(Sharecast News) - Bridgepoint Group was at the top of the list of director purchases on Thursday after its group managing partner picked up almost £0.2m worth of shares.

The FTSE 250 company said Jonathan Raoul Hughes bought 40,000 shares on 21 September in a single transaction on the London Stock Exchange.

Hughes paid 197.67p for each share, valuing the transaction at £195,240.00.

Elsewhere, Staffline Group was in focus among Thursday's disclosures after reporting that on 18 September, Henry Spain Investment Services - a person closely associated with non-executive director and interim chairman Thomas Spain - transferred out 1,514,050 shares valued at a unit cost of 28p each.

Therefore, its notifiable interest was reduced by 1,514,050 shares.

Separately, on 20 September, Henry Spain Investments purchased 600,000 shares at 28.69p apiece.

The notifiable interest of Henry Spain had thus decreased to 31,498,700 shares, which is 20.57% of the ordinary shares in issue.

At the close on Thursday, shares in Bridgepoint Group were down 1.27% at 194.5p, while those in Staffline Group were flat at 29.1p.

Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.

Top Director Buys

Bridgepoint Group (reg S) (BPT)

Director name: Jones,Adam

Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 195.24p

Value: £195,240.00

Staffline Group (STAF)

Director name: Spain,Thomas

Amount purchased: 600,000 @ 28.69p

Value: £172,140.01

Trustpilot Group (TRST)

Director name: Byng-Thorne,Zillah

Amount purchased: 150,000 @ 92.60p

Value: £138,900.00

Trustpilot Group (TRST)

Director name: Blair,Adrian

Amount purchased: 104,216 @ 94.42p

Value: £98,398.66

Literacy Capital (BOOK)

Director name: Dady,Kevin

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 490.00p

Value: £98,000.00

Team17 Group (TM17)

Director name: Whiting,Peter

Amount purchased: 20,900 @ 308.90p

Value: £64,560.10

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Bancroft,Charles

Amount purchased: 3,382 @ $19.01

Value: $53,023.11

Eurocell (ECEL)

Director name: Waters,Darren

Amount purchased: 42,161 @ 118.00p

Value: £49,749.98

Trustpilot Group (TRST)

Director name: Blair,Adrian

Amount purchased: 33,196 @ 94.43p

Value: £31,346.98

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Symonds,Jonathan

Amount purchased: 1,900 @ 1,526.00p

Value: £28,994.00

Naked Wines (WINE)

Director name: Pailing,Jack

Amount purchased: 40,008 @ 65.00p

Value: £26,005.20

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Sikka,Vishal

Amount purchased: 1,580 @ $19.01

Value: $24,771.29

Trustpilot Group (TRST)

Director name: Blair,Adrian

Amount purchased: 25,212 @ 94.67p

Value: £23,867.70

Eurocell (ECEL)

Director name: Nelson ,Frank

Amount purchased: 18,250 @ 114.00p

Value: £20,805.00

Naked Wines (WINE)

Director name: Devlin,Nicholas

Amount purchased: 30,671 @ 65.20p

Value: £19,997.49

Naked Wines (WINE)

Director name: Pailing,Jack

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ 60.00p

Value: £18,000.00

Nexteq (NXQ)

Director name: Penny,Duncan

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 122.00p

Value: £12,200.00

Audioboom Group (BOOM)

Director name: Tobin,Michael

Amount purchased: 6,160 @ 160.00p

Value: £9,856.00

Trustpilot Group (TRST)

Director name: Blair,Adrian

Amount purchased: 10,292 @ 95.71p

Value: £9,850.47

Trustpilot Group (TRST)

Director name: Blair,Adrian

Amount purchased: 10,284 @ 95.78p

Value: £9,850.43

Naked Wines (WINE)

Director name: Pailing,Jack

Amount purchased: 14,992 @ 65.50p

Value: £9,819.76

Rockwood Strategic (RKW)

Director name: Lamb ,Noel

Amount purchased: 500 @ 1,725.00p

Value: £8,625.00

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Barron ,Hal

Amount purchased: 438 @ 1,901.28p

Value: £8,327.58

Audioboom Group (BOOM)

Director name: Maddock,Roger

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 157.88p

Value: £7,894.00

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Rohner,Urs

Amount purchased: 453 @ 1,528.80p

Value: £6,925.46

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Dietz,Harry (Hal) C.

Amount purchased: 440 @ $19.01

Value: $6,898.33

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Anderson,Elizabeth (Liz) McKee

Amount purchased: 440 @ $19.01

Value: $6,898.33

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Beal,Anne

Amount purchased: 440 @ $19.01

Value: $6,898.33

Gsk (GSK)

Director name: Goodman,Jesse

Amount purchased: 440 @ $19.01

Value: $6,898.33

Headlam Group (HEAD)

Director name: Williams,Robin George

Amount purchased: 2,090 @ 234.45p

Value: £4,900.01

Naked Wines (WINE)

Director name: Pailing,Jack

Amount purchased: 6,813 @ 59.70p

Value: £4,067.36

Cohort (CHRT)

Director name: Walther,Simon

Amount purchased: 365 @ 492.00p

Value: £1,795.80

Cohort (CHRT)

Director name: Thomis,Andrew Stephen

Amount purchased: 365 @ 492.00p

Value: £1,795.80

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Hutson,John

Amount purchased: 21 @ 706.44p

Value: £148.35

Wetherspoon (j.d.) (JDW)

Director name: Whitley ,Ben

Amount purchased: 21 @ 706.44p

Value: £148.35

Top Director Sells

Staffline Group (STAF)

Director name: Spain,Thomas

Amount sold: 1,514,050 @ 28.00p

Value: £423,934.00

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH)

Director name: Bogdanovic,Zoran

Amount sold: 13,500 @ 2,305.00p

Value: £311,174.99