Assura posts significant uptick in underlying numbers
18th May 2016 09:14
(ShareCast News) - Primary care property investor and developer Assura posted a significant uptick in underlying earnings on Wednesday, with underlying profit before tax improving 78% to £28.3m in its preliminary results. The FTSE 250 firm said that in the year to 31 March, it saw its investment pro
Read moreSunday share tips: Marks & Spencer, National Grid, Assura
15th May 2016 15:03
(ShareCast News) - Marks & Spencer shares were given a 'hold' rating by Questor in the Sunday Telegraph. Last week, recently promoted boss Steve Rowe began to cut the senior management cloth to suit his new regime, though we will not know his true plans until final results are posted on 25 May. Rowe
Read moreAssura chairman steps up as Graham Roberts takes leave
4th Mar 2016 08:13
(ShareCast News) - Assura was working to reassure shareholders about the health of the company, and its chief executive, on Friday. The FTSE 250 firm had revealed on 9 February that Graham Roberts had been diagnosed with cancer. On Friday, the board confirmed that Roberts had now taken a leave of a
Read moreAssura expanding after equity raise
9th Feb 2016 07:16
(ShareCast News) - Healthcare real estate investment trust Assura was pressing ahead with its expansion plans on Tuesday, updating the market on its activities since a significant equity raise late last year. In the trading update for the period 1 October 2015 to 8 February 2016, the company said it
Read moreAssura buys Malmesbury Medical in part shares deal
22nd Jan 2016 07:39
(ShareCast News) - Real estate investment trust and leading primary care property investor Assura said it had bought Malmesbury Medical Enterprise Limited from its former shareholders part funded through the issue of shares. Assura has agreed to issue the sellers 876,222 ordinary shares valued at £0
Read moreSecond Assura director sells large stake in company
6th Jan 2016 16:00
(ShareCast News) - Assura's finance director has sold over half his stake in the primary care property investment and development company to pocket over half a million pounds. Jonathan Murphy sold over one million shares to take home £585,395. He still holds a 0.05% stake in the company of 876,250
Read moreWorldpay Group, Provident Financial and DCC to join FTSE 100
2nd Dec 2015 18:10
(ShareCast News) - On Wednesday evening FTSE announced the results of its December review, with Worldpay Group, Provident Financial and DCC replacing G4S, Morrisons and Meggitt in the top flight index as of 18 December. The three constituents which were set to exit the FTSE 100 would fatten the rank
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
23rd May 2014 09:53
Admiral Group: JP Morgan raises target price from 1022p to 1164p, while staying with its underweight rating. Antofagasta: Investec cuts target price from 715p to 690p and leaves its sell recommendation unchanged. Assura Group: Liberum Capital shifts target price from 44p to 47p and stays with its
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
14th Feb 2014 10:26
Assura Group: Liberum Capital shifts target price from 44p to 44.40p and retains a buy recommendation. Barclays: Credit Suisse lowers target price from 270p to 260p and keeps a neutral rating. Bellway: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 1520p to 1639p and maintains a buy recommendation. UBS i
Read moreMondi CEO trades in 50,000 shares
2nd Jan 2014 16:34
David Hathorn, the Chief Executive Officer of international packaging and paper group Mondi, on New Year's Eve reduced his stake in the company by 50,000 shares. Hathorn earned £522,600 from the sale after disposing of each share at 1,045.20p. The trade-in comes just two months after the group re
Read moreComs Chief builds stake after 'significant' contract win
27th Nov 2013 15:59
David Breith, the Chief Executive Officer of Coms, on Tuesday acquired 1.53m shares, which the same day climbed after the group announced a "significant" contract win. Breith bought the shares at 4.48p each for a total of £68,544. The telecommunications and information technology specialist has s
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
6th Nov 2013 08:48
Anglo American: Alphavalue moves target price from 1816.9p to 1827.1p upgrading from add to buy. Associated British Foods: Citi raises target price from 1950p to 2350p, while leaving its neutral rating unchanged. Assura Group: Liberum Capital initiates with a target price of 42.9p and a buy recomm
Read moreFriday broker round-up UPDATE
7th Jun 2013 06:51
Aberdeeen Asset Management: Bank of America cuts target price from 475p to 410p downgrading to underperform. Anglo American: Nomura lowers target price from 1700p to 1650p and stays with its neutral rating. ARM Holdings: UBS moves target price from 950p to 970p, while its neutral rating remains un
Read moreChamberlin Chairman invests 75k
10th Dec 2012 16:25
Castings and engineering group Chamberlin announced on Monday that its Chairman has topped up his stake in the company twice over the couple of weeks. Keith Butler-Wheelhouse acquired a total of 44,500 Chamberlin ordinary shares through his family trust, BW Family Limited (BWFL), representing 0.56%
Read moreSunday share tips: Assura, Rio Tinto, Smiths News
2nd Dec 2012 13:05
Porperty Group Assura has made mistakes in the past, such as an interest rate swap that went bad, the associated charges of which left a rather large crater in its interim income statement a year ago. That debacle also forced the outfit to carry out a rights issue. Yet that is now behind us, writes
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