Elevator man buys BP shares
24th May 2011 15:36
Non-executive director George David bought more than £800,000 of shares in BP yesterday, the oil giant announced today. He bought 30,000 American Depositary Receipts (ADS), which is equivalent to 180,000 ordinary BP shares. He paid $43.99 each for half of the ADSs and $43.98 for the other half. Da
Read more3i chairman takes a stake
18th May 2011 16:29
3i's chairman Sir Adrian Montague has splashed out on shares in the private equity company, taking 20,000 shares at 291.71p a time, nearly £60,000-worth. Sir Adrian was appointed chairman of the company in May last year. 3i last week announced it took a £198m hit on its investment in Enterprise,
Read moreChairman's wife sells Hiscox shares
9th May 2011 16:21
The wife of specialist insurance firm Hiscox's chairman Robert Hiscox has pocketed more than £80,000 from the sale of shares in the company. Julia Hiscox offloaded 20,000 at 411p a time. The announcement of the sale comes the week after the Bermuda-based company said Robert Hiscox sold 56,398 shar
Read moreManagers back Goals Soccer
16th Dec 2010 17:13
Members of the management team at Goals Soccer Centres considered today's trading update an opportunity to buy - over £200,000 of shares in total. The five-a-side football pitch operator said trading has been resilient, though the recent snowfall means the company is unlikely to meet its 2010 profi
Read moreInmarsat deputy chairman returns to share register
3rd Dec 2010 16:37
Inmarsat deputy chairman John Rennocks has invested £94,000 in the satellite operator. Rennocks acquired 14,600 shares at 646.5p each. Rennocks has been on the board since January 2005 but he did not own any shares prior to the purchase. This is because he sold the 43,104 shares he previously owne
Read moreCrozier sells free ITV shares to pay the taxman
27th Oct 2010 17:07
Adam Crozier, the former chief executive officer of the Football Association and Royal Mail, and now occupying the same position at terrestrial broadcaster ITV, has sold off about half his shareholding in ITV. Crozier, who joined ITV on 26 April on a base salary of £775,000 per annum plus a pension
Read moreWolseley finance boss opens account
29th Sep 2010 17:43
The finance boss of Wolseley, the supplier of goods to the plumbing and heating trade, demonstrated his confidence in the company's resurgence with the purchase of £150,000 in shares. John Martin, who joined Wolseley in February, bought 10,121 shares at 1,482p a go, his first purchase of shares in
Read moreLancaster's £4.05m SDL share sale
3rd Sep 2010 16:34
SDL International's chairman and chief executive has sold more than one-half of his stake in the content localisation technology company. Mark Lancaster sold 750,000 shares at 540p a share. This raised £4.05m. Lancaster says that he sold the shares in order to finance the purchase of a property. H
Read moreRed Rock boss sells
25th Jun 2010 16:42
Red Rock Resources chairman Andrew Bell has sold more than half of his holding in the AIM-quoted minerals explorer. Bell raised £21,300 from the disposal of 1m shares at 2.13p each. He still owns 800,000 shares. Bell is a former mining analyst with Morgan Grenfell. The shares were sold on the d
Read moreMellon adds to Speymill Deutsche stake
22nd Jun 2010 17:03
Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Property Company non-executive director Jim Mellon has been buying shares in the AIM-quoted property investment company just after it has agreed to take over the management of its own property portfolio. Mellon bought 5m shares at €0.05772 a share and 2m shares at €0.06
Read moreFairpoint chairman raises interest
23rd Dec 2009 15:49
Fairpoint non-executive chairman Matthew Peacock has added to his interest in the debt management business formerly known as Debt Free Direct. Peacock is a partner in Hanover Investors Management and Hanover Investors Management (Cayman) has acquired 181,720 shares at 55p a share. This takes the t
Read moreInchcape chairman buys
22nd Dec 2009 16:07
Inchcape non-executive chairman Ken Hanna has nearly doubled his stake in the vehicle distributor and dealer. Hanna has acquired 330,000 shares at 29.58p each, costing a total of £97,614. That takes his stake to 700,000 shares. Hanna acquired 333,000 shares at 6p each in April's rights issue. T
Read moreInternational Greetings boss buys, shares soar
29th Sep 2009 16:27
Shares in International Greetings soared after the firm announced this afternoon that chairman Keith James bought a big chunk of shares in the greetings card group He bought 40,000 shares at 55p a time, bringing his stake in the company to 50,562 shares. News of the purchase was given an unusually
Read moreGCM Resources chairman buys in
25th Sep 2009 16:58
Coal mine developer GCM Resources' non-executive chairman Gerard Holden has bought nearly £45,000 worth of shares in the company. He took 50,000 at 89p a time. The shares closed at 92p going into the weekend. GCM is hoping to develop the Phulbari Coal project in Bangladesh, pending approval from
Read moreBritish American finance boss sells shares
22nd Sep 2009 16:16
British American Tobacco finance boss Ben Stevens has pocketed nearly £200,000 after offloading some of his stake in the Lucky Strike maker. He sold 5,000 shares at 1,981p a share and 5,000 at 1,969p. He now has just more than 95,000. Stevens has been with British American since 1990. He joined th
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