The Vox Markets Podcast

In this interview, CEO Steve McQuillan & CFO Stephen King of Avingtrans #AVG take me through today’s in line FY’24 results and exciting outlook – including: 00:00 What Avingtrans does, its successful ‘PIE’ strategy & rationale for consolidating the engineering businesses under one roof (AES). 05:35 FY’24 financial highlights 11:30 Current demand across the engineering division 18:00 Integration of Slack & Parr, and potential AES value catalysts 22:40 Status of commercialising Adaptix & Magnetica, alongside longer term options for realising value in the medical division 31:35 YTD’25 outlook and revenue cover

European Green Transition #EGT put out interim results this morning. Here to update us on the latest, including progress at Olserum, in Cyprus, and information on the cash position, is chief executive Aiden Lavelle

Watch on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG2hdHzawl8 Richard Harpham and Graham Bird of XP Factory discuss the company’s evolution since 2018, transforming niche escape rooms into mainstream attractions. They detail the acquisition of Boom Battle Bar, financial growth, customer satisfaction, and future expansion plans, emphasising cost management and potential UK and international opportunities. 00:17 What was your initial vision for Escape Hunt? 01:35 How did that then lead to the acquisition for Boom 04:59 In 2019/20, turnover was under £5M—how did it hit £60M by March 2024? 07:46 Your growth has been phenomenal, but does that align with your original vision? 10:50 Is the business in a position to keep growing? 14:56 How are Escape Hunt and Boom performing? 18:37 How confident you both you can achieve and maintain the like for likes? 19:41 Have you seen the business growth, and the downside of, that is the cost go up. How are you managing those costs? What kind of effects are they having? 23:40 There's a lot of uncertainty. In a few weeks time, our new leader is going to announce the latest budget. Are you concerned about this? 27:10 How are you going to utilise the 10 million facility at Barclays and, what sort of growth are you looking at? 29:20 You mentioned earlier about places like Dubai—how do you see that in comparison to the alcohol-driven culture in the UK? 31:51 What do you think the business will look like in 5 years? 36:50 Competitive socialising 39:30 Why would somebody invest in XP Factory 42:36 Which is going to see more focus, Escape Hunt, or Boom?

Mark Routh of Prospex Energy (PXEN ) highlights the company's debt-free status and recent acquisition of the Via gas field in Spain. With three producing assets across Spain and Italy, the company is focused on expanding production through new wells.

In this fascinating interview, accomplished UK small/midcap fund manager William Tamworth of Artemis takes me through 17 stock ideas, including: 00:00 His approach to investing 08:05 Beeks Financial Cloud 11:50 Alpha Group International & importance of ‘X-factor’ management 17:45 Alphawave IP (audience question) 18:50 NCC 22:10 GB Group 26:10 Pressure Technologies (audience question) 28:05 Serco 31:15 Warpaint 35:15 Future 39:10 Moneysupermarket 42:25 Moonpig 47:15 Next 15 53:05 MJ Gleeson 55:35 AOTI Inc (REG-S, June IPO) 61:05 Alliance Pharma 64:00 H&T 67:45 Supreme

Following their H1 interims for 2024, Vox Markets talks to their CEO Jeremy Skillington

Martin Luke discusses Essentially Group’s (ESSN) recent acquisition of Best Of Latin with it’s Founder and newly appointed Board member Catalina Onate

In this fabulous insight into all things  investing, accomplished UK small/midcap fund manager James Thorne of Columbia Threadneedle takes me through 13 stock ideas, including: 00:00 His approach to investing 05:55 Auction Tech 12:00 Yougov 16:15 ActiveOps 19:45 Equals 23:50 Argentex 26:10 Kitwave 31:45 1Spatial 37:15 FD Technologies 42:40 Future 47:25 Eleco 51:20 Spectris 58:30 Crest Nicholson & Vistry 64:50 Trifast 67:50 Avingtrans 71:45 Tekmar 75:40 Marshalls #ATG #YOU #AOM #EQLS #AGFX #KITW #SPA #FDP #FUTR #SXS #CRST #VTY #TRI #AVG #TGP #MRSH

Watch on YouTube In this masterclass of investing, accomplished UK small/midcap fund manager Brendan Gulston of Gresham House takes me through 12 stock ideas, including: 00:00 His approach to investing & outlook for equities 07:10 Diaceutics 14:10 Netcall 18:15 ActiveOps 21:40 SysGroup 26:35 Iomart 30:40 TP ICAP 36:00 Argentex 42:55 Franchise Brands 49:50 MPAC 54:45 Fintel 58:30 Moneysupermarket 65:55 Ricardo #DXRX #NET #AOM #SYS #IOM #TCAP #AGFX #FRAN #MPAC #FNTL #MONY #RCDO

Watch on YouTube Atlantic Lithium has received a key environmental permit from the Ghanaian government for its Ewoyaa project. It's also received the backing of local communities for the project. Here to tell us about the latest developments, and where the company goes from here, is Neil Herbert, executive chairman.