Capital deputy chairman goes shopping again
19th Aug 2011 17:22
Billionaire property investor John Whittaker has bought another round of shares in Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), bringing his total stake to more than 20%. He took 100,000 shares at 317.6p a time, the company announced today.. Following the purchases, Whittaker now has nearly 172.5m shares or a
Read moreCLS profits jump, will buy back £4m of shares
17th Aug 2011 09:44
International property investment firm CLS has hailed a robust start to the year after profits jumped by a third in the first half. The firm, which manages office properties in London, France, Germany and Sweden, said profit before tax was up 32% to £37.1m, with earnings per share up 35% to 69.9p.
Read moreCLS chief exec builds up stake
10th May 2011 17:06
Richard Tice, chief executive of the property investment group CLS Holdings, has spent more than £250,000 building his stake in the group. He took 40,000 shares at just over 645p a time and now has nearly 260,000, or about 0.57% of the company. In March, CLS reported close to a fourfold increase i
Read moreStandard Chartered finance boss withdraws £170,000
11th Apr 2011 15:47
Standard Chartered's finance boss Richard Meddings has pocketed more than £170,000 from the sale of shares in the Asia-focused bank. He disposed of 10,159 shares at 1,691p a time, reducing his stake to 120,000 shares. The sale comes soon after chief executive Peter Sands offloaded 13,391 shares a
Read moreBramson vehicle buys more shares in F&C
15th Mar 2011 17:05
F&C Asset Management chairman Edward Bramson's investment vehicle SIGA LP has acquired more shares in the asset management company. Bramson was appointed chairman of F&C last month after a shareholder coup removed the previous incumbent, along with another non-executive, and appointed three new di
Read moreLondon close: Shares give up gains as Libya worries persist
7th Mar 2011 16:39
Shares closed in the red having spend most of the day in the blue after recovering from a weak start. Once again, the Libya turmoil has been casting a shadow. Oil prices are still an issue. Light crude rose to a 30-month high above $106 on Monday as fighting rages in Libya while reports that the un
Read moreLondon afternoon: Stocks consolidate gains
7th Mar 2011 14:18
Shares came off the top at the beginning of the afternoon before recovering some of their poise toward the end of the lunch time session as futures markets indicated a moderately firm start in store on Wall Street. Oil prices are still an issue. Light crude rose to a 30-month high above $106 on Mon
Read moreCLS nearly quadruples profit
7th Mar 2011 08:08
Property investment company CLS reported close to a fourfold increase in annual profit, despite difficult conditions and spending cuts in the UK, after gains from revaluation of investment properties. Pre-tax profit rose 283% to £70.9m in the year ended 31 December 2010. Net assets rose 16% to £357
Read moreBetfair finance chief buys
15th Dec 2010 16:33
Betfair finance director Stephen Morana has bought £100,000 worth of shares in the betting exchange operator following yesterday's share price fall in the back of interim figures. Betfair floated in October at an offer price of 1,300p a share. It dipped below that price prior to the interims and a
Read moreImproved outlook for CLS
10th Nov 2010 14:17
Property investor CLS Holdings says that falling vacancy rates are helping rental values to stabilise in London. CLS says there are good opportunities to acquire secondary properties and with more than £125m of liquid resources available CLS is in a good position to take advantage. CLS has boug
Read moreColt chief exec takes another big slice
1st Nov 2010 17:29
The chief executive of Colt has opened his wallet, splashing out nearly £250,000 on shares in the business communications and IT managed services firm. Rakesh Bhasin bought 200,000 shares at 121.4p a go and now has 500,000. Back in May he took 100,000 at 118.5p a time. Bhasin was appointed to the
Read moreNew director invests £100,000 in LMS
8th Oct 2010 17:04
Recently appointed non-executive director Mark Sebba has invested nearly £100,000 in LMS Capital shares. Sebba has acquired 210,000 at 47p each - a total cost of £98,700. He did not own any shares in LMS prior to the purchase. Sebba is chief executive of NET-A-PORTER.com, the luxury women's glob
Read moreBig Yellow founder sells
30th Sep 2010 16:52
The wife of a Big Yellow non-executive director has sold £1.56m worth of shares in the self storage business. Deborah Burks, the wife of Philip Burks, sold 500,000 shares at an average price of 311.8p a share between 24 September and 29 September. This cuts Burks' stake to 4.67%. Burks was the fo
Read moreCLS founder buys shares
21st Sep 2010 16:54
Sten Mortstedt, the executive chairman of CLS Holdings, has increased his stake in the property investor through his family and charity trust. The purchase of 10,000 shares at 520p each cost £52,000 and took Mortstedt's stake to 53.14%. This purchase follows last week's tender offer at 625p a share
Read moreDomino Printing's Herbert offloads shares
20th Sep 2010 17:33
Andrew Herbert, finance director of Domino Printing has taken advantage of a rise in the company's share price following a positive trading statement to sell a large chunk of shares in the provider of industrial ink jet and laser printing equipment. He pocketed nearly £260,000 from the sale of 49,1
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