BSS finance chief adds more shares
12th Jan 2010 16:38
BSS Group finance director Roddy Murray has made his third purchase of shares in the plumbing products distributor in the past four months. Murray spent £20,733 on 7,482 shares at 277.1p each. That took his stake to 101,015 shares. Murray bought 7,500 shares at 250.197p each on 4 December and 10
Read moreFirst Derivatives buys ticker symbols firm
26th Oct 2009 14:17
Investment banking and derivatives software developer First Derivatives has bought a New Jersey-based software company specialising in reference data management systems. First Derivatives is paying up to $10m (£6m) for Reference Data Factory (RDF) to beef up its range of software products in the fi
Read moreRevenues more visible at First Derivatives
19th Oct 2009 17:11
Investment banking and derivatives software supplier First Derivatives says that revenue visibility is improving. Newry-based First Derivatives reported a 66% rise in revenues to £11.4m, while pre-tax profits improved from £2.24m to £3.06m. Investment in growing the business and the acquisition of
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
Read moreFirst Derivatives upbeat
20th May 2009 15:20
Paper losses on its dollar-denominated loans dampened profits at financial software firm First Derivatives, spoiling an otherwise sparkling full-year performance. Profit before tax in the year to 28 February eased to £4.46m from £4.72m the year before after the company was obliged by accounting rul
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