Derby schools contract for Balfour Beatty
21st Jun 2010 07:13
Infrastructure specialist contractor Balfour Beatty has been appointed preferred bidder for a Derby schools project. Derby City Council has named Balfour as its preferred bidder for its £231m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme under which 14 schools in the city will either be built or
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Prudential, Drax, Britvic
19th May 2010 06:45
If you can't afford the rights - or are unwilling to stump up the cash - the Telegraph thinks it is best to sell all of your Prudential holding alongside your rights, rather than be diluted out of the dividend and earnings to this extent. Sell up and walk away. Hopefully investors who do this will
Read moreSmall caps round-up: China Food, China Wonder
17th May 2010 11:58
Investors were keen to tuck into shares in China Food after the maker of cooking and dipping sauces said its new soy sauce factory in Shou Guang City is open. The new factory will increase the company's condiments production by 50% of capacity, it says. Another China-focused country, China Wonder,
Read moreSector movers: Software stocks in demand
19th Apr 2010 13:16
GB Group is among the stocks lifting software and computer services stocks higher on a busy day for the sector. The identity management business said it expects to report profits significantly better than the revised market expectations despite difficult market conditions. Profit before interest,
Read moreBalfour and RM win Ealing schools contract
19th Apr 2010 07:48
Contractor Balfour Beatty has made its fourth contract win announcement of the month, with the award this time being for an Ealing schools project. Ealing Council has appointed Balfour Beatty as a preferred bidder for the council's £300m public-private partnership (PPP) Building Schools for the Fut
Read moreTechMARK movers: Antisoma plunges after trial halted
29th Mar 2010 15:11
Shares in cancer drug developer Antisoma have fallen by more than two-thirds following news that Novartis has halted a Phase III trial for lung cancer treatment ASA404. There is concern about the continued support of Novartis. An initial assessment of the data showed that there was not going to be
Read moreLondon afternoon: Full steam ahead for Carnival
23rd Mar 2010 14:15
London's leading shares consolidated gains over the lunch-time trading session after notching up solid gains in the morning. Cairn Energy remains the stand-out performer among blue-chips by some distance. The oil group raised its forecast for peak production from its Indian assets by over a third t
Read moreRM expects revenue growth in the first half
23rd Mar 2010 11:50
Schools IT equipment supplier RM said the first half of the year will see year-on-year revenue growth and a further increase in committed future revenues. Trading so far has been supportive of management's expectations for the year as a whole, however, the group added that its business is highly se
Read moreTechMARK movers: RM secures Hull contract
5th Mar 2010 15:29
Educational resources supplier RM has finalised the contract to provide managed IT services to nine schools in Hull, which are part of the 'Building Schools for the Future' programme. This contract is worth £16.5m. There are two more phases of the project which cover a further 14 schools. Share
Read moreChairman's wife buys Redrow shares
2nd Mar 2010 16:33
Redrow chairman Steve Morgan's wife has bought 100,000 shares in the housebuilder taking their combined stake to 29.95%. Fiona Morgan paid 131.5p a share for the 100,000 shares. The total cost was £131,500. Morgan founded Redrow in 1974 and floated the company 20 years later. He also owns Wolver
Read moreTechMARK movers: RM gains another contract
2nd Feb 2010 14:55
Educational products and services supplier RM Group continues to win new contracts. The latest has reversed the company's recent share price slide. Essex County Council has awarded RM the contract to provide ICT services for its Building Schools for the Future programme. The first four schools sho
Read moreTechMARK movers: Sepura's german contract gain
29th Jan 2010 15:02
There has been a delayed share price reaction to TETRA digital radio technology developer Sepura's interim management statement. Yesterday's statement covered the period between 1 October 2009 and 27 January 2010. The award of a contract by North Rhine-Westphalia has been confirmed. This is for
Read more1st Dental share buy
22nd Jan 2010 16:32
Grahame Sewell, who was appointed non-executive chairman of AIM-quoted 1st Dental Laboratories on 23 September 2009, has acquired more than 2% of the company. Sewell bought 938,333 shares at 2.5p each. That cost £23,458. Sewell's stake increases to 1.05m shares, or 2.49% of 1st Dental. It is par
Read moreSeaEnergy director buys
14th Jan 2010 16:38
John Aldersley-Williams, a non-executive director in offshore wind power company SeaEnergy, has invested £11,400 in the company's shares. He bought 20,000 shares at 57p a share. This takes his total holding to 67,816 shares. The share pruchase follows last week's news that SeaEnergy and its par
Read moreLondon close: Strong run continues
5th Jan 2010 16:40
Strength in the financial sector helped Footsie continue its strong start to 2009, closing near its highest levels in more than a year. RBS added to yesterday's stellar gains and is joined higher by fellow banks Barclays and Lloyds. The latter pair have been selected by Deutsche Bank as the best t
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