Rotala's first half revenue rises 11%
12th Aug 2016 08:32
(ShareCast News) - Bus and coach operator Rotala's half year revenues increased due to the acquisition of OFJ Connections, while it remains positive about the Buses Bill in parliament. For the six months ended 31 May, revenue increased by 11% to £27.4m compared to the same period last year. Operatin
Read moreRotala buys Wigan Coachways
4th Aug 2016 14:07
(ShareCast News) - Transport company Rotala has acquired Wigan Coachways for a cash consideration of £213,000. The company estimated that the business has annual revenues of around £500,000 and that its eight-strong vehicle fleet has a fair value of approximately £58,000. Rotala will not assume any
Read moreDirectors dealings: NAIT boosts stake in EKF Diagnostics to 14.1%
10th Jun 2016 14:11
(ShareCast News) - Harwood Capital, acting as investment manager on behalf of North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust PLC, picked up another large batch of shares in EKF Diagnostics. Christoper Mills, who was named to the post of non-executive chairman at the global point-of-care medical d
Read moreRotala chugs its way through 2015
4th Feb 2016 14:57
(ShareCast News) - Rotala's buses were chugging along on Thursday, as the company updated the market on the year to 30 November, with language reflecting a relatively flat year. The AIM-traded omnibus company said pre-tax profit, off a slightly reduced level of turnover and before exceptional items,
Read moreRotala chairman increases stake in company
21st Jan 2016 16:11
(ShareCast News) - Rotala's chairman has purchased another 113,000 shares in the company through his family trust. The Gunn Family Charitable Trust, for which chairman John Gunn is a beneficiary, bought the shares on Wednesday for a total sum of £85,880. It takes Gunn's direct beneficial interest i
Read moreRotala acquires OFJ Connections' Heathrow operations
8th Jan 2016 08:23
(ShareCast News) - Rotala has purchased OFJ Connections' Heathrow operations for £1.3m. The AIM-listed transport company announced the deal on Friday, which is estimated to have revenues of approximately £5.5m. OFJ deals with the movement of crew for a large number of airlines from their aircraft t
Read morePayday for Standard Chartered bosses
23rd Sep 2015 14:56
(ShareCast News) - Standard Chartered's top brass had a massive payday on Wednesday. Chief executive Bill Winters, executive director Mike Rees and finance director Andy Halford all took home their allocation of fixed pay allowance delivered in shares, which are being spread over a five year period.
Read moreRotala's chairman sells 245,256 shares after profit drops
11th Aug 2015 16:14
(ShareCast News) - The non-executive chairman of Rotala sold 245,256 shares in the transport company, just a day after it posted a drop in first half profits. John Gunn sold the shares for an individual price of 68.5p, bringing home a total of 168,000 in the transaction. He now holds 6.12m shares,
Read moreRotala posts lower profit and eyes law change opportunity
10th Aug 2015 13:16
(ShareCast News) - Shares in transport company Rotala were down slightly after the company posted a drop in first half profits. At 1325 BST shares in the AIM listed stock were down by 0.36% at 86.50p. Rotala posted pre-tax profit of £894,000, down by almost 10% from £990,000 which it posted in the
Read moreRotala snaps up Wings Luxury Travel
1st Jun 2015 14:20
Rotala has purchased the business, brand and coach fleet of Wings Luxury Travel for £1.5m. The acquisition is expected to generate around £0.4m of positive goodwill on consolidation, bus services provider Rotala said. The Wings business generated revenue of around £1.9m and pre-tax profit of £0.09m
Read moreLee goes bargain hunting at Synthomer as yield adds attractions
15th Oct 2014 16:51
Director Lee Hau Hian has bought a further raft of shares in FTSE 250 chemicals company Synthomer, after its shares had fallen to a 12-month low in the wake of mixed interim results recently. Lee, who has been a director on and off since 1993, bought £131,606 at 189.5p and £57,772 at 189.1p. The sh
Read moreReed Elsevier's Wolfhart Hauser builds stake as Rotala chair sells 900,000 shares
8th Oct 2014 16:35
Wolfhart Hauser, who joined the board of Reed Elsevier in early 2013, has spent £39,791 on building his stake in the business publishing group. The non-executive paid 968.87p apiece for 4,107 shares and 1,736 euro cents a share on a further 1,260 NV shares. Meanwhile, John Gunn, the non-executive c
Read moreRotala's first half profits up boosted by acquisitions
7th Aug 2014 17:20
Rotala's first half profit before tax was up 12% on Thursday, boosted by acquisitions made in March 2013. However, the alternative investment market company revenues were down 2% as contracted services fell 9% due to issues with National Express. Rotala launched legal proceedings against National
Read moreThursday broker round-up UPDATE
7th Aug 2014 09:42
Afren: Oriel cuts target price from 145p to 125p, while upgrading from hold to buy. Canaccord Genuity moves from hold to a speculative buy with a target price of 120p. Aggreko: Morgan Stanley raises target price from 1300p to 1350p, while leaving its underweight rating unaltered. Clinigen: N+1 Sin
Read moreRotala settles legal row with National Express
2nd Jun 2014 07:31
Bus operator Rotala has done a deal to settle a legal dispute with rival National Express. Rotala, which runs buses in the West Midlands and north-west England, had been in dispute with National Express about the loss of contracts to run services on behalf of the international bus and train operato
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