As ever, it has been a busy time for small-cap investors, with companies joining the market and companies leaving the market, either of their own accord ? as in the case of sports data provider 4Global (4GBL:AIM) ? or because they have been acquired, as in the case of Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE), which was taken private by its largest shareholder. It has also been a time...

It has been a poor 2025 for shareholders in AI-enabled marketing company Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM), starting with a warning in January that sales this and next financial year would miss forecasts due to a significant fall in professional services revenue and lengthening sales cycles due to the macroeconomic climate. The company operates a cloud-based platform allowing clients in the...

Firm to power Tesco Clubcard ChallengesOne-year contract with option to renewEagle Eye?s sales rose 20% in H1Technology tiddler Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM) has secured a new contract with Tesco (TSCO) for personalised promotions, exciting news which sent shares in the UK SaaS (software-as-a-service) firm up 9% to 510p on Monday.While no financial details were disclosed, house broker Shore...

EAGLE EYE SOLUTIONS (EYE:AIM) 550.25pLoss to date: 9.1%Adding a new banner name to its client roster by signing a five-year deal with the UK's number four supermarket chain Morrisons is a timely reminder of the potential of Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM).Eagle Eye's loyalty and promotions omnichannel software-as-a-service platform called Eagle Eye AIR is clearly gaining traction with retail...

- 32% first-half revenue growth and 50% underlying profits jump- Tight consumer spending powering loyalty rewards schemes- $98 billion loyalty rewards market by 2032, say researchersIt looks like Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM) is making the most of high price inflation after unveiling rapid half-year growth metrics. Brits like a bargain so even with pressure on household budgets, offer shoppers...

- US bank saved by regulators- UK arm rescued by HSBC- Depositors in both banks safeBanking regulators in the US and the UK moved swiftly over the weekend to limit the potential fall-out from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB:NASDAQ) and Silvergate Capital (SI:NYSE) last week.SVB held deposits belonging to half of all venture-backed startups in the US, according to Bloomberg, and on...

- CentralNic non-executive buys after upgrades- Domino's director adds to his stake- Jet2 mogul jettisons £38m of sharesAs we approach the year-end, we thought it might be instructive to see which directors have been most active in buying - and selling - their companies' shares.Using the Director Deals function on the Shares website, we ranked the most active directors over the last three and...

It might sound premature to invest in a relatively young growth company, but we believe Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM) is an interesting idea in the current budget-conscious consumer climate.Eagle Eye claims to have developed a best-in-class loyalty and promotions omnichannel software-as-a-service platform called Eagle Eye AIR. It allows customers of big brands to validate and redeem digital...

- Chairman of carmaker tops up holdings- Eagle Eye stake changes hands- Swiss asset manager backs Seeing MachinesWHO HAS BEEN BUYING AND SELLING?It has been a busy month for the board at luxury carmaker Aston Martin Lagonda (ASL), with billionaire Canadian businessman and company chairman Lawrence Stroll and non-executive director Michael de Picciotto increasing their stakes.Having already...

What links Tesco (TSCO), Sainsbury (SBRY), Asda, Waitrose, John Lewis, Diageo (DGE), Pret A Manger, Greggs (GRG), Coca-Cola (KO:NYSE), Carlsberg (CARL:CPH) and Budweiser-owner Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD:NYSE)?It might surprise you that it's a £135 million AIM-listed UK technology company based in Guildford. Meet Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM), an ambitious business which is trying to transform...

In the first of a two-part series Shares invites top fund managers to reveal which stocks they were most pleased with in 2020, which stocks they were most disappointed in, and which they have high hopes for in 2021.Their answers reveal an interesting mix of names across the market cap spectrum. Recent float, materials company HeiQ (HEIQ), for example, crops up twice in this set of responses....

Brexit-induced panic seems to have faded with the markets in more upbeat mood on Friday, the FTSE 100 up 22.3 points at 7,060 and the FTSE 250 rebounding by 36 points to 18,698, although investors will be watching like a hawk for any new indicators of whether parliament is likely to approve or reject Theresa May's Brexit plan.In corporate news, construction play Kier (KIE) improves 27.5p...

The merger of J Sainsbury (SBRY) and Asda will see US retail giant Walmart become the biggest shareholder in the business, initially at 42% with scope to sell down to a minimum of 29.9% in the two to four years post completion.The business combination will see the group overtake Tesco (TSCO) in UK market share terms. That may explain why shares in Tesco have fallen by 2.4% to 232.3p on the...

A handful of technology stocks, a make-up supplier, a mortgage adviser and a pharmaceutical firm are among a list of smaller company shares expected perform strongly over the coming few months.The nine featured companies are highlights from a quantitative number-crunching exercise conducted by analysts at N+1 Singer.The stockbroker regularly scans the lower end of the market cap spectrum for...

Our 'Big Picks for 2016' portfolio gained an average of 2.2% versus a return on the FTSE All-Share of 12.9%. It's a disappointing performance compared to previous years, but at least we didn't lose money.After a decent start to the year, in which our stocks led the market in very tough conditions, it's tempting to blame Brexit for the reversal which started in June. But that would not be...

Hot technology like digital coupons is an area you'd expect US tech giants to dominate so it's great that London-listed Eagle Eye Solutions (EYE:AIM) is growing rapidly again in this niche.Today's trading update shows revenue grew 74% in the three months to 30 September, better than the 65% analysts had pencilled in. Revenues in the period totalled £2.3m.That's a timely bounce after last...

This is a staggeringly large number but if the technology forecasting boffins at Juniper Research are right, there will be enough digital coupons and vouchers by 2021 for a deal a week for every man, woman and child on earth. This is already a hot market with 225bn vouchers estimated to have circulated in 2016. But as retailers, restaurants, hotels and holiday firms desperately try to tempt...

The FTSE joins in with a wider decline across European markets as the Eurogroup meets to discuss the Eurozone's other pressing issue aside from Brexit, Greece. That sparks a modest 16 points, or rough 0.25%, decline in the FTSE 100 blue-chips to 6,840. 'Its losses largely seem to come from the commodity sector despite the fact that Brent Crude briefly touched $50 per barrel during yesterday...

When a golfer duffs their opening drive so badly that it fails to advance past the ladies' tee, tradition dictates they play the remainder of the hole without their trousers.We're considering a similar policy at Shares after a shocker of a start to the year among our Big Picks for 2016 portfolio.At the halfway stage, they trailed the benchmark by 12.4 percentage points - a towering deficit to...

This has become an emerging opportunity for UK software suppliers as retail increasingly goes digital and multi-channel, but it's proved a double-edged sword for many, as I have previously explained. Lots of new (ish) small specialists litter this niche space with grand ambitions and hockey stick growth hopes, I'm think firms like digital coupons business Eagle Eye (EYE:AIM) and online...