Heavyweight AIM broker Collins Stewart managed to raise nearly £28 million of new money for the company through a placing priced at 151p.

GrowthBusiness.co.uk learns there was much clamour for the shares, with the placing oversubscribed, and the shares having risen to 156p in the open market, pricing the company at almost £116 million.

Growth prospects, claims Shah, are underpinned by rising demand for solar power from Europe as well as from within China.