Baronsmead Chairman reduces interest
24th Feb 2014 16:02
The Chairman of Baronsmead VCT, Peter Lawrence, has had his interest in the venture capitalist trust reduced following sales made by two people connected to him. Michael Lawrence traded in 35,470 shares, while Louise Lawrence sold off 46,384 shares, generating a combined £58,526. The shares were s
Read moreEntertainment One Film President continues sale, Empresaria builds stake
10th Dec 2013 16:17
Patrice Theroux, the President of Film at Entertainment One, has reduced his stake in the entertainment company with the sale of 259,538 shares. The shares were traded in at 239.25p a time for a total value of £620,945. The transaction followed two other share sales of 665,462 at 240.1p on Decemb
Read moreTwo N Brown execs trim holdings after stock's impressive rise
9th Jul 2013 16:05
Two long-standing executive boardmembers at internet shopping group N Brown have each sold a large chunk of shares in the company just a week after the firm's upbeat first-quarter trading update, taking advantage of the stock's stellar rise so far this year. Chief Executive Officer Alan White on Tu
Read moreBP man has a dip
23rd Dec 2011 09:44
Brendan Nelson, a non-executive director of BP and a chairman of the firm's audit committee, has dipped his hand into his pocket and bought just under £50,000 worth of shares in the oil giant. Nelson, a chartered accountant and a partner in accountancy giant KPMG, paid slightly less than 450p a sha
Read moreAsia Citrus director takes a top-up
5th Jul 2011 16:09
Non-executive director Nicholas Smith has topped up his holding in the Chinese orange grower and juice maker Asian Citrus, spending about £60,000. He took 100,000 shares at HK$7.41 (59.4p) a time, and now has 532,596. Smith, an accountant, has worked investment banking in Europe and Asia for Flemi
Read moreAnglo American chairman invests £97,000
21st Feb 2011 16:36
Anglo American chairman Sir John Parker has bought £97,000 worth of shares in the mining giant but this did nothing to stop the share price sliding further after last week's results and deal with Lafarge. Sir John bought 3,000 shares at £32.38 each on Monday but the share price closed at £31.85.
Read moreChief executive's wife buys Northgate shares
24th Jan 2011 16:35
Robert Contreras's wife has acquired nearly £20,000 worth of shares in light commercial vehicle hirer Northgate. Contreras was appointed chief executive in June last year. For the previous two years he had been finance director. There were 6,800 shares acquired at 294p each. The couple's holding
Read moreFerrexpo's logistics purchase
15th Dec 2010 10:57
Iron ore producer Ferrexpo is buying inland waterway transport company Helogistics for €28.5m, which is equivalent to net asset value. Earlier this year, Ferrexpo provided a €6m working capital loan to a subsidiary of Helogistics so it knows the business reasonably well. Helogistics is one of the
Read moreReconstruction Capital II FY Pretax Profit EUR5.2M Vs Loss EUR63.5M
30th Jun 2010 10:08
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Reconstruction Capital II Ltd (RC".LN) said Wednesday that for the year ended Dec. 31, 2009, it made a pretax profit of EUR5.2 million compared with a pretax loss of EUR63.5 million a year earlier. MAIN FACTS: -Revenue EUR3.1 million (2008: EUR2.7 million) -Total inve
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