Shaftesbury boss invests £100,000
4th Mar 2011 17:03
Shaftesbury chief executive Jonathan Lane has invested a further £100,000 in the property investor. Lane has bought 22,222 shares at 450p each. That takes his stake to 966,233 shares, which is worth £4.3m at the latest purchase price. Lane raised just over £99,000 from the sale of option shares la
Read moreBurberry non-exec invests £60,000
11th Feb 2011 16:35
Burberry non-executive Stephanie George has bought £59,500 worth of shares in the luxury clothing company. George bought 5,000 shares at 1189.99p each. That price is just short of the 12 month high. This purchase follows the acquisition of 6,300 shares at 798.773p a share last July. That cost £1
Read moreDiploma Q1 revenue surges 25%
12th Jan 2011 08:21
Technical products distributor Diploma said revenue during the first quarter soared 25%, bolstered by acquisitions and the previous year's cost cutting. Diploma, which bought medical device distributor Carsen Medical in December 2010, saw sales increase after acquisitions All Seals and Big Green S
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Diploma, NBT, Norcros
22nd Dec 2010 06:32
Distribution group Diploma's latest significant acquisition, the C$25.5m (£16.1m) purchase of the Canadian healthcare products supplier Carsen Medical, supplies medical devices and products for endoscopy suites at hospitals and private clinics across Canada. The Canadian healthcare market is remarka
Read moreBroker tips: Retailers, CPP, Diploma
21st Dec 2010 14:08
Peel Hunt has evaluated the impact of recent weather disruptions at a crucial time of year for retailers, as the first companies begin to deliver snow-driven profit warnings. The broker highlights high street womenswear retailer Alexon's trading update as the first of many weak outlook statements.
Read moreBroker snap: Diploma to benefit from Canadian deal
21st Dec 2010 12:11
Panmure Gordon has kept its positive stance on Diploma after its latest acquisition looks to enhance the group's presence in Canadian healthcare and boost earnings. The specialised technical products distributor announced Tuesday that it is buying Carsen Medical Inc, the distributor of gastrointes
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Forte Energy, Discovery Metals Proximagen...
21st Dec 2010 09:59
Uranium company Forte Energy has been testing for rare earth elements (REE) in Guinea and the latest assay results indicate "provide a higher level of encouragement that a substantial body of REE mineralisation may exist within the company's 100% owned Firawa uranium project." "REE assays from thes
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Tesco, Kier, Diploma...
23rd Nov 2010 06:43
Tesco has already gobbled up Britain. Now it's looking to repeat the trick in Asia and there's a good chance it will pull it off. The group has sought to whet investors' appetites by flying analysts out to the region to show them what it is up to, unveiling some fancy looking targets for the Chine
Read moreDiploma does better than expected
22nd Nov 2010 15:16
Diploma posted another strong set of results, with the specialised technical products distributor's full-year adjusted pre-tax profit beating even the most bullish forecasts. A 15% jump in revenue to £183.5m and last year's cost-cutting helped profit before tax for the 12 months to 30 September, ad
Read moreLondon close: Footsie soars as earnings impress
2nd Aug 2010 16:51
Footsie posted triple-digit gains as strong earnings here and elsewhere cheered investors. HSBC gave the banking sector a lift. The global banking giant's pre-tax profit more than doubled to $11.1bn on a reported basis, while underlying pre-tax profit rose by 30% to $9.6bn/ Loan impairment charges
Read moreLondon afternoon: Triple digit rise for Footsie
2nd Aug 2010 14:20
The Footsie is sitting on a triple-digit gain though the benchmark index has largely traded sideways since 9:30 this morning when the purchasing managers index (PMI) for UK manufacturing was released. The index showed that activity in British factories grew at a slower pace in July, but the decli
Read moreLondon midday: Banks set the pace
2nd Aug 2010 12:14
Banking shares drove London higher in the morning session after better than expected figures from global banking giant HSBC. HSBC's pre-tax profit more than doubled to $11.1bn on a reported basis, while underlying pre-tax profit rose by 30% to $9.6bn/ Loan impairment charges and other credit risk
Read moreDiploma makes the grade
2nd Aug 2010 11:45
Not much has changed at specialised technical products distributor Diploma since its 8 July trading update, but that's good news, as the upward trend in trading activity has been maintained. Revenues for the financial year to date are running 12% ahead of the comparable period of the previous year.
Read moreDiploma Year To Date Revenue +12%, Sees Strong Progress For 2010
2nd Aug 2010 07:35
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Diploma PLC (DPLM.LN), an international group of businesses supplying specialized technical products and services, said Monday the stronger trend in trading activity in most of the Group's market segments has continued during the second half of the year with revenues for the year
Read moreUK SMALLCAP ROUNDUP: Diploma Earnings To Beat Market Views
8th Jul 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 DIPLOMA PLC (DPLM.LN), a supplier of technical products like hydraulic seals and wiring for control systems, Thursday said it expects fiscal-year earning
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