Small companies roundup: Spirit sales up

URANIUM miner Berkeley Resources powered up 2¼p to 16¼p on more high quality potential reserves at its Salamanca project in Spain.

Major supermarkets have signed up to sell Distil's spirits in the run-up to christmasGETTY

Major supermarkets have signed up to sell Distil's spirits in the run-up to christmas

Shares in spirit distributor Distil more than doubled, by ¾p to 1½p, after major supermarkets and other retailers signed up to sell its drinks in the run-up to Christmas.

Chinese sorbates producer Sorbic International dipped ½p to 4¾p as it forecast lower annual profits due to fluctuating potassium sorbate sale prices

News that Thailand and Spain-focused natural resources investor Metal Tiger had raised £400,000 in a share placing and subscription hit its shares by 0.1p to ¾p.

Chinese sorbates producer Sorbic International dipped ½p to 4¾p as it forecast lower annual profits due to fluctuating potassium sorbate sale prices. Cluff Natural Resources also fell by ¼p to 4¼p after a resource estimate from the underground coal gasification project developer failed to impress investors.

Quadrise Fuels International motored 2¼p to 30¼p after it secured manufacturing equipment to help it make a lower-cost alternative to heavy fuel oil for the shipping and energy industries.

Live events and communications agency Aeorema Communications increased 5p to 52½p as its chairman Michael Hale bought 20,000 shares in the firm at 51p each.

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