Australian gold miner Greatland Resources was crowned was crowned as company of the year at the 2026 AIM Awards on Thursday 15 October. Greatland Resources has become the largest AIM company by market capitalisation in the past year.
Andrew Wass, found of musical instruments retailer Gear4Music was named entrepreneur of the year.
Embedded computing products developer Concurrent Technologies was AIM Growth company of the year, having been quoted on AIM for more than three decades. Growth has accelerated in the past couple of years.
Best newcomer was AI-enhanced public relations firm Pathos Communications, while Africa-focused oil and gas company won the best use of AIM award.
Upbeat trading at Redcentric
IT managed services provider Redcentric (RCN) has focused on higher margin business and generated underlying EBITDA of £9.1m on revenues of £63.7m in the six months to September 2026.
Net debt was £5m at the end of September 2026. The company has launched a share buyback of up to £1.5m.
Cavendish forecasts a full year pre-tax profit of £9.7m, up from £7m. The recent tender offer reduced the number of shares in issue so earnings will rise from 3.2p'share to 5.8p/share.
Non-executive director Alan Aubrey has bought 69,164 shares at 86.755p each. Slater Investments has a 10.45% stake.
RWS returns to growth
Translation services provider RWS (RWS) grew revenues by 3% to around £700m in the year to September 2026.
All three divisions grew their revenues. TrainAI had a particularly strong year. Pre-tax profit should be £65.5m, which is a small improvement on the underlying figure in the previous year. Net debt was £38m at the end of September 2026.
RWS expects to complete the acquisition of Acogroup in early November, having gained French regulatory approvals. This will increase exposure to Europe and help to enhance growth this year.
Full year results will be published on 15 December.
