News 5 July 2026 - 6 July 2026

Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) jumps; turnover, August results next up
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Zotefoams (LON:ZTF) jumps; turnover, August results next up

The London market is closed Sunday, so Zotefoams plc last traded Friday. Hargreaves Lansdown priced the shares at 455p, up 18p or 4.12% after hours, with a 453p sell and 459p buy. The FTSE All-Share rose 0.28% that day. There wasn’t much fresh company news over the weekend. Zotefoams’ news site hasn’t posted anything new since a June 30 update, and ADVFN’s RNS feed still shows the most recent regulatory news as a June 17 director/PDMR notification.
July 6, 2026
Time Finance (LON:TIME) trades below net tangible asset value despite record lending book
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Time Finance (LON:TIME) trades below net tangible asset value despite record lending book

Time Finance plc picked up 2.00p, or 4.12%, on Friday to close the week ahead of the AIM index. The SME lender finished at 50.00p to sell and 51.00p to buy, according to AJ Bell, even as the FTSE AIM All Share slipped 0.17%. But the main number investors were watching is still on the balance sheet. Even at that level, Time Finance is still trading below its last net tangible assets figure. AJ Bell pegged the company’s market cap at £46.3 million. Time Finance said its unaudited net tangible assets were £50.1 million as of May 31. That puts the price-to-NTA at around 0.92, despite a 15% jump in the lending book.
July 6, 2026
Tribal Group (LON:TRB) posts flat week with only a slight Friday gain
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Tribal Group (LON:TRB) posts flat week with only a slight Friday gain

AIM was closed at the time of publication since it was Sunday in London. The market opens for regular trading from Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. local time. Tribal Group plc comes into the week after ending Friday at 60.40p, gaining 4.14% on the day, but unchanged for the last five sessions. Tribal’s market cap jumped by around £5.1 million from a 2.4p daily gain, calculated from the closing price and a share count of about 214.38 million. But trading volume stayed light, with just 62,856 shares moving, far below the 518,210 average, according to Investors Chronicle’s LSEG data.
July 6, 2026
RHI Magnesita (LON:RHIM) stock rise flips week on thin volume before July results
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RHI Magnesita (LON:RHIM) stock rise flips week on thin volume before July results

RHI Magnesita N.V. goes into the new London trading week with a price gain that looks stronger at the close than it did in the order book. The refractory maker’s shares closed at 2,890p on Friday, up 115p, or 4.14%, versus a 0.52% gain for the FTSE 250. The London market was shut on Sunday, with standard LSE trading hours running Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. London time.
July 6, 2026
Potter & Moore Plc (LON:PAM) stock: low multiples face early-July results test
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Potter & Moore Plc (LON:PAM) stock: low multiples face early-July results test

Potter & Moore Plc, the AIM-listed beauty and personal care maker formerly known as Creightons, ended last week with a sharp bounce. The data point for holders is less the one-day rise than the gap between its market value, cash and trailing multiples before audited FY26 results. The company confirmed in April that trading under the new Potter & Moore name and ticker PAM would start on April 24, with ISIN and SEDOL unchanged. Shares were priced by AJ Bell at 23.00p to sell and 25.00p to buy on Friday, with a 1.00p gain on the day. Volume was 73,363 shares. The year range was 20.00p to 43.00p, putting the stock 20% above the low and about 44% below the
July 5, 2026
Beauty Tech Group (LON:TBTG) stock bounces Friday ahead of liquidity questions
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Beauty Tech Group (LON:TBTG) stock bounces Friday ahead of liquidity questions

Beauty Tech Group saw shares quoted at 346p after climbing 14p, or 4.22%, on Friday. But the main number in focus was the 16p gap between bid and offer—bid was 330p. London South East reported a 4.848% spread, which is even wider than the stock’s 3.94 percentage-point outperformance against the FTSE All-Share for the day. That’s key here since Beauty Tech is priced as a growth stock with profits, but it still moves like a small cap on the market. ADVFN shows a single trade of 99,947 shares at 330p made up 38.2% of total volume for the day, which was 261,521 shares.
July 5, 2026
Naked Wines (LON:WINE): cash on hand puts wine unit at about 2x EBITDA
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Naked Wines (LON:WINE): cash on hand puts wine unit at about 2x EBITDA

Naked Wines plc opened the week with a simpler but less backed equity story. The online wine seller’s shares climbed on Friday even though its last regulatory filing was in mid-June and the London market was closed Sunday. The stock finished at 73p, up 3p, leaving the company at a £48.27 million market cap. The other thing is what the market pays for the actual business if you strip out cash. Naked showed £33.4 million of FY26 net cash at March 30, not counting leases. Take that out of Friday’s equity value and you get around £14.9 million for the core business before lease debt or any cash changes since March. That's about 2.0x the top of Naked’s FY26 adjusted
July 5, 2026
Bridgepoint (LON:BPT) investors eye Kayne deal fallout as stock faces dilution test
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Bridgepoint (LON:BPT) investors eye Kayne deal fallout as stock faces dilution test

Bridgepoint Group Plc heads into Monday’s London trade after jumping 25.9% in five days. The move followed a $1.4 billion real estate buy in the U.S., giving the private markets firm more fee revenue, added U.S. presence, and a bigger share count. Bridgepoint’s last traded London price was still Friday at the time of writing. Shares finished at 292.80p on July 3, up 4.35%. On June 29, when the Kayne Anderson Real Estate deal hit, Bridgepoint jumped 16.08%. AJ Bell put Bridgepoint’s Friday move at 4.35% against a 0.52% gain on the FTSE 250.
July 5, 2026
Castlelake closes in on £5.5bn easyJet bid, 24% deal spread remains
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Castlelake closes in on £5.5bn easyJet bid, 24% deal spread remains

easyJet said Sunday it has reached an agreement in principle with Castlelake on a sweetened 690 pence per share cash bid. The potential deal, which comes after a month of turning down earlier offers, could see the UK budget airline go private. The proposal puts easyJet’s value at as much as 5.5 billion pounds on a fully diluted basis, Reuters reported. The main number that matters to investors right now is the spread. easyJet closed at 558.20p on Friday, giving the airline a market cap of £4.23 billion, Google Finance data showed. London’s market stays closed over the weekend. The exchange is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 16:30.Google
July 5, 2026
Hansard Global’s 8% yield stocks edge up near 52-week high on thin trading
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Hansard Global’s 8% yield stocks edge up near 52-week high on thin trading

Hansard Global plc finished up 4.35% for the week, but the move was on thin volume. Shares in the Isle of Man-based insurer closed Friday at 54.00p, compared to 51.75p before. AJ Bell reported five trades on July 3 totaling 40,089 shares, worth about £21,006. That’s what matters for investors. With 137.56 million shares out, a 2.25p move in Hansard’s share price adds about £3.1 million to its market cap, according to Google Finance data. That’s around 147 times the actual value of shares traded Friday. In thinly traded small-caps, last price often outruns real turnover.
July 5, 2026
Fiske closes week higher than AIM index, NAV discount remains after quiet trading
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Fiske closes week higher than AIM index, NAV discount remains after quiet trading

Fiske Plc shares finished Friday up 4.3% at 59.95p, a move that leaves the stock around 60p on most broker screens. The company, listed in London, trades as a stockbroker and wealth manager. London markets did not open on Sunday. Trading was quiet. AJ Bell quoted a 55p bid and a 65p offer, leaving a 10p spread centered at a 60p mid. That's 16.7% of the mid price. On Friday, the same page reported 9,500 shares traded. The FTSE AIM All-Share slipped 0.17% that day.
July 5, 2026
ImmuPharma trades well below 6p placing price as P140 licensing remains the focus
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ImmuPharma trades well below 6p placing price as P140 licensing remains the focus

ImmuPharma plc heads into the week still facing a gap in its share price. Shares climbed Friday, but the AIM-listed biotech closed way under the price of its April funding round. London was closed Sunday. The exchange runs Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., so Friday’s close is the latest price. The stock ended July 3 at 3.48p. That's up 150.7% from the 52-week low of 1.39p, but still down 82.1% from the 52-week high of 19.40p. Market cap stood at £21.68 million with 623.91 million shares out, per LSEG data on Investors Chronicle.
July 5, 2026
Foxtons Group shares rebound Friday but still down 26% ahead of H1 results
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Foxtons Group shares rebound Friday but still down 26% ahead of H1 results

Foxtons Group saw its share price bounce on Friday, but the estate agent stayed down 26% ahead of first-half results. Foxtons Group Plc finished the week up 4.38% at 44.10 pence. The bounce hasn’t done much for the longer-term trend. Google Finance posted a last trade of 44.10p at 4:35 p.m. London time on July 3. AJ Bell reported Friday’s volume at 552,586 shares, with the company’s market cap around £130.4 million.
July 5, 2026
Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY)-Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) deal faces UK delay risk as $650 million fee lifts pressure
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Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY)-Warner Bros Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD) deal faces UK delay risk as $650 million fee lifts pressure

Britain’s threat to review Paramount Skydance Corp’s $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros Discovery has become a balance-sheet risk for investors after a weekend report that Chancellor Rachel Reeves was angry at Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s challenge to the Hollywood deal. Nandy has not blocked the takeover. She said she was “minded” to intervene on public-interest grounds tied to news plurality, media control and on-demand services, and gave the companies until July 6 to respond. If she issues an intervention notice, Ofcom would assess public-interest issues and the Competition and Markets Authority would assess the merger; the CMA already has an Aug. 7 Phase 1 deadline.
July 5, 2026
Capricorn offer for Genel Energy puts £271 million deal up against £160 million stock value
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Capricorn offer for Genel Energy puts £271 million deal up against £160 million stock value

Capricorn’s bid for Genel Energy lays out a £271 million deal, set against the oil group’s £160 million market cap. LONDON, July 5, 2026, 20:02 BST London markets were closed Sunday, so Genel Energy PLC will open Monday facing a bigger funding hurdle on top of the Kurdistan oil export problem. Last week, Genel said it would buy Capricorn Energy PLC for $360 million in cash and pay a special dividend, then tapped its senior unsecured bonds for $35 million.
July 5, 2026
Tungsten West share price rally puts Hemerdon restart timetable under investor test
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Tungsten West share price rally puts Hemerdon restart timetable under investor test

Tungsten West Plc goes into Monday with a stronger tape than its operating record. The Devon tungsten-tin developer last traded at 36.10p on Friday, up 4.64%, while AJ Bell data showed volume of 2.30 million shares and the FTSE AIM 100 down 0.28% on the same July 3 session. AIM trades in London from Monday to Friday, 0800-1630 local time, so Sunday puts the focus on last week and the next open. The less obvious point is the shape of the move. LSE/FTSE Russell’s July 3 tear sheet put Tungsten West up 11.08% for the week and 213.91% year to date, but still down 21.7% over five years against a 44.3% rise for the FTSE 350. The same sheet put
July 5, 2026
Focusrite climbs 13% as debt reduction resets stock before July payout
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Focusrite climbs 13% as debt reduction resets stock before July payout

With London markets offline for the weekend, Focusrite plc last traded at 220 pence on Friday. The stock jumped 25 pence since the prior Friday, up 12.8% over five sessions, as the 18-month results put more focus on cash generation than earnings. London Stock Exchange regular hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. BST, Monday to Friday. The rally boosted equity value by about £15 million with 59.21 million shares out, according to this reporter’s math. That’s above the £9.3 million net debt reduction Focusrite posted for the pro-forma 12 months to February 2026. Google Finance put Focusrite’s market cap at £132.04 million and its 52-week range at 150p to 255p.
July 5, 2026
Metals Exploration plc (LON:MTL) stock rally puts Runruno cash bridge to La India in focus
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Metals Exploration plc (LON:MTL) stock rally puts Runruno cash bridge to La India in focus

Metals Exploration plc goes into Monday’s AIM session with a Friday rally that did not clear the harder 2026 tape. AIM did not trade on Sunday; London Stock Exchange regular hours are 0800 to 1630 local time, Monday to Friday. The stock closed at 13.10p on July 3, up 0.60p, with Google Finance showing a market value of £389.0 million and a 52-week range of 10.30p to 19.20p. AJ Bell put Friday’s Metals Exploration return at +4.80% against -0.28% for the FTSE AIM 100; Morningstar data carried by Intelligent Investor showed a 6.07% seven-day gain and a 13.53% fall for 2026.
July 5, 2026
Funding Circle jumps £71 million before update
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Funding Circle jumps £71 million before update

London trading was closed Sunday, so Friday’s close at 169.20p is the latest for Funding Circle Holdings plc. Shares finished up 7.80p on the day, trading just under 1 million shares. The stock is now 4.3% off its 52-week high of 176.80p.) Funding Circle jumped 16.5% in five sessions after the June 26 close of 145.20p, while the FTSE 250 added around 1.7%. That’s a sharp gap, based on historical price data for both Funding Circle and the FTSE 250.
July 5, 2026
Tanfield Group trades at deep discount to Snorkel asset value
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Tanfield Group trades at deep discount to Snorkel asset value

London AIM didn’t open Sunday. LSE sticks to its normal 08:00 to 16:30 weekday session. Tanfield heads into Monday as a small, litigation-driven stock instead of a typical industrial operator. Tanfield’s last quoted price was 5.05p, a gain of 0.25p, with bids at 4.84p and offers at 5.25p. That’s a spread of 0.41p, or about 8.1% of the mid, wide for a stock valued around £8 million.
July 5, 2026
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