Anpario to buy Australian distributor Cobbett for up to AU$1m
3rd Feb 2017 07:47
(ShareCast News) - Anpario, a producer of natural feed additives for animal health, is to buy its Australia-based distributor Cobbett for up to AU$1m, in order to strengthen its sales and distribution channels. Cobbett has been Anpario's distributor since 1987 supplying the Australia, New Zealand an
Read moreAnpario CEO steps down after nine years
13th Jan 2016 14:28
(ShareCast News) - Shares in Anpario were knocked back from recent all-time highs by the resignation of chief executive David Bullen. Bullen, who has been with the natural feed additives for animal health, hygiene producer since 2007, will be succeeded by former CEO Richard Edwards, recently the com
Read moreBerkeley directors trade in vested shares
31st Jan 2014 15:49
Three directors of Berkeley Group have sold a collective 65.29m pounds-worth of shares in the housebuilder after they vested under the group's long-term incentive plan. A statement from the company said the proceeds were used principally to enable them to meet the tax, national insurance and costs
Read moreHiscox and Restaurant Group CEOs sell up
27th Sep 2013 16:11
Chief Executive at Hiscox, Bronek Masojada, has sold 10,000 shares at 650.50p a piece in the insurance provider. The sale generated £65,050 for Masojada, who joined the company in 1993. For the first half of the year the group posted a pre-tax profit of £180.7m (2012: £125.8m), helped by low ex
Read moreAnpario expects successful annual report
1st Feb 2013 08:29
Anpario expects to report a successful year with earnings and profits after tax in line with market forecasts, the animal feed company announced Friday. The supplier of natural feed additives in agriculture and aquaculture said results over the past nine months were driven by newly acquired Meride
Read moreFour Breedon execs invest half a million quid
30th Nov 2012 16:15
Four directors of Breedon Aggregates, the AIM-listed building materials group, topped up their stakes on Thursday, a few days after the company said that full-year results would be in line with market expectations. Collectively, the directors invested a total of half a million pounds in the busines
Read moreSmall caps round-up: DQ Entertainment, Anpario, Parkmead...
30th Mar 2012 13:03
DQ Entertainment, an entertainment, production and distribution group, has signed several new licensing and merchandising deals in respect of its intellectual properties during the quarter ending March 31st. During the period the firm also successfully delivered six new TV productions. Food additi
Read moreMan bosses rally round
29th Sep 2011 15:06
Weakness in the share price of Man Group has prompted directors to splash out on big stakes in the hedge fund manager. Man Group, which sponsors the Man Booker literary price, saw a return to form of its flagship fund AHL in the second quarter of its financial year, as its 'alternative style' polic
Read moreKiotech margins feed profits
15th Sep 2011 11:17
Kiotech, a manufacturer of agricultural feed additives, boosted profits to £990,000 in the first half of 2011. The company said it had refocused the business on higher margin products and had successfully passed on raw material price increases to customers. Earnings per share increased 12% to 4.0
Read moreKiotech keen on more deals
12th Apr 2011 16:00
Kiotech, the developer of technology that mimics chemical signals secreted or released by organisms, said the benefits of its September 2009 acquisition of Optivite are feeding through earlier than anticipated. The company saw revenue more than double in 2010 to £21.57m from £10.96m in 2009, while
Read moreKiotech set to beat estimates
8th Feb 2011 16:52
AIM-quoted Kiotech International says that its underlying pre-tax profit in 2010 will be better than expected. Kiotech supplies feed additives for aquaculture and agriculture. The benefits of the acquisition of Optivite are showing through earlier than expected. Greater buying power is helping to
Read moreKiotech encouraged by trading
11th Aug 2010 13:34
Kiotech, the developer of technology that mimics chemical signals secreted or released by organisms, said its trading performance at the half-year stage has been "most encouraging". The integration of the Optivite acquisition has gone well with the consolidation of operations starting to deliver t
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Corero, Ila, African Aura Mining
21st Apr 2010 13:14
Software company Corero, which focuses on the banking, securities and education markets, rallied after announcing it has signed an agreement with African Alliance, an investment banking group operating in Africa, for its Blue Curve product suite. Ila's shareholders also cheered a new contract win.
Read moreSmall caps round-up: United Drug, Regenersis, Pantheon...
13th Aug 2009 09:56
Pharmaceutical firm United Drug has entered into a joint venture with Medco Health Solutions to provide home-based pharmacy care services in the UK for patients covered by the NHS. The joint venture, which will operate in the U.K. as Medco Health Solutions, plans to offer patients treated within th
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Veris, Hightex, Inion ...
23rd Jun 2009 09:04
Property services group Veris posted a pre-tax loss of €6.7m versus the €4.8m profit last year due to the €11.3m write off of assts in the Moving and Storage division. Turnover grew by 29% in the year to €84.3m. "We anticipate that any new business wins in the short term will be offset to a greater
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