YouGov directors sell shares for 'financial planning purposes'
29th Jan 2014 16:20
Two senior members of the YouGov board of directors have this week reduced their holdings in the company for 'personal tax and financial planning purposes', the market research firm revealed. The biggest disposal came from Doug Rivers, the company's Chief Innovations Officer, who sold 141,360 shar
Read moreDiploma directors sell post-exercise, Alent stakeholder continues to stock up
22nd Nov 2013 16:08
Three Diploma directors have all disposed of a number of performance related shares post-exercise. The shares, which vested at the end of September, were sold at 676p each. Chief Executive Officer Bruce Thompson traded in 110,000, earning £743,600, Chief Operating Officer Iain Henderson sold 30,0
Read moreSports Direct's Ashley sells 16m shares, YouGov founder trades in 3.35m
24th Oct 2013 16:03
Sports Direct's founder Mike Ashley has sold 16m shares in the retailer, representing a 2.7 per cent holding and netting the billionaire owner of Newcastle United 106m pounds. An announcement to the stock exchange revealed Ashley had sold the shares at a price of 662.5p, marking a 7.5% discount to
Read moreYouGov lauds data product growth as key to full year success
14th Oct 2013 08:05
A focus on data products helped online market researcher YouGov increase sales and profits in the year to July. Revenue grew 8% to £62.6m with profit before tax and exceptional items swelling 13% to £6.8m. The AIM-listed company invested in data products to lower its reliance on custom research, g
Read morePollster YouGov hails strong growth in global data
14th Aug 2013 15:30
Pollster and market research agency YouGov hailed strong growth in its global data business as it reported annual trading in line with hopes. YouGov, whose flagship online opinion profile Opigram is filled in and updated by 350,000 UK panel members, carries out political polling and research for in
Read moreSmall caps roundup: Ceramic Fuel Cells, YouGov, Bayfield Energy Holdings
15th Oct 2012 15:30
Ceramic Fuel Cells, a developer of generators which use fuel cell technology to convert natural gas into electricity and heat, said it had appointed a Commercial Director to its European management team as it seeks to increase sales in Germany. Andreas Ballhausen joins from German energy utility fir
Read moreSmall caps round-up: YouGov, Sareum and InterQuest...
7th Aug 2012 11:25
Environmental Recycling Technologies, which owns the rights to the Powder Impression Moulding (PIM) process which is capable of converting mixed waste plastics into commercially viable products, has confirmed that its US parent application, entitled 'Process for Forming Plastic, Apparatuses for Form
Read moreSmall caps round-up: Monitise, YouGov, 1pm ...
9th Feb 2012 11:07
Monitise has announced a collaboration with Visa, in which Visa DPS will use Monitse's mobile services. The services allow financial institutions to offer their account holders the ability to monitor account history and balances, transfer funds between accounts, and receive near real time transactio
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Talvivaara, Michael Page, Avon Rubber...
11th Oct 2011 06:48
BIt's been a tough year for investors in Talvivaara Mining, the FTSE 250-listed owner of a Finnish nickel mine, writes the Independent. As if a 29 per cent drop in the nickel price in the past six months and a series of plant stoppages in April and May weren't bad enough, the company delivered a tri
Read moreUPDATE: Monday broker round-up
10th Oct 2011 09:08
Antofagasta: Morgan Stanley downgrades to 'underweight' from 'equalweight'. Capita: Galvan Research and Trading gives buy rating and 760p target. Premier Oil: HSBC upgrades to 'overweight' from 'equalweight'. GKN: Credit Suisse cuts target to 205p from 243p. IMI: Credit Suisse cuts target to 67
Read moreYouGov working for the Yankee dollar
10th Oct 2011 07:42
The US is now the biggest market for online market research specialist YouGov following recent acquisitions, and contributed towards a surge in profitability last year. Adjusted profit before tax in the year to July 31st rose 43% to £5.8m from £4.0m the year before on revenue that jumped 26.9% to £
Read moreLondon pre-open: Recapitalisation pledge boosts equities
10th Oct 2011 07:26
The leaders of France and Germany have announced that they are ready to recapitalise Europe's troubled banks and have reached agreement on a "long-lasting, complete package" to counter the bloc's debt crisis. The news is set to be welcomed by the UK stock market, though not, perhaps, as enthusiast
Read moreYouGov gets new guv
11th Aug 2011 09:39
YouGov, the online market research firm, has announced the chief executive officer (CEO) of its American division is to be made "Chief Innovations Officer". Doug Rivers has worked with YouGov since it acquired his firm Polimetrix in 2007. He will now lead the development of key data products and th
Read moreTuesday tips round-up: Aggreko, Cranswick, GlaxoSmithKline
5th Apr 2011 06:39
Temporary power provider Aggreko's shares rallied yesterday as the market welcomed the news that the company is to supply power to Japan to make up for some of the shortfall from the nuclear plants crippled by the disaster. To be sure, there have been questions from analysts about the impact from th
Read moreParagon Diamonds boss takes holding to 86.5%
10th Jan 2011 17:40
The chairman of Paragon Diamonds, Francesco 'Frank' Scolaro, has tightened his grip on the African gemstone group with the purchase of nearly £400,000 in shares. His Grandinex International Corporation took 1.29m shares at 30.47p a share taking Scolaro's total holding to about 123.4m shares, which
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