FFastFill, a 'Software-as-a-Service' provider, announced that INTL FCStone (formerly Ambrian Commodities), the metals futures trading arm of Ambrian Capital, has signed for both its Trading Pro, SEALS and Eclipse applications for execution, matching and settlement. The contract win takes the number of category one and two members accessing FFastFill services to 22 members for the London Metal Exchange.
Blue Star Capital, a seed investor in homeland security start-ups, saw losses narrow to £0.49m in 2011 from £2.17m the year before, as it banked the readies from the £0.31m sale of a stake in one of its investments, Zimiti. Net cash at year's end was £276,764, up from the 2010 figure of £27,065. The group raised £0.25m through a heavily discounted share placing at the beginning of February.
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