AIM celebrates ten years in style

The AIM market has crowned its tenth year in operation bycompleting its strongest ever quarter of activity in terms of new admissions and money raised during the second quarter of 2005. Between April and June a total of 144 companies have been admitted to the market, a number which represents an increase of 90% on the same quarter last year. In terms of the amount of fundraising achieved, a total of £1.5bn was raised during the quarter, equivalent to a 176% increase on the same period last year.