Murgitroyd ropes in Willie MacDiarmid as deputy chairman
5th Apr 2019 14:43
(Sharecast News) - Patent and trade mark attorney practice Murgitroyd Group announced on Friday that Willie MacDiarmid had been appointed to its board as non-executive director and deputy chairman, with effect from 1 April.
Read moreMurgitroyd Group revenue rises as it acquires Chapman IP
21st Feb 2019 10:45
(Sharecast News) - Murgitroyd Group announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30 November on Thursday, with revenue increasing 5% to £22.67m, as well as the acquisition of Chapman IP and a number of board changes.
Read moreMurgitroyd Group performs well despite dip in revenue
11th Sep 2018 12:46
(Sharecast News) - Murgitroyd Group announced its audited results for the year ended 31 May on Tuesday, reporting a 7% improvement in underlying profit before income tax to £4.1m year-on-year.
Read moreMurgitroyd posts rise in FY profit and revenue on good US performance
12th Sep 2016 14:30
(ShareCast News) - Patent attorney firm Murgitroyd reported an increase in full-year pre-tax profit as revenue grew and the dividend was lifted following an encouraging performance in the US. For the year to the end of May, pre-tax profit rose to £4.29m from £4.16m on revenue of £42.2m, up from £39.
Read moreMurgitroyd appoints three directors
12th Aug 2015 15:20
(ShareCast News) - Intellectual property firm Murgitroyd has announced three new appointments to its board, effective immediately. Gordon Stark, Christopher Masters and John Reid have been made non-executive directors of the group. Stark was a qualified UK and European Patent Attorney and had alrea
Read moreSABMiller director ups stake after recent share-price weakness
7th Feb 2014 15:49
Miles Morland, a long-standing director at drinks giant SABMiller, invested over a quarter of a million pounds in the firm on Friday, choosing to raise his stake after the stock hit a 15-month low earlier in the week. Morland, who joined the board in 1999, acquired 10,000 shares at a price of 2,728
Read moreMurgitroyd posts decline in EPS despite record revenue
3rd Feb 2014 13:09
AIM-listed Murgitroyd posted a slight decline in earnings per share (EPS) for the half-year ended November 30th after increased sales costs partly offset a nine per cent rise in revenue. The European patent and trade mark attorney group said that, year-on-year, basic EPS declined 0.1p to 18.6p on
Read moreMurgitroyd's profits grow on tight cost control
9th Sep 2013 12:58
Murgitroyd's annual pre-tax profit rose by 2 per cent to 4.5 pounds as the European patent attorney achieved an increase in sales and reduced costs. Turnover for the year to end of May 2013 climbed a modest 0.8% to £36m, driven by an uptick in new filing work from larger corporate clients mainly in
Read moreHalf-yearly pre-tax profit up three per cent at Murgitroyd
4th Feb 2013 09:54
Profit before income tax rose 3.0 per cent to 2.27m pounds at AIM-listed European Patent and trademark attorney Murgitroyd, an interim management statement from the company has disclosed. The company recorded a 2.0% rise in gross profit to £10.6m and a 60% rise in gross margin, compared to a 58% ri
Read moreDirectors' deals balance the scale at Advanced Computer Software
18th Sep 2012 17:08
Advanced Computer Software Group has reported separate deals by two of its directors, more or less balancing each other out. The deals were made on Monday, when the healthcare and business management software provider said it expects revenues to have climbed by a fifth in the six months to the end
Read moreAnother year of growth at Murgitroyd
10th Sep 2012 15:28
Patent and trade mark attorney Murgitroyd Group bragged of an eleventh consecutive year of increased turnover and profitability since floating on AIM in 2001. Revenue in the year to May 31st rose 7.5% to £35.7m from £33.2m the year before. Profit before tax, before the impact of property valuations
Read moreHilton Chief stocks up on 100,000 shares
13th Apr 2012 12:51
Robert Watson, Chief Executive Officer of Hilton Food Group, snapped up 100,000 shares in the company on Wednesday April 11, less than a fortnight after the company posted a 10% rise in pre-tax profits. Watson, who has held his position since 2002, purchased the shares at 280p each for a total ou
Read moreUS expansion paying off for Murgitroyd
31st Jan 2012 15:02
Patent and trade mark attorney Murgitroyd had a strong second quarter, reflecting increased acitivity levels and contract wins. Revenue in the six months ended November 30th rose 13% to £18.0m from £16.0m at the interim stage the year before. Profit before tax climbed 23% to £2.2m from £1.8m. Inte
Read moreRenew chief exec's wife spends £30,000
16th Feb 2011 17:21
The wife of Renew Holdings' chief executive Brian May has spent £30,000 shares in the specialist engineering and building company. Margaret May took 50,000 shares at 60p a time, which means that Brian May now has a beneficial interest in 405,000 shares in the firm. May became chief executive of Re
Read moreSmall caps: Avingtrans, Hydrogen, Murgitroyd...
6th Sep 2010 14:35
Component designer Avingtrans has been chosen by Siemens MR Magnet Technology to manufacture precision machined formers for Siemens' next generation Magnetic Resonance Imaging systems. Once the product is in full production in 2012, the annualised value of this new product to Metalcraft will be ap
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