Pearson boss stocks up
5th Jan 2012 15:48
Marjorie Scardino, Chief Executive of Financial Times publisher Pearson, has marked her fifteenth anniversary in the role with the purchase of 374 American Depository Receipts (ADRs). ADRs represent the ownership of shares in a non-US company. The purchase was made as part the firm's employee stock
Read morePearson chief sells £0.5m worth of shares
12th Dec 2011 16:36
Marjorie Scardinom, chief executive of Pearson, has made multiple sales of her stake in the firm on the same day it announced plans to sell its 50% stake in FTSE International to the London Stock Exchange. Scardinom, 64, sold 32,960 at 1,147.00p each, 12,040 at 1,140.59p, and 5,000 at 1,147.49p fo
Read moreTVC Holdings founder invests
9th Sep 2011 16:33
The chairman and founder of TVC Holdings, an investment firm focused on Irish companies, has upped his stake in the company, spending about £300,000. Shane Reihill took 500,000 shares at €0.70 a time and now has 21,668,322, which is about 21.4% of the company. Reihill founded TVC in 1997. He also
Read moreCost controls boost Swallowfield profits
7th Sep 2011 08:07
Swallowfield, the supplier of cosmetics, toiletries and household goods to various brands and retailers, pointed to tight cost controls as it posted a rise in profits for the year to 30 June. Pre-tax profits climbed to £1.33m from £1.18m on revenues that rose to £57.5m from £52.4m. The full-year di
Read moreSwallowfield, cautious on UK consumer, warns on margins
20th May 2011 17:16
The supplier of cosmetics and toiletries Swallowfield has today warned that its operating margins for the year ending on 30 June 2011 are likely to be around 70% lower than previously expected. The above due to the fact that the escalation in raw material costs has been more severe than it was antic
Read moreGyllenhammar seeks to unseat Swallowfield chairman
14th Mar 2011 16:00
AIM-quoted Swallowfield has set a date for the general meeting requisitioned by Peter Gyllenhammar in order to remove Shena Winning as chairman of the personal care and household products supplier. Swallowfield has convened a meeting for 11 April. Swallowfield believes that Gyllenhammar will not
Read moreSmall caps: Nautical, Innovation, Kalahari, Reliance, Swallowfield
9th Sep 2010 14:18
Shares in Nautical Petroleum rose after positive results from the Kraken appraisal well in the North Sea. Business process outsourcing company Innovation has won a 5-year contract with car rental firm Enterprise to help with accident management and other issues. Biopharmaceutical group Reliance Ge
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Swallowfield, Perpetual Income & Growth IT
14th Jun 2010 12:22
Shares in Swallowfield, a supplier of cosmetics and toiletries to the own label and branded sectors, dropped after the group warned that trading in the second half will be below expectations. Perpetual Income and Growth Investment Trust's shares produced a total return of 31% to shareholders over t
Read moreSwallowfield Sees 2H Trading Well Below Company Views
14th Jun 2010 12:06
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Swallowfield PLC (SWL.LN), a supplier of cosmetics, toiletries and related household products, said Monday that the pick up in trading during May and June to date has not been to plan and consequently, trading in the fiscal second half will be below the company's previous expecta
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