Wednesday broker round-up UPDATE
28th Nov 2012 07:26
ARM Holdings: Barclays Capital raises target price from 750p to 820p, overweight rating kept. Assura Group: Oriel Securities starts with an add recommendation. Espirito Santo moves target price from 37p to 37.50p, buy recommendation unchanged. Britvic: Deutsche Bank raises target price from 370p t
Read moreAssura CEO buys 1.5m shares
13th Jul 2012 16:47
Graham Roberts, the chief executive officer of Assura Group, the primary health care operator, has bought up 1.5m shares, his only holding in the firm. Roberts, who is also currently a non-executive director at Balfour Beatty, handed over £450,000 for the shares, which he purchased 30p each. In
Read moreDirector sells an ARM and a leg worth of shares
27th Feb 2012 15:59
Mike Inglis, the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Processor Division of ARM, the FTSE 100 chip designer, has sold more than half his stake in the firm. Inglis, who took up his role in July 2008, sold 291,651 at 562.25p each for a total of £1,639,808, taking his total number of s
Read moreSSE director sells 1,000 shares
21st Feb 2012 16:04
Jim McPhillimy, the Managing Director of Group Services at energy firm SSE, has sold off 1,000 shares in the firm for 1,289.00p each. The sale comes three weeks after the company said it was on course to deliver an increase in the dividend per share and an increase in pre-tax profits for the financ
Read moreDS Smith non-exec tops up his stake
30th Jan 2012 16:02
Chairman of the Audit Committee at DS Smith, Jonathan Nicholls, has bought £74,366-worth of shares in the recycled packaging firm. The purchase, which saw the non-executive buy 32,309 shares at 230.17p each, comes less than two weeks after the firm launched an agreed bid for the second largest pack
Read moreFriday broker round-up - UPDATE
13th Jan 2012 11:19
Vodafone: Nomura upgrades to buy. Bunzl: UBS cuts to neutral from buy. RSA Insurance: Citi cuts to neutral from buy. BT Group: Nomura upgrades to buy from reduce. RBS: Seymour Price upgrades to buy from reduce. BG Group: JP Morgan raises price target to 1,900p from 1,455p. Tesco: Credit Suiss
Read moreAviva director offloads yet more shares, Sky boss sells too
9th Dec 2011 15:58
Leslie Van de Walle, a non-executive director at Aviva, has sold another £29,199-worth of shares in the firm. The director, who yesterday sold £42,659-worth of shares in the insurance giant, sold 9,000 shares at 324.43p each. Van de Walle, 55, joined the board in 2009 and is also the director of
Read moreAssura slides on cash call
23rd Nov 2011 14:45
Primary health care operator Assura lost a chunk of its market value after announcing a deeply discounted rights issue. The firm plans to raise around £35.3m through an underwritten rights issue on the basis of 2 new shares for every 7 held, with the shares to be issued at 30p per share. Prior to t
Read moreAssura sees FY ahead of expectations
5th Apr 2011 15:04
Primary healthcare operator Assura said trading results for the year ended 31 March 2011 were ahead of company expectations following a strong performance from its pharmacy business. Revenue from wholly-owned pharmacies is expected to exceed £33m in the year to 31 March compared to sales of £31m in
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Enegi Oil, Assura, Pressure Tech...
10th Feb 2011 13:18
Enegi Oil says the pressure results from the ongoing chemical soak at its PaP#1 Garden Hill South (GHS) well in Newfoundland are "positive". A second chemical soak is planned to improve connectivity even further. Chemicals and acid will be injected down the wellbore at a significantly higher pressu
Read moreAssura in agreed bid for AH Medical
19th Jan 2011 15:42
Pharmacy and GP services supplier Assura has launched a recommended bid for AH Medical Properties (AHMP), the property investment company specialising in primary care assets. Assura is offering 0.85 shares for each AHMP, with a cash alternative of 40p per share, in a deal that values AHMP at about
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: E-Therapeutics Seeks Pharma Alliances
29th Jun 2010 16:00
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps E-THERAPEUTICS PLC (ETX.LN), a U.K. drug developer, said Tuesday its focus this year and next will be on clinical trials of its experimental medicines an
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Chloride Up As Emerson Trumps ABB
29th Jun 2010 12:30
Dow Jones smallcap news is now on Twitter, allowing you to catch up on the news away from your desk. Go to http://twitter.com/DJ_UK_Smallcaps EMERSON ELECTRIC CO. (EMR), a U.S. power and industrial-automation company, Tuesday returned with a sweetened offer to buy CHLORIDE GROUP PLC (CHLD.LN) f
Read moreINTERVIEW: Assura Rents Increase Despite Budget Pressure
29th Jun 2010 10:14
By Jason Douglas Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--Healthcare company Assura Group Ltd. (AGR.LN) Tuesday said it is still enjoying rent increases on its properties despite a squeeze on public finances in the U.K. Rent on Assura's health centers is ultimately paid by the state-ru
Read moreMARKET TALK: Investec Nudges Up Assura Price Target
29th Jun 2010 09:55
0855 GMT [Dow Jones] Investec Securities nudges up Assura (AGR.LN) price target to 57p from 54p. Says while the shares have performed well over the last year, there is more to go for as investors warm to what is a much clearer investment case. Notes the company has been streamlined and with overhead
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