InterQuest's earnings to be below expectations due to waning demand
1st Dec 2016 09:20
(ShareCast News) - Recruitment firm InterQuest expects income and earnings for the year to be below expectations, as it restructured the company following low demand in the public sector and in the agency sector. The AIM-listed company expects net fee income and earnings before interest, tax, deprec
Read moreGoodwill impairment charge sinks Interquest´s bottom line
6th Sep 2016 09:06
(ShareCast News) - Interquest group, recorded a loss for the period ending 30 June 2016, as the specialist recruitmenter booked a charge for its ECOM subsidiary and as a result of the uncertainty in the run-up to the referendum vote. Chairman Gary Ashworth said: "The Group's results for the first ha
Read moreInterQuest acquires US rival Rees Draper Wright
3rd Aug 2016 15:21
(ShareCast News) - InterQuest took a majority stake in Rees Draper Wright with a view to expanding its footprint in the States and Europe. The specialist recruiter in the technology, analytics and digital market said the transaction would be financed in part via the issue of 728,000 new ordinary sha
Read moreInterQuest Global issues Brexit profit warning
27th Jun 2016 15:03
(ShareCast News) - Specialist recruiter in the technology, analytics and digital market InterQuest Global posted a trading update on Monday, ahead of its interim results for the six months to 30 June, and warned of Brexit-related uncertainty. The AIM-traded firm said that, in light of the less-than-
Read moreZambeef directors grab bigger stakes in beef producer
4th Jan 2016 16:35
(ShareCast News) - Ex-banker Adam Fleming has added further to his stake in Zambian beef producer Zambeef, where he is a non-executive director, splashing out £795,000 on shares. Fleming's Rhodora vehicle bought 10m shares in AIM-listed Zambeef at an average price of 7.95p apiece to take his stake u
Read moreInterQuest's CFO steps down
27th Aug 2015 10:45
(ShareCast News) - Michael Joyce will step down from his role as chief financial of InterQuest Group, the recruiter in technology and analytics said on Thursday. Joyce, who has been with the company for 11 years, has resigned in order to take up a role in a private business, the London-listed group
Read moreInterQuest enjoys "very encouraging" year, CEO resigns to join Coms
14th Jul 2015 15:35
(ShareCast News) - InterQuest Group said its first half of the year was "very encouraging" thanks to strong growth in its permanent and contract business. Both divisions enjoyed an increase in net fee income of 6% and adjusted earnings before interest and tax was up by 16% compared with the same tim
Read moreInterquest Group to commence formal sale process
21st Oct 2014 15:44
Recruitment company Interquest Group announced on Tuesday that it was starting a formal sale process. The firm said the decision was part of a strategic review aimed at exploring options to maximise value for its shareholders. "In a rapidly evolving industry, where remaining at the forefront of tec
Read moreAbcam CEO builds family holding
10th Apr 2014 16:18
Protein research tool developer Abcam on Thursday said that the wife of its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jonathan Milner, purchased 18,000 shares. Roza Gounari spent 373p a share for a total of £67,140. The deal takes Milner's stake in the group to around 13.8% of the issued share capital. J
Read moreSoco International Chairman adds 50,000 shares
13th Dec 2013 15:43
Soco International's Non-Executive Chairman, Rui de Sousa, has acquired 50,000 shares in the international oil and gas exploration and production company. The shares were purchased at 384.97p each for a total spend of £192,485. In its interim management statement last month the group said it was
Read moreInterquest Group to acquire IT staffing firm ECOM
27th Nov 2013 14:16
IT staffing specialist InterQuest Group is to acquire rival ECOM recruitment for 7.04m pounds in cash and new shares. The take-over target is described as the UK's leading digital technology recruitment business. Initially the Marylebone-based outfit will pay £3.54m, comprising £3.04m in cash and
Read moreSoon-to-retire G4S CFO sells up
17th Apr 2013 16:31
Trevor Dighton, the outgoing Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of security group G4S, on Wednesday reduced his stake by 400,000 shares ahead of his departure at the end of April. Dighton, who announced his plans to retire from the company last month, traded in the shares at 295.80p each, resulting in
Read moreSmall cap round-up: InterQuest, ValiRx, Aeorema Comms
22nd Nov 2012 15:56
InterQuest has warned that trading during the summer, traditionally its strongest period, has been sluggish. As a result underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) will be in the region of 2.2m pounds. This does not include an exceptional credit of about 0.85m p
Read moreInterQuest gets one million pounds in settlement
12th Nov 2012 14:42
Specialist IT recruitment company InterQuest is to receive £1m as an out of court settlement from the vendors of CCL and should receive the money by December 7th 2012. As a result of the settlement InterQuest has discontinued its warranty claim. The settlement was reached on the basis that the vend
Read moreIG Group's COO more than halves stake
24th Sep 2012 16:35
Peter Hetherington, the Chief Operating Officer of spread betting firm IG Group has more than halved his stake in the company just a fortnight after it reported a decline in first quarter revenue, as it ran up against strong figures from a year earlier, when markets were particularly volatile. Het
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