM with a 5p placing for a North Sea project.

Malaysian group takes AIM

Data centre services provider CSF Group is seeking to raise £28 million for an AIM float at 55p.

Cape Lambert in £85m project sale

Aussie-based Cape Lambert Resources is selling its Lady Annie copper mine for A$135 million to Hong Kong-quoted China Sci-Tech.

Diamondcorp persists with funding

Gem miner Diamondcorp is hoping the strong recovery in rough diamond prices will facilitate its planned £5 million funding.

Cheap money dulls Brady

Lower returns on cash balances have flattened commodity trading software specialist Brady's annual pre-tax profits to £1 million.

Big boost for company valuations

Valuations of both public and private companies shot up in the course of last year, according to research from BDO.

Government propping up regional venture capital

Venture capital (VC) investing outside London and the South East depends heavily on public sector funds, according to a study.

Investor confidence improves

A majority of active investors plan to increase their exposure to the stock market over the coming months, according to research.

Institutions hold on to AIM stakes

Investment houses such as BlackRock, Invesco and Prudential collectively hold a larger share of AIM than they did before the financial crisis.

Analytics is top priority for CIOs

Making better use of data in business decision making is the top priority for chief information officers (CIOs), according to a global survey from IBM.

Punch above your weight

Jos White, who sold his company MessageLabs for $695 million, on why it's so important to act like a bigger business than you really are.

Meeting menaces: The Waffler

More tips from John Cleese, who reveals how to stop a waffler in full flow.

Reducing energy usage

Ian Cheshire, chairman of B&Q, explains how the store has saved 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.