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Technology companies well represented at AIM awards

Published: 01:13 11 Oct 2014 AEDT

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The AIM Awards for 2014 were dished out on Thursday night along with some slap-up meals and, no doubt, bottles of bubbly.

IGas Energy (LON:IGAS), the British oil and gas explorer and developer, won the Best Communication award.

The shale gas company revealed earlier today that Dart Energy, which it recently acquired, has got the green light to go ahead with a coal bed methane project in North Wales.

The Best Performing Share award went to meat-focused retailer Crawshaw Group (LON:CAW), up 500% over the last year but, ironically, down almost 5% today.

The tech sector was well represented among the prize winners.

redcentric (LON:RDC), the UK IT managed services provider, won the Best Use of AIM award while Rex Bionics (LON:REX), the maker of an amazing robotic exoskeleton, won the Best Technology award.

The AIM Transaction of the Year award was nabbed by Alternative Networks (LON:AN.), the telecoms firm that bulked up with the £39.4mln acquisition of Control Circle, a UK based provider of complex managed hosting and cloud-based services to enterprises and on-line businesses.

The International Company of the Year was SQS Software Quality (LON:SQS), a German company that is the world’s largest supplier of independent software testing and quality management services.

The Best Newcomer was SafeStyle UK (LON:SFE), a retailer and manufacturer of PVCu replacement windows and doors for the homeowner replacement market that floated in December of last year.

Tungsten Corporation (LON:TUNG), which floated on AIM in October might have just missed out on the best newcomer award but it bagged the Entrepreneur of the Year award.

The electronic invoice specialist has hit the ground running and revealed last month it now has 171,000 registered suppliers.

Last, but not least, Utilitywise (LON:UTW), a utility cost management consultancy, won the Company of the Year award.

The shares are up 130% over the last year, and that’s despite the company having a succession of share issues this year.

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