Xeros Technology (LON: XSG) says its filtration manufacturing partner has received an order from MediaMarkt, the largest consumer electronics retailer in Europe, for XF3 washing machine filter units that will be sold under its Koenic brand. Xeros receives a royalty on each unit. Russell Hobbs will launch XF3 in the second quarter of 2026. The share price jumped 14.8% to 1.55p.
Digital marketing services provider Silver Bullet Data Services (LON: SBDS) expects to report flat revenues in 2025 because of a weak quarter four due to the US government shutdown and uncertainty over tariffs. Costs have been reduced and the company is making a positive EBITDA so far in 2026. Trading is improving and committed revenues are 73% of expected revenues for 2026. The share price increased 10.1% to 19p.
Rail infrastructure inspection technology services provider Cordel (LON: CRDL) says existing US customer Genesee & Wyoming is upgrading and extending its rail corridor clearances data contract and will be SaaS-based. It covers 3,000 miles of rail. The value for an initial 12 months is $600,000 and it could get bigger. This will help to ensure breakeven this year. The share price rose 7.14% to 5.25p.
The NHS has renewed the framework agreement with Inspiration Healthcare (LON: IHC) concerning the supply of newborn respiratory care units. This is a four-year agreement, which includes consumables. The share price recovery continues, and it improved 7.79% to 24.9p.
FALLERS
Helium One Global (LON: HE1) says the 50%-owned Galactica project is removing CO2 and providing helium enriched gas to the Helium Recovery Unit, which is producing helium for sale under existing arrangements. The plant settings are being optimised. The share price declined 10.9% to 0.615p.
Australia-focused ECR Minerals (LON: ECR) used £857,000 of cash in operations in the year to September 2025. Exploration spending was covered by the sale of property. There is £325,000 in the bank. ECR Minerals is making progress towards becoming a gold producer. The recently acquired Raglan project is starting production and Blue Mountain is likely to be next. The share price slipped 6.9% to 0.27p.
Recruitment company Staffline (LON: STAF) has completed a share buyback of £2.66m at an average share price of 45.49p. The share price dipped 4.97% to 45.9p.
Vehicles retailer Vertu Motors (LON: VTU) generated like-for-like revenues that were 2.2% ahead in the five months to January 2026. There was 25.8% growth in fleet car sales, which was well ahead of market growth of 12.7%. However, the 9.9% decline in commercial vehicle sales was worse than the market. Aftersales remains a growth area. Full year pre-tax profit will be in line with expectations of £22m. There will be an exceptional charge of more than £4m for the closure of four sites. Annualised cost savings of £10m are planned to offset lower new car margins because of electric vehicle sales. However, Shore has cut its 2026-27 pre-tax profit forecast by one-quarter to £25m. The share price fell 3.94% to 57.35p.
Ex-dividends
BP Marsh (LON: BPM) is paying a dividend of 22.33p/share and the share price declined 29p to 655p.
Sylvania Platinum (LON: SLP) is paying an interim dividend of 2p/share and the share price fell 0.5p to 114.5p.