Communisis chairman buys
26th Feb 2010 16:49
Peter Hickson, the chairman of print management and data analysis services provider Communisis, is buying shares following yesterday's results. A downturn in spending on direct mail promotions hit Communisis in 2009 and it cut its final dividend from 1.635p a share to 0.43p a share. The total divid
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8th Dec 2009 16:08
Telecoms services provider Alternative Networks reported lower revenues and profits as its small business customers spent less. Revenues fell 4% to £89.7m. Cutting £1m from operating costs helped to reduce the effect on profits, although lower interest rates hit interest income. Underlying pre-tax
Read moreXstrata boss bags £8m profit on options
23rd Oct 2009 16:26
Xstrata chief executive Mick Davis has sold 1m shares in the mining giant. Davis acquired these shares by exercising options - 877,955 shares at 217.32p a share and 122,045 at 239.11p a share. The total cost of these shares was £2.2m and they were sold for a profit of nearly £8m. Davis retains 1.3
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Horizonte Minerals,Biocompatibles, Highams...
28th Jul 2009 12:03
Shares in Horizonte Minerals, which mines for gold in Brazil and Peru, jumped after it gave a positive update on its Tangara gold project in Brazil. Drug-device combination products developer Biocompatibles has received a milestone payment after Eisai exercised its option to license Biocompatibles'
Read moreJarvis Securities gains on contract win
10th Jun 2009 11:21
Shares in Jarvis Securities gained on news that the stockbroker secured a five year contract with one of the UK's largest Building Societies to provide a complete white-labelled solution for their share dealing services. Jarvis said the deal will have a material positive impact on the company's fin
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