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"FT" and "Financial Times" are trademarks of the Financial Times.support@ft.comWed, 14 May 2008 03:00 BSTThu, 15 May 2008 21:24:42 BSTNewspapers60http://news.ft.com/cms/d1f3ce1a-6bbe-11da-bb53-0000779e2340.gifhttp://www.ft.com/companies/uksmallercompanies(PICS-1.1 "http://www.classify.org/safesurf/" L gen true for "http://www.ft.com/" r (SS~~000 1))http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbae0d66-2152-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dbae0d66-2152-11dd-a0e6-000077b07658.htmlThe Aim-listed supplier of document management software to small companies lifted annual revenue 38 per cent to £8.7m in spite of early hiccups with its latest productWed, 14 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c93b6a-2087-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87c93b6a-2087-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlStobart Group, the haulage company that reversed into listed property development company Westbury last September, is planning an expansion of rail, air and ship services to complement its trucking businessTue, 13 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d91e3e80-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d91e3e80-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlThe educational software group, forecast it would make £10m in revenue in the second half from its contracts won under the Building Schools for the Future programmeTue, 13 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7e1b38c-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b7e1b38c-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlThe UK's leading independent funerals group, lifted operating profits 6.6 per cent in the first quarter to £17.7m on the back of an 8.6 per cent increase in revenues to £46.9mTue, 13 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bfa9ef0-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bfa9ef0-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlNews of a second North Sea oil discovery in three weeks boosted shares in Dana PetroleumTue, 13 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0454e730-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0454e730-2086-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlShares in TGE, the gas carrier engineer, will begin trading on Aim. With a total offer size of €85m, the float will be one of the largest so far this year on the junior marketTue, 13 May 2008 03:00 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e0e39a6-2039-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8e0e39a6-2039-11dd-80b4-000077b07658.htmlSmall company bosses are increasingly reliant on performance-related pay or bonuses, according to the latest survey of the 250 or so companies in the FTSE SmallCap indexMon, 12 May 2008 16:47 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/420155f4-1f74-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/420155f4-1f74-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlAn investment company centred on the Indian energy sector and linked to a fast-growing Aim company plans to raise up to $500m (£256m) through a dual listingSun, 11 May 2008 22:34 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4ce1a88-1f8c-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f4ce1a88-1f8c-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlSir Terence Conran's restaurant group could be merged with another high-end restaurant chain, such as Nobu, after the entrepreneur decided to sell his controlling stakeSun, 11 May 2008 20:30 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4879f040-1f78-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4879f040-1f78-11dd-9216-000077b07658.htmlA fund is to be launched that will look to exploit the downturn in the housing market by buying cheap homes and residential developments in LondonSun, 11 May 2008 17:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/374250c8-1df8-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/374250c8-1df8-11dd-983a-000077b07658.htmlThe largest shareholder of the maker of the cult cookers stamped its authority on the group by blocking the move to raise cashFri, 9 May 2008 20:43 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f8a5850-1cdc-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4f8a5850-1cdc-11dd-82ae-000077b07658.htmlUBC Media has agreed to sell its commercial division to Global Traffic Network, leaving only three UK quoted radio companies Thu, 8 May 2008 12:09 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f39caf2-1b84-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8f39caf2-1b84-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlThe Aim-listed company says capacity in eastern Europe would eliminate sea freight and reduce sales costs in the region, which is a key target in the market for bioplasticsWed, 7 May 2008 05:56 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d38e390-1ba9-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d38e390-1ba9-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlShares in Taylor Nelson Sofres, the market research company, leapt 12 per cent on May 6 on hopes of a higher offer from WPP, the marketing group whose two previous approaches had been rejected Tue, 6 May 2008 23:29 BSThttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2a2ac08-1b8e-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f2a2ac08-1b8e-11dd-9e58-0000779fd2ac.htmlCenkos Securities is in talks to take over Arden Partners in an all-share deal that would give the mid-market stockbroker an equity value of about £31m.Tue, 6 May 2008 23:01 BST