Small caps round-up: Lighthouse, Verona Pharma, Manroy...
9th Jul 2012 10:25
Shares in Lighthouse Group, the financial advice and wealth management group, plunged on Monday after the company proposed to cancel its listing on AIM. The group must receive approval from shareholders representing at least three-quarters of the company's shares for the cancellation to be approved.
Read moreSmall caps round-up: United Carpets, PLUS, Tristel and Phaunos
15th Jun 2012 14:59
Floor coverings seller United Carpets has had to terminate a number of struggling franchises this year, which is likely to have a detrimental effect on the performance of the group, as it is proving increasingly challenging in the current environment to turn around failing stores. PLUS Markets Grou
Read moreSmall caps round-up: DQ Entertainment, Tristel, ReNeuron
3rd Apr 2012 12:39
DQ Entertainment, a producer of animation, visual effects, game art and live action entertainment content for the global media and entertainment industry, has won three new contracts for co-production. The first is with French broadcaster TF1 for the new 3D animated TV series of Robin Hood, the seco
Read moreTristel looking to clean up
12th Mar 2012 09:10
The big investment in manufacturing facilities and staff is now complete at contamination and infection control products maker Tristel, leaving the company free to concentrate on breaking out all over like a rash. The company saw sales surge to £5.06m in the second half of 2011 from £4.57m in the c
Read moreBank of America boss sheds shares
4th Jan 2012 15:26
The Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, has sold 9,527 shares of the US lender at $5.56 each, an announcement which came on the same day the bank suffered a legal setback in a dispute with bond insurer MBIA. MBIA has accused Bank of America subsidiary Countrywide Financi
Read moreBP man has a dip
23rd Dec 2011 09:44
Brendan Nelson, a non-executive director of BP and a chairman of the firm's audit committee, has dipped his hand into his pocket and bought just under £50,000 worth of shares in the oil giant. Nelson, a chartered accountant and a partner in accountancy giant KPMG, paid slightly less than 450p a sha
Read moreSABMiller new recruit buys first round of shares
25th Nov 2011 14:39
Lesley Knox, a non-executive director at SABMiller, the multi-national lager brewing company, has snapped up £63,225-worth of shares in the firm. Knox, 58, is a new recruit to SABMiller, and is also the chairwoman of Alliance Trust and the Grosvenor Group. Earlier today, the company announced th
Read morePremier Foods director spoons up more shares
11th Nov 2011 10:43
Bob Spooner, group operations director of Premier Foods, has served himself £13,350 worth of shares, just days after the struggling firm was given a bit of breathing space by its bankers. The bankers have agreed to defer the company's end-of-year loan covenant tests by three months, in a move which
Read moreTristel's tax refund boosts cash flow
8th Aug 2011 13:51
Infection and contamination control products supplier Tristel has strengthened its cash position with a corporation tax cash refund of £350,000. The refund comes after the company made a retrospective research and development tax claim. As a consequence of the tax relief the corporation tax acco
Read moreTristel chairman buys shares
6th May 2011 14:46
Tristel's chairman Francisco Soler has been adding to his stake in the infection and contamination control products supplier. He took 50,000 shares at 41.5p a time, spending more than £20,000. The purchase was drop in the ocean compared to his previous holding. He and his family now own a combined
Read moreTristel profits fall after expansion investment
14th Mar 2011 09:25
Infection and contamination control products supplier Tristel saw profits fall in the six months to 31 December, despite higher revenues, as it stepped up expansion. Pre-tax profits fell by 34% from the same period the previous year to £0.433m, even as revenues jumped by 13.4% to £4.565m. Tristel
Read moreSmall caps round-up: YouGov, Dragon Oil, Tristel ...
30th Dec 2010 10:44
Market research agency YouGov has sold off its Great Place to Work Deutschland (GPW Germany) subsidiary to the unit's management for £0.8m in cash. At 31 July 2010, GPW Germany had net assets of £350,000. In the financial year to 31 July 2010, its revenues were £2.3m and its profit before tax was
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Agriterra, Cohort, GB...
18th Oct 2010 11:34
Agriterra, focussed on the agricultural sector in central and southern Africa, is making "fantastic" progress, announcing record buying and sales of maize in Mozambique. Sales soared 174% in May, they were up 208% in June, 149% in July and have more than doubled in August and September. Milling ope
Read moreLondon close: Banks behind fresh surge
9th Sep 2010 16:38
Investors were back in love with banks Thursday which, coupled with a big session for the miners, pushed the leading index to a new four-month high. The FTSE 100 finished not far off its best levels above 5,500. It was the first tim eit had traded above the big figure since May 4. British lenders
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Eros, China Medical Systems, Tristel.....
9th Sep 2010 14:48
Indian films distributor Eros International has filed a prospectus for the proposed flotation of Eros International Media Limited in relation to the proposed flotation on the National Stock Exchange of India and the Bombay Stock Exchange. The offer will open on 17 September and be closed four days l
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