Daly buys at BAT
1st Oct 2010 16:31
British American Tobacco's chief operating officer John Daly has invested nearly £511,000 in shares in the tobacco company. He has bought 21,200 shares at 2408.57p each and that takes his beneficial stake to 52,417 shares. Daly joined BAT as a result of its merger with Rothmans in 1999. He was a
Read moreGeoPark non-exec invests £5.5m
16th Jul 2010 16:41
Non-executive director Juan Pavez has invested £5.5m in GeoPark shares. Pavez bought 963,000 shares at 570p each. That takes his shareholding in the Latin America-focused oil and gas explorer to 2.03m shares, or 4.87% of the company. Pavez is a former analyst and investment manager. Since 2001 he
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Plant Health Care Down On Profit Warning
16th 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 PLANT HEALTH CARE PLC (PHC.LN), a crop technology company, Wednesday said it cut its pretax profit forecast for the year after sales of its Harpin produc
Read moreLondon afternoon: Footsie flat
16th Jun 2010 14:41
Footsie dropped into the red over the lunchtime session before crawling back into positive territory. Little seems capable of getting investors excited, with even the highly volatile BP having a relatively quiet day. Part-nationalised lender Royal Bank of Scotland is the best performing blue chip.
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Coal of Africa To Raise GBP55M
16th 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 COAL OF AFRICA LTD (CZA.LN), an exploration company, said Wednesday it plans to raise up to GBP55 million through placing up to 50 million new shares, re
Read moreSmall caps round-up: African Aura, Liontrust, Cyan...
16th Jun 2010 11:31
African Aura Mining's New Liberty gold deposit in western Liberia is estimated to contain a measured and indicated resource of 1.38m ounces of gold at a grade of 3.18 grammes per tonne. "The holes being announced today, which conclude the results from the initial drilling campaign, have returned so
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Internet Dating Firm To List On AIM
16th Jun 2010 09:30
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 EASYDATE PLC, an Edinburgh-based internet-dating company, Wednesday said it plans to list on London's Alternative Investment Market at the end of June.
Read moreCyan Holdings Gets First Indian Wireless Metering Order
16th Jun 2010 07:57
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Semiconductor company Cyan Holdings PLC (CYAN.LN) said Wednesday it has received its first order for wireless monitoring of electricity meters in India with a major meter manufacturer. The firm said the initial order for 10,000 units is one of the smallest of several tenders
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Churchill, COE, Stratex...
29th Mar 2010 13:12
Indonesian-focused coal miner Churchill Mining narrowed pre-tax losses to $3m or 3.91c per share in the half-year ended 31 December from $13.8m or 20.61c per share. CCTV developer and supplier COE Group reported a 37% drop in first-half revenues, but said it expects revenues to grow over the seco
Read moreKofax directors take stakes
13th Oct 2009 17:27
Two directors at the scanning software specialist Kofax have bought large stakes in the firm. Chief executive Reynolds Bish, who was appointed in November 2007, took 22,300 shares at 159p, 1,000 at 157p and 2,850 at 162p and now has 26,150. Non-executive director Joe Rose took 2,000 shares at 162
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Renewable Energy Holdings, Harvey Nash, Cyan ...
12th Oct 2009 09:41
Renewable Energy Holdings has completed the sale of its CETO wave power technology to ASX-listed Carnegie Corporation. REH received a 33% stake in Carnegie in return for the CETO technology. This stake is valued at just over £30m. That is nearly 60% more than the valuation for the whole of REH. Re
Read moreLondon close: Footsie equals winning streak
27th Jul 2009 16:59
Though it was a close run thing the Footsie ended the day in the blue, equalling its record run of 11 successive days of rises. The blue-chip index was supported by a strong performance from miners and the part-nationalised banks. Lonmin was wanted after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to "neutr
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Filtronic, EMED, Coe Group ...
27th Jul 2009 08:31
Telecommunications technology group Filtronic saw a sharp fall in revenues in the year to May 31 as demand slumped. Revenue from continuing operations fell to £28.8m from £40.1m, but the group posted a pre-tax profit. However, the group moved into a pre-tax profit of £2.3m from a loss of £16.2m
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