UK 22:28 Monday, 5 October 2026
Breaking news and expert analysis on fast-moving AIM and LSE listed shares
Hercules plc (HERC) “is pleased to announce that its Construction Services division has been awarded c. £5 million of new contracts to deliver Civils Projects work for its clients in the UK water sector”. How ‘pleasing’ is this, with the shares currently approaching 9% higher at 37.5p in response?
I start with the welfare calculator from the TPA and numbers that are stunning us all but also look at Covid bounce back loan fraud. That brings me to the economic flatulence of Kemi's Tories and why its tax pledges play so badly in places like Wrexham, a must win seat. That is my challenge for Evil Banksta and his YC chums. Then it is Amaroq (AMRQ), Kendrick (KEN), the Quantum Blockchain (QBT) scandal and Petra Diamonds (PDL). PS Do enter Lucian's prize contest HERE
Most recently on “vehicle tracking software and services” company Quartix Technologies (QTX), in January with the shares up towards 300p I was cautious and concluded that I didn’t consider the valuation provided much margin for that and so still avoided. The shares most recently closed at 225p and what about now a “Trading Statement” the company states it “is pleased to provide… specifically for progress made in the third quarter”?
You can find out HERE thanks to the Taxpayers Alliance. Where I live in Wrexham, £244 million will be handed out this year in benefits, that is an average of £2049 per person - up 16.2% since Labour came to power.
Shares in ‘molten metal flow engineering and technology’ company Vesuvius (VSVS) were a 380p offer price recovery tip last month with we noting latest results suggested share price recovery potential for the patient investor and there also dividends whilst waiting. However, that potential looks to have been noted elsewhere too as there’s now “Possible Offer” news.
Earlier today I exposed how worthless AIM shitco Quantum Blockchain (QBT) had lied to investors in its September 28 released half calendar year results about a possible windfall of up to 270,000 Euro from the sale of an Italian House. But it gets worse. How on earth can disgraced Nomad SP Angel of the Mysquar fraud infamy sign off on this crap. Does PR himbo Christian Taylor Wilkinson bother checking the crap he puts his name to?
Describing itself as “a leading fabless microchip maker with a growing portfolio of reusable IP, serving the Space and Communications, Photonics, Industrial, and Automotive markets”, EnSilica (ENSI) has announced results for its year ended 31st May 2026 headlined “Record FY26 demonstrated the scalability of EnSilica’s business model” and what of the shares rising above 80p in response but still down from above 120p earlier this year?
Since 2017, Quantum Blockchain (QBT) has kept investors on the hook with the promise of getting back up to 6 million Euro from Italian legal claims. Even if it got that cash such is the state of its balance sheet that it would still be insolvent but the hope of money coming in keeps some gerbils drooling. But is it lying?
So says reader BuriedTreasure “Appointing PKF Littlejohn, auditors for all sorts of scallywags, is never a positive move" with regard to today’s news from Probiotix (PBC). But he is wrong. Do not get me wrong PKF does act for all sorts of scallywags but that is not the same as saying that all its clients are scallywags.
Modern Monetary Theory is clearly nonsense. It is not a theory it is an economic policy tested in Weimar and Zimbabwe and found wanting. But still gullible Guardian reading saps like Lucian Miers find themselves attracted. So Lucian poses a question for us all and the best answer wins a bottle of champagne sent by the Bard of the Boleyn.
En passant I mention Eco Buildings (ECOB) and Georgina Energy (GEX) but this is really all about Vaultz Capital (VT3C) and the really whacky world of FN Advisory and YOUR taxpayer cash.
Ariana Resources (AAU) has issued a “Dokwe Project Feasibility Programme Update” following recent half-year results. What do these suggest for the valuation from a current 1.475p share price?
Gold closed the week at $4,140 – down again on last week’s $4,284 as the bond rout continued. Of course, a bond rout means their respective yields increase and the US dollar has also benefitted from the Fed hiking rates and expectations of more to come. So in some ways the fact that the yellow stuff hasn’t declined more is a good sign. However, Gold stocks took a bit of a hit last week, as can be seen on the chart below (courtesy of ADVFN) of Gold against its mining ETFs GDX, GDXJ and GOEX.
It’s the ShareProphets Sunday Pub Quiz. There are no prizes! And no Googling!
AI infrastructure depends on far more than chips and electricity. It also relies on a range of critical materials, including gallium, rare earths, and tantalum, that are essential to semiconductors, magnets, and power-management systems. These three materials are highlighted in Figure 2.3 of the World Bank’s World Development Report 2026 because their production is concentrated in a relatively small number of countries.
