W H Ireland unveils new boss
23rd Jul 2010 08:53
Former Collins Stewart man Paul Compton is the new chief executive at stockbroking firm W H Ireland. Compton will take the helm at a company that remained in the red in the six months to 31 May. Loss before tax was £0.518m, a marginal improvement on the consolidated loss of £0.523m the year before
Read moreWH Ireland Swing To 1H Pretax Loss; Names Compton New CEO
23rd Jul 2010 07:41
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Financial services group W.H. Ireland Group PLC (WHI.LN) Friday swung to a first-half pretax loss as revenue was hit by the loss of a major client, but said it was better positioned for difficult markets following its restructuring, and named Paul Compton as its new chief executi
Read moreChanges at the top at WH Ireland
21st May 2010 07:47
Changes at the top are in store at stockbroker WH Ireland as the chief executive and the finance director have both announced their intentions to move on. Chief executive officer Richard Ford will remain with the company until 31 August while finance director Nigel Gurney is sticking around until 1
Read moreFD sells after Invista bid talks end
8th Mar 2010 16:49
Invista Real Estate Investment Management finance director Guy Eastaugh sold nearly one-third of his shares in the company the day after it announced that bid talks had ended. Eastaugh sold 150,000 shares at 49p each, which raised £73,500. Prior to the announcement that the takeover talks had ende
Read moreAmlin non-exec trebles shareholding
4th Mar 2010 16:48
Non-executive director Tony Holt has bought more than £2m worth of shares in insurance underwriter Amlin. Holt bought 500,000 shares at 411.75p each, which takes his shareholding to 759,102 shares. Holt joined Amlin in 1980 and was appointed to the board in 2000. He was group underwriting direct
Read moreWH Ireland revenues fall, losses narrow
2nd Mar 2010 10:55
Shares in WH Ireland fell back after the stockbroker reported a fall in turnover in the year to November 30. The company, which is split into private wealth management and securities divisions, posted a pre-tax loss of £2.1m compared with £2.5m the previous year, as revenues fell to £24.6m from £26
Read moreTesco marketing boss' £3.2m profit
25th Nov 2009 16:26
Tesco's commercial and marketing director Richard Brasher has banked a profit of £3.2m on the sale of options he exercised on 24 November. He exercised options over eight separate tranches of shares. Seven tranches were at varying prices and the eighth was for no cost. Brasher retained 361,950 sha
Read moreWH Ireland halves Aussie stake
6th Nov 2009 08:08
Stockbroker WH Ireland has slashed its stake in its Australian business, selling more than half its shares to local bosses for A$1.27m (£0.7m) in cash. It sold 48,500 shares, or a 39.35% interest in DJ Carmichael, mainly to the Perth based broker's directors. That leaves the UK firm with a 37.28%
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Hill & Smith, Innovation, BlueStar...
17th Aug 2009 09:37
Infrastructure and construction products group Hill & Smith reported a 1% rise in first-half pre-tax profit to £20.2m, while revenue was down 7% at £196.8m. The dividend increased to 4.7p per share compared with 4.3p last time. 'Whilst the extent to which these signs of improvement are maintained
Read moreC&W chairman buys as others sell
21st May 2009 16:58
Reports of big share sales by two Cable & Wireless directors sent its share price sliding after results today, though chairman Richard Lapthone added to his holdings in the global telecoms group. The two sales are said to be of shares awarded under C&W's performance related share scheme, the repor
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