(Sharecast News) - The City Pub Group was on the list of director buys on Wednesday, after its chief operating officer spent over £56k on a tranche of shares.

It said Toby Smith bought 60,000 shares on Tuesday for 94p each, spending a total of £56,400.

Following this purchase, the AIM-traded firm said Smith was beneficially interested in 60,000 of its shares, representing 0.06% of its issued capital.

Elsewhere, Hargreaves Services was on both sides of the ledger after the wife of a non-executive director sold more than £50k of shares into an individual savings account (ISA).

The company said Ann Jones, wife of board member Chris Jones, sold 9,000 shares on Tuesday for 564p each.

Mrs Jones then immediately repurchased the shares into an ISA for 564.4p apiece, valuing the final transaction at £50,796.

Following the transactions, Hargreaves said Chris Jones' total beneficial holding was unchanged at 79,369 shares, representing 0.25% of its issued capital.

Top Director Buys

Bank Of Georgia Group (BGEO)

Director name: Breach,Alasdair (Al)

Amount purchased: 22,788 @ 1,347.00p

Value: £306,954.37

Bank Of Georgia Group (BGEO)

Director name: Breach,Alasdair (Al)

Amount purchased: 20,243 @ 1,268.00p

Value: £256,681.25

Okyo Pharma Limited Npv (OKYO)

Director name: Cerrone,Gabriele

Amount purchased: 1,625,000 @ $0.06

Value: $79,863.11

Graft Polymer (uk) (GPL)

Director name: Zomer,Roby

Amount purchased: 462,500 @ 16.01p

Value: £74,024.97

The City Pub Group (CPC)

Director name: Smith,Toby

Amount purchased: 60,000 @ 94.00p

Value: £56,400.00

Hargreaves Services (HSP)

Director name: Jones,Christopher

Amount purchased: 9,000 @ 564.40p

Value: £50,796.00

Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO)

Director name: Webb ,Ailsa

Amount purchased: 39,719 @ 124.60p

Value: £49,489.88

Gresham House (GHE)

Director name: Ing,Sarah

Amount purchased: 4,000 @ 915.89p

Value: £36,635.60

Equals Group (EQLS)

Director name: Cooper,Richard

Amount purchased: 33,334 @ 86.75p

Value: £28,917.25

Sureserve Group (SUR)

Director name: Winks,Nick

Amount purchased: 25,000 @ 83.75p

Value: £20,937.50

Jpmorgan Global Core Real Assets Limited (JARA)

Director name: Scott,John

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ 100.76p

Value: £20,152.66

Amedeo Air Four Plus Limited Red Ord Npv (AA4)

Director name: Gavigan,Mary

Amount purchased: 61,561 @ 32.47p

Value: £19,988.86

Audioboom Group (BOOM)

Director name: Tobin,Michael

Amount purchased: 1,194 @ 1,640.00p

Value: £19,581.60

Mears Group (MER)

Director name: Smith,Andrew C M

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ 191.39p

Value: £19,139.00

Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO)

Director name: Brooke,James

Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 120.00p

Value: £18,000.00

Volex (VLX)

Director name: Rothschild,Nathaniel

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 244.80p

Value: £12,240.00

Mears Group (MER)

Director name: Smith,Andrew C M

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 191.85p

Value: £9,592.50

Mears Group (MER)

Director name: Smith,Andrew C M

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 191.13p

Value: £9,556.50

Mears Group (MER)

Director name: Smith,Andrew C M

Amount purchased: 5,000 @ 190.02p

Value: £9,501.00

Galantas Gold Corp. (GAL)

Director name: Stifano,Mario

Amount purchased: 30,000 @ $0.49

Value: $8,609.42

Galantas Gold Corp. (GAL)

Director name: Stifano,Mario

Amount purchased: 20,000 @ $0.49

Value: $5,797.79

Coca-cola Hbc Ag (cdi) (CCH)

Director name: Bogdanovic,Zoran

Amount purchased: 218 @ 1,799.37p

Value: £3,922.62

Galantas Gold Corp. (GAL)

Director name: Stifano,Mario

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ $0.49

Value: $2,898.90

Galantas Gold Corp. (GAL)

Director name: Stifano,Mario

Amount purchased: 10,000 @ $0.49

Value: $2,875.23

Bt Group (BT.A)

Director name: Jansen ,Philip

Amount purchased: 985 @ 182.00p

Value: £1,792.70

Flowtech Fluidpower (FLO)

Director name: Webb ,Ailsa

Amount purchased: 402 @ 123.20p

Value: £495.26

Sthree (STEM)

Director name: Beach,Andrew

Amount purchased: 42 @ 361.10p

Value: £151.66

Bae Systems (BA.)

Director name: Greve,Brad

Amount purchased: 20 @ 754.15p

Value: £150.83

Bae Systems (BA.)

Director name: Woodburn,Charles

Amount purchased: 20 @ 754.15p

Value: £150.83

Top Director Sells

Marshall Motor Holdings (MMH)

Director name: Gupta,Daksh

Amount sold: 912,467 @ 400.00p

Value: £3,649,868.00

Marshall Motor Holdings (MMH)

Director name: Blumberger,Richard

Amount sold: 399,899 @ 400.00p

Value: £1,599,596.00

Kingspan Group (cdi) (KGP)

Director name: Doherty,Geoff P

Amount sold: 5,000 @ 7,718.00p

Value: £428,349.00

Clarkson (CKN)

Director name: Case,Andi

Amount sold: 4,803 @ 3,253.83p

Value: £156,281.45

Hargreaves Services (HSP)

Director name: Jones,Christopher

Amount sold: 9,000 @ 564.00p

Value: £50,760.00

Clarkson (CKN)

Director name: Woyda,Jeff

Amount sold: 1,211 @ 3,253.83p

Value: £39,403.88

Lookers (LOOK)

Director name: McPhee,Duncan

Amount sold: 22,331 @ 71.71p

Value: £16,013.00

Esken Limited (ESKN)

Director name: Dilworth,Nick

Amount sold: 117 @ 8.74p

Value: £10.23

Esken Limited (ESKN)

Director name: Dilworth,Nick

Amount sold: 69 @ 8.74p

Value: £6.03