BusinessCloud Email Newsletter
BusinessBite live blog

FTSE 250 firm Bytes flies past £1bn as recovery continues

Published: September 17, 2026 at 1:10 pm

Author: Jonathan Symcox

The recovery has continued at Bytes Technology Group plc after it upgraded guidance for its FY27 results.

Shares in Bytes – a software, security, AI and cloud services specialist based in Surrey – had climbed 13% today by 1pm to 454 pence, passing a market cap of £1 billion.

It has been a remarkable recovery from Bytes, which six months ago saw its share price drop as low as 253p after a disappointing trading update and the departure of MD Jack Watson ‘by mutual consent’.

Shares are now up 52% in six months, although they remain below the 2024 high water mark of 657p – achieved before an authorised trading scandal concerning former CEO Neil Murphy sent the London-listed stock plummeting.

Subscribe to our newsletter

    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.