Mass spectrometry instruments minnow Microsaic Systems (MSYS:AIM) has finally burst to life, in terms of its share price.Shares in the £5m micro-cap business soared 152% in a single day (the stock was up 363% at one point) after unveiling an extension to a biotechnology research partnership that may eventually lead to a scalable market.The agreement is focused on medical bioprocessing and...

Cyber security company NCC (NCC) has had to come clean that its previous confidence on recovering a profit shortfall from losses and delays of several contracts in the core IT assurance division is too much of a stretch. The company admits that it will not now be able to make-up the gap which has become 'too significant to fill in the second half.' Shares suggested what looked like a missed...

A string of strong corporate announcements excite investors in early trade on Wednesday, powering UK share prices higher. The benchmark FTSE 100 index rallies more than a 100 points, or about 1.8%, back over the 6,000 barrier to 6,016, while midcaps and smaller companies are also in demand. The strong start to the day's trading matches a fairly robust performance on Wall Street and across...

Latham (James) (LTHM:AIM) 577.5pSheet and hardwood supplier Latham has been consistently profitable for the past 10 years, more than doubling operating profit in the same period. The Hemel Hempstead-based company is expected to grow earnings per share 19% to 39.5p this year.Leaf Clean Energy (LEAF:AIM) 34pRenewable energy investor Leaf Clean is a closed-end fund in run-off. At a meeting in...