Directors dealings: NAIT boosts stake in EKF Diagnostics to 14.1%
10th Jun 2016 14:11
(ShareCast News) - Harwood Capital, acting as investment manager on behalf of North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC, picked up another large batch of shares in EKF Diagnostics. Christoper Mills, who was named to the post of non-executive chairman at the global point-of-care medical d
Read moreIndependent News & Media takes print advertising hit
19th Nov 2014 09:33
Accelerating falls in advertising and circulation revenue have hit Irish newspaper publisher Independent News & Media (INM). INM said total print advertising revenues dropped 3.4% between 1 January and 14 November compared to a 2.7% fall in the first half, although underlying revenue fell 2.6% when
Read moreRevenue down 13 per cent at INM subsidiary APN News & Media
21st Feb 2013 12:03
APN News & Media, the company in which Independent News & Media has a 28.95 per cent shareholding, has revealed a fall in revenue in the full year ending December 31st. In a financial update issued on Thursday, APN News & Media reported that revenue was down to (AU)$929m from $1,072.4m a year earli
Read moreINM seeking extraordinary general meeting to remove six directors - UPDATE
18th Feb 2013 10:05
The Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and three independent directors have resigned from APN News & Media, the company in which Independent News & Media (INM) has a 28.95% shareholding. A statement issued by INM showed that Peter Hunt, Brett Chenoweth, Melinda Conrad, John Harvey and John Maasland
Read moreLondon pre-open: Minimal gain expected in opening trade
15th Feb 2013 07:38
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open up a couple of points from yesterday's close of 6,327, following on from a mixed, but largely unchanged end to Thursday's session in the US. Thursday's big news Stateside was, of course, the announcement that business titan Warren Buffett plans to buy-ou
Read moreIndependent News & Media seeking to oust APN boss
15th Feb 2013 07:02
Independent News & Media (INM) is seeking the removal of Brett Chenoweth as Director and Chief Executive Officer of APN News & Media, in which INM holds a 28.95 per cent shareholding. A release issued by INM reported that INM had "lost confidence in Mr Chenoweth's ability to implement the strategic
Read moreNew CEO at Halfords celebrates appointment with share purchase
4th Oct 2012 17:11
Matt Davies, the brand new Chief Executive Officer at Halfords Group, the FTSE-250 car and bike parts retailer, purchased 164,056 on his first day on the job. Davies, who bought the shares for 302.22p each for a total of £495,810, has replaced former CEO David Wild, who abruptly exited the company
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Symphony Environmental Tech, Cyprotex, Autoclenz...
22nd Mar 2012 12:25
Symphony Environmental Technology, a specialist in advanced plastics technologies, has signed a 20-year exclusive distribution agreement for its d2w plastic technology covering the People's Republic of China, its first ever exclusive distribution agreement for China. Cyprotex, a pre-clinical absorp
Read moreWeak ad market hits Independent News Media
13th May 2011 13:05
Independent News Media (INM) has announced a 5.1% year-on-year fall in total revenue in the first 18 weeks of the year, with advertising revenue down by 7.9%. Circulation revenue was also down - by 1.5% on the same period in 2010 - as the firm said it faced erratic conditions in its chief market, I
Read moreEuromoney boss sells all his shares
21st May 2010 16:37
Simon Brady has raised £378,000 from selling shares in financial publisher and conferences organiser Euromoney Institutional Investor. He sold 64,509 shares at 586p each. This is the whole of his stake in the company. Brady has been with the group since 1988 and he was appointed to the board in
Read moreLebedev picks up The Independent for £1
25th Mar 2010 15:26
Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has bought The Independent and The Independent on Sunday from Ireland's Independent News & Media for £1. Lebedev, who already owns the London Evening Standard, will also receive £9.25m over the next ten months for use within the titles in exchange for assuming
Read moreIndependent News on course for sale of UK newspapers
24th Mar 2010 16:22
Independent News and Media expects to sell its UK national newspapers The Independent and Independent on Sunday by tomorrow. The indication that the sale of the UK newspapers to Alexander Lebedev is near to completion came on the same day that INM released its 2009 figures. Revenues fell from €1
Read moreThursday newspaper round-up: UBS, British Airways, ITV
18th Mar 2010 06:15
Four banks were charged with fraud on Wednesday for their roles in a €1.7bn ($2.3bn) financing package for the Italian city of Milan in a case that will fuel the global debate about the use of complex derivatives. UBS, JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Germany's Depfa will face trial in Milan aft
Read moreSunday newspaper round-up: M&S, HSBC, Prudential
28th Feb 2010 11:23
Shareholders in Marks & Spencer are preparing for a fresh showdown with the retail giant over the £1.13m pay package of Sir Stuart Rose, the executive chairman. Institutional investors want M&S to slash Rose's annual salary when Marc Bolland, the new chief executive, joins in May. One big sharehol
Read moreOFT mulls Lebedev's Independent buy
25th Feb 2010 16:39
The Office of Fair Trading is mulling whether to refer the proposed takeover of the Independent and Independent on Sunday by Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev to a formal competition investigation. The Russian already owns the Evening Standard in London and the OFT will consider whether mergin
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