The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers on AIM on Thursday.
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AIM - WINNERS
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Norman Broadbent PLC, up 20% at 174.00 pence, 12-month range 70.00p-273.00p. The recruitment firm hails a ‘record’ first half, with net fee income improving 33% on-year to £6.0 million. Net fee income is up 30% in the second quarter alone, ‘maintaining the exceptional momentum from the previous two quarters’. Norman Broadbent expects to report underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation in the range of £750,000 and £800,000, a rise from £100,000.
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DP Poland PLC, up 7.3% at 11.00 pence, 12-month range 8.30p-12.00p. DP Poland hails a ‘strong’ May and June in Poland, after a tricky April marred by ‘weak consumer sentiment’. The operator of Domino’s Pizza stores and restaurants across Poland and Croatia says system sales in Poland rise 4.9% in the first half of the year. It is a ‘particularly positive result’ due to the prior year getting a boost from the UEFA European Championship. In Croatia, system sales rise 7.0% in the first half.
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AIM - LOSERS
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Northcoders Group PLC, down 25% at 37.75p, 12-month range 37.00p-310.00p. The software coding training provider says it is ‘confident in the long term funding outlook’ but notes delays in recent months. In April, Northcoders said government funding would move to a fully regional model. By now, it expected ‘many of the regional authorities would have made funding awards’. However, it says Thursday that some ‘regional authorities have yet to issue tenders or confirm exact future funding allocations’. ‘We continue to receive updates suggesting delays, rather than cancellations,’ it adds.
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Johnson Service Group PLC, down 13% at 133.40p, 12-month range 118.60p-165.00p. The workwear and linens provider reports a slow start to the summer from the hotel, restaurant and catering sector, but has ‘started to see a slight improvement in volumes in the last two weeks’. The earlier struggle reflected ‘the current challenges in the wider hospitality market’. ‘[We] are mindful that future consumer discretionary spend remains unpredictable,’ it adds. For the six months to June 30, revenue rises 5.5% on-year to £257.6 million, Johnson Service says in a trading statement. The firm expects the last day of trading of its shares on AIM to be July 31. It will move to the Main Market.
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