London open: Slow start for Footsie
5th Jul 2010 08:42
Early gains for Footsie have disappeared quickly in the face of a poor start for the miners and the absence later on of Wall Street, closed for Independence Day. BP is one of the gainers on reports the governments of Kuwait, China and Singapore could inject funds under a £6bn plan designed to shore
Read moreSagentia to smash forecasts
5th Jul 2010 08:15
R&D consultant Sagentia is trading so strongly it now expects its first half results not only to beat estimates but also to exceed the forecasts for the whole year. 'This significant turnaround in performance, compared to the loss reported in the first half of 2009, is due to the restructuring unde
Read moreSagentia Group Sees 1H Profit Well Ahead Of Market Views
5th Jul 2010 07:28
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Sagentia Group PLC (SAG.LN), an international technology consulting company, said Monday its profit for the period ended June 30, 2010, is anticipated to be substantially ahead of market expectations with pretax profit for the 6 month period ahead of the current market forecast f
Read moreRatcliffe becomes Sagentia chairman
15th Apr 2010 17:37
Martyn Ratcliffe has been appointed as chairman of technology consultancy Sagentia following the lapsing of his mandatory bid. Ratcliffe, the chairman of Microgen, acquired 48.4% of the shares of Sagentia from Catella Switzerland AG at 23.8p a share. This meant that Ratcliffe had to make a mandato
Read moreBeard increases Huntsworth stake
30th Dec 2009 14:32
Non-executive director Eugene Beard has added to his holding in marketing communications firm Huntsworth Group. He invested £31,200 in 50,000 Huntsworth shares. This takes his stake to 625,000 shares. Beard invested nearly £24,000 in June, when he added 61,376 shares to his shareholding. Beard is
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