APC Technology to take over Green Compliance for £4.8m
30th Jul 2014 16:31
Water hygiene and treatment business Green Compliance has agreed to a £4.8m takeover by APC Technology to help it expand its business. Green Compliance, which made an annual net loss of £538,000 against losses of nearly £12m a year ago, said the all-share offer valued Green Compliance at about £4.7
Read moreXaar Finance Director builds stake after cautioning on growth
28th Mar 2014 15:48
The Finance Director of Xaar Group this week acquired an additional 4,610 shares, boosting his stake by around a tenth. Alex Bevis, who joined the company three years ago, spent 850.61p on each of the shares, spending a total of £39,213. His purchase comes just a week after the group cautioned t
Read moreAPC Technology's first half profits and revenues grow
10th Mar 2014 07:12
APC Technology said it expects half-year sales to be 30 per cent ahead of the prior year after the computer manufacturer took on new major customers. Sales in the first half of 2014 are anticipated to come in at £12.1m, up from £9.2m a year earlier. Pre-tax profit is projected to be £700,000, compa
Read moreOut-going Ocado co-founder offloads 15m pounds of shares
6th Feb 2014 14:36
Jason Gissing, the out-going Commercial Director of Ocado who co-founded the online grocery group in 2000, sold over 15m pounds-worth of shares in the company on the same day he announced his resignation. Gissing, who is stepping down at the group's annual general meeting in May, offloaded 3.05m sh
Read moreVedanta's Anil Agarwal ramps up stake, again
24th Jan 2014 16:25
In an announcement made after the close of trade on Thursday, Vedanta Resources announced that Executive Chairman Anil Agarwal had once again added to his already gargantuan stake in the mining behemoth - marking his second purchase of the week. The transaction came the same day he told his Twitte
Read moreAdvanced Power Components posts rise in half-year profit
20th May 2013 15:48
Advanced Power Components said a 25 per cent rise in half-year revenue was driven by the group's diversification in the cleantech sector. Revenue for the six months to end of February came to £9.19m, up from £7.33m the previous year. Pre-tax profit rose to £47,000 from the prior year's £19,000 as
Read moreAdvanced Power Components soars on multiple contract wins
24th Apr 2013 10:34
Shares in AIM-listed Advanced Power Components (APC) rose sharply on Wednesday morning after a subsidiary of the distributor of specialist electronic components, Minimise, received an order for the supply of energy efficient light-emitting diodes (LED) lights, valued at up to 2.8m pounds. The group
Read moreAdvanced Power Components' subsidiary sees rise in contract value
11th Mar 2013 11:27
AIM-listed Advanced Power Components' subsidiary, Minimise, has received an amendment to a contract order issued on January 9th, increasing the total value from 2m pounds to 4.1m pounds. Both the original order and the amendment are for the provision of energy efficient LED lights to up to 80 stor
Read moreUnited Utilities director doubles stake
22nd Jan 2013 16:06
An Independent Non-executive Director of United Utilities Group doubled her stake in the group with the purchase of 5,000 shares in the company on Tuesday. Sara Weller handed bought the shares at 719.80p each for a total of £35,990. She also purchased a further 531 shares on behalf of a Mr M T Well
Read moreAdvanced Power Components gains on LED contract
10th Jan 2013 11:35
Advanced Power Components (APC) shares rose sky-high after the electronics supply specialist secured a contract to deliver LED lights to a major UK retailer. The company advanced 19.67% to 18.25p at 11:45 on the news its subsidiary Minimise was awarded a second order from an undisclosed retailer at
Read moreM&A round-up: Walker Crips, Randall & Quilter, Marwyn ...
1st Nov 2012 13:51
Financial services group Walker Crips is to sell its corporate finance subsidiary Keith, Bayley, Rogers & Co (KBR) to BWV investments. The purchase price is £75,000 over the value of KBR's assets as at the end of October; these are expected by the Walker Crips directors to be in the region of £270,
Read moreContracts round-up: RAM Active, Motive Television, Advanced Power
17th Sep 2012 09:11
RAM Active Media said it has won a contract to install giant video screens in six of Land Securities' UK shopping centres. Its RAM Vision arm is to manage a five year contract for broadcasting advertising sales, scheduling content and screen management at the sites. The contract was also forecast to
Read moreFirst half profits soar at Advanced Power
9th May 2011 10:47
Electronic components firm Advanced Power Components saw profits surge by 138% as a result of more closely-controlled operational costs. Pre-tax profit jumped to £100,000 in the half year ended 28 February, from £42,000 the year before. "Profitability continued to improve within the core specialis
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Advanced Power, Gemfields, FW Thorpe
17th Mar 2011 15:21
First half pre-tax profit at Advanced Power Components - the electronic components group - has more than doubled from £42,000 to £100,000, due to reduced administrative and finance costs. While revenues for the six months ended 28 February are expected to be flat at £6.5m, the order book has increa
Read moreLondon close: Weak end to dull day
14th Oct 2010 16:35
Leading shares closed lower on a poor day for the banks and a tumble for African Barrick. Fears that Standard Chartered's rights issue yesterday could be the start of a flood of cash calls unsettled Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays. Metal prices are back on the rise as the dollar heads
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