Vault Ventures (LON: VULT) has appointed Gordon Merrylees as strategic adviser to help with UK banking deployment of post-quantum strategy. The share price gained 10.6% to 1.3p.
Executive recruiter Connecting Excellence (LON: XCE) increased net fee income by one-fifth to £890,000 in the six months to December 2025. There was cash of £1.4m and Bitcoin holdings of £2.62m (40.36 Bitcoin). Net fee income in January was £250,000. The Bitcoin holding has increased to 52.42 Bitcoin. The share price increased 10% to 1.65p.
Mendell Helium (LON: MDH) says potential acquisition M3 Helium is entering an agreement with Ritchie Exploration which will re-complete the Schneweis Ventures 13A well in Kansas. The share price improved 5.26% to 5p.
Arbuthnot Banking (LON: ARBB) reported a dip in 2025 pre-tax profit from £35.1m to £24.2m. The total underlying dividend, excluding special dividend, was raised to 53p/share. Deposits increased by 11% to £4.57bn, although lending balances fell 6% to £2.25bn. Assets under management were 21% ahead at £2.68bn. Higher interest rates should be good for the bank. Chairman and chief executive Sir Henry Angest bought 300,000 ordinary shares at 860p each. He owns 59.9% of ordinary shares and 64.9% of the non-voting shares. The share price is 3.53% higher at 880p.
EDX Medical (LON: EDX) is the primary partner in the Scottish Prostate Cancer Initiative, which is set to improve early diagnosis. Up to 25,000 men will be tested. The share price rose 2.38% to 10.75p.
Delta Gold Technologies (LON: DGQ) says that Penn State University has been promoting the quantum computing research sponsorship and technology licence agreement with the company. The share price edged up 1.14% to 44.5p.
FALLERS
The WeShop share price on Nasdaq continues to decline and reached a new low of $5.81 at the end of the week compared with a high of $200. WeCap (LON: WCAP) is a significant shareholder and its share price dipped 27.8% to 0.325p.
Hamak Strategy has taken a 3.05% stake in Vaultz Capital (LON: V3TC) and the share price declined 6.38% to 2.2p.
Sulnox Group (LON: SNOX) has gained further patents for its Eco™ Fuel Conditioners in Chile, Peru and Israel. The share price slipped 4.26% to 45p.
VSA Capital (LON: VSA) chief executive has bought 100,000 shares at 2.75p each, taking his stake to 19.8%. The share price fell 3.7% to 3.25p.
Falconedge (LON: EDGE) has appointed ZynxBTC as a strategic adviser. The share price slid 0.5% to 0.995p.