Sector movers: Telecoms stocks surge ahead
20th Dec 2010 14:42
The fixed line telecommunications sector is performing well with BT leading the charge, seeing shares rise 2.69% Monday afternoon. KCOM Group, Cable & Wireless Worldwide and TalkTalk are also among the top performers in the sector. Alternative energy is lower with solar wafers supplier PV Crystalo
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Central African Gold, Pantheon, Kalahari Minerals...
10th Dec 2010 15:40
Mining group Central African Gold has had its loan facility increased from $2m to $5m by its major shareholder, New Dawn Mining, in order to support the group's ongoing operational and working capital requirements. Shares in Texas-focused oil explorer Pantheon Resources rose after it announced tha
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Anite, Victoria Oil, DiamondCorp ...
8th Nov 2010 10:34
Anite, the wireless equipment tester and provider of management software to the travel sector, expects its first half results to exceed expectations after some deals in its wireless division were concluded earlier than anticipated. However, given that the deals were expected to conclude in the seco
Read morePost-results buying by Air Partner directors
13th Oct 2010 16:57
Two directors of aircraft charter company Air Partner have bought shares following its annual results. Non-executive chairman Aubrey Adams bought 30,000 shares at 408p each, taking his stake to 50,000 shares (0.49%). The shares cost a total of £122,400. Non-executive director Richard Everitt bou
Read moreNew director invests £100,000 in LMS
8th Oct 2010 17:04
Recently appointed non-executive director Mark Sebba has invested nearly £100,000 in LMS Capital shares. Sebba has acquired 210,000 at 47p each - a total cost of £98,700. He did not own any shares in LMS prior to the purchase. Sebba is chief executive of NET-A-PORTER.com, the luxury women's glob
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Gooch & Housego, Pinnacle Telecom, Clyde Process Solution
13th Jul 2010 10:52
Shares in Gooch & Housego jumped after the optical components and systems maker upped its expectations for revenues and profits for the year ending 30 September. Investors cheered news that Pinnacle Telecom has been awarded a £750,000 one-year contract to supply integrated telecommunications for Gr
Read moreMichael Page's Dumon sells more shares
14th Oct 2009 17:11
Charles-Henri Dumon, managing director for continental Europe and the Americas at the recruitment giant Michael Page, has offloaded a big chunk of his stake in the firm. He sold 60,000 shares at 371p a time and now has a personal holding of about 1.23m. Dumon may be wishing he had waited a while
Read moreSmall caps round-up: New Britain Palm Oil, Baobab, Rockhopper
8th Oct 2009 09:02
New Britain Palm Oil, which produces the oil in Papua New Guinea, has signed a five-year agreement to supply palm oil products to Ferrero, the firm that makes Ferrero Rocher chocolates. Baobab Resources is up following a "very encouraging" scoping study undertaken for its Tete magnetite (iron / van
Read moreGrid finance chief sells again
24th Sep 2009 17:14
Gas and electricity network operator National Grid has sailed through the turbulence of the past year relatively unscathed. The share price now is still lower than this time in 2008, but has bounced strongly since April and finance director Steve Lucas is taking advantage to sell his second chunk
Read moreLondon afternoon: Market in holiday mood
9th Sep 2009 14:22
Footsie made an assault on the 5,000 level over the lunchtime session but fell short, as investors took note of expectations of a flat start on Wall Street. With mergers and acquisition activity back on the agenda British Airways is in demand on hopes of a swift conclusion to its team-up with Spani
Read moreLondon midday: Consumer confidence boost for equities
9th Sep 2009 12:03
After a hesitant start leading shares have turned higher, helped by the August Nationwide Consumer Confidence index which indicated British consumers are more confident than at any time since May last year. Oil and gas explorer BG Group hailed 'excellent' test drilling results from its 30% owned Gu
Read moreOcean Power still under water
9th Sep 2009 09:25
Wave energy technology company Ocean Power Technologies continues to experience choppy trading conditions, though first quarter losses have been trimmed. The company made a net loss in the three months to the end of July of $2.05m, versus a loss of $3.89m a year earlier. Revenues sank to $1.3m fro
Read moreLaird buys Jarvis shares
20th Jul 2009 17:16
Stuart Laird, who will become the new chief executive of Jarvis, has picked up 200,000 shares in the rail maintenance firm. Laird, who is currently the chief operating officer, bought the shares at 8.3p each. His total holding is 200,000 shares. Laird will takeover the reigns from current chief
Read moreSmall caps round-up: NetDimensions, Ocean Power, Qonnectis...
14th Jul 2009 12:59
Training software provider NetDimensions traded in lien with expectations in the first half of 2009. Cash balances at the end of June stood at $6.8m, up from $5.3m at the end of 2008. The company said its cash balance is equivalent to 16.5p in cash per share, a few pence above the current share pric
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