Hangar 8 Chief sells shares to meet institutional demand
14th Mar 2014 15:59
Dustin Dryden, Chief Executive Officer of Hangar 8, a European operator of privately-owned passenger jet aircraft, has this week sold half a million shares on the back of institutional demand for stock, the group revealed Friday. The demand follows the company's half-year results issued Wednesday,
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
13th Mar 2014 09:07
Advanced Medical Solutions: FinnCap ups target price from 75p to 114p retaining its hold recommendation. Antofagasta: Investec cuts target price from 764p to 753p and retains a sell recommendation. Barclays: Numis shifts target price from 274p to 280p upgrading from hold to add. BBA Aviation: JP
Read moreUK shale gas firm IGas climbs as CEO indicates confidence
16th Jan 2014 16:19
IGas Energy, a British onshore oil and gas explorer and developer, was one of the top risers on AIM on Thursday as Chief Executive Andrew Austin dipped into the market. Austin shelled out £0.4m on 300,000 shares at 135.38p, even though the shares are trading around all-time highs. The purchase in
Read moreTesco non-exec ups stake after cautious statement
14th Jan 2014 16:39
Tesco Non-Executive Director Mark Armour has added 81,525 pounds-worth of shares to his stake in the supermarket chain. Armour, who is the former Chief Financial Officer of Reed Elsevier, bought 25,000 shares at 326.10p each on Monday. He joined Tesco in early September last year. The purchase c
Read moreEXPANSYS bosses buy into rally
27th Jul 2011 15:45
Directors at EXPANSYS have been clubbing together to buy big stakes in the ailing online smartphone retailer, taking advantage of a continuing rally. Bob Wigley took the biggest stake, taking about 6.6m shares at 1.49p a time and lifting his stake to 8.4m shares, about 0.73% of the company. Brian C
Read moreComment: High yielding investment trusts
4th Feb 2011 15:31
With most bank and building society savings accounts offering derisory interest rates these days it is tempting to look to other forms of investments to boost income. If you want higher returns, however, then you usually have to accept higher risk of losing your capital, though there are ways of re
Read moreUnilever boss Paul Polman takes another bite
30th Mar 2010 15:14
Paul Polman, chief executive at Unilever, has been stocking up on shares in the Anglo-Dutch food and household goods giant, spending more than £360,000. He took 19,000 shares at 1,898.9p a time. A spokesperson for the company said this takes his holding to 54,448 shares. Polman was appointed as Un
Read moreTullett Prebon chief exec spends £1.1m
29th Jun 2009 17:11
Tullett Prebon's chief executive Terry Smith has spent more than £1m upping his stake in the interdealer broker. He bought 439,731 shares at 267p a time and now has about 9.2m, which is 4.3% of the firm. He was joined by finance director Paul Mainwaring who took 103,683 shares at 268.9p a time. T
Read moreC&W chairman buys as others sell
21st May 2009 16:58
Reports of big share sales by two Cable & Wireless directors sent its share price sliding after results today, though chairman Richard Lapthone added to his holdings in the global telecoms group. The two sales are said to be of shares awarded under C&W's performance related share scheme, the repor
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