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DIRECTOR DEALINGS - Ashley House Chairman, CEO, Others Buy 310K Sharess

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Alent: Credit Suisse initiates with a target price of 430p and an outperform rating. Amlin: Morgan Stanley ups target price from 428p to 469p, while maintaining an overweight rating. Anite: Espirito Santo cuts target price from 180p to 165p retaining a buy recommendation. Ashtead Group: UBS takes

Ashley House appoints Executive Director

Ashley House, the healthcare property and facilities development company, announced on Monday the appointment of Richard Darch as Executive Director. Darch has run health and social care consultancy and infrastructure businesses, including as a director for Healthcare Partnering and Infracare Dev

Broker tips: Carpetright, Pearson, Ashtead

Analysts at Panmure Gordon have today issued a biting note on Carpetright, with analyst Philip Dorgan indicating that: 'We are slightly surprised to see that UK second quarter like-for-like sales growth slowed from quarter one, given kitten soft comparables. However, gross margin guidance is retaine

Losses widen at Ashley House

Health and social care infrastructure specialist Ashley House said half year losses widened after it took a non cash impairment of £18.2m and a tax credit. Otherwise the company performance was at a fairly flat level during the first six months of the financial year as difficulties and uncertainty

Ashley House slides into FY loss

Health and social care infrastructure specialist Ashley House swung into a full year pre-tax loss in what the company described as 'a difficult and uncertain year.' Amid the ongoing NHS re-organisation and in view of the continuing uncertainty it warned it is not expecting to grow in the short ter

Ashley House hit by NHS shake-up

Shares in health and social care infrastructure specialist Ashley House slumped almost 16% after it issued a profit warning. Uncertainty about the future of the NHS, delays and adverse weather conditions in the third quarter is expected to impact the company's full year profitability by approximate

Ashley House directors build stakes

Directors bought stakes in Ashley House following the care home builder's interim results yesterday. Six directors took stakes in the company, with the biggest coming from chairman William Wells, deputy chairman Stephen Minion, chief executive Jonathan Holmes and finance director Antony Waters. The

Assura in agreed bid for AH Medical

Pharmacy and GP services supplier Assura has launched a recommended bid for AH Medical Properties (AHMP), the property investment company specialising in primary care assets. Assura is offering 0.85 shares for each AHMP, with a cash alternative of 40p per share, in a deal that values AHMP at about

Ashley House: Lloyds Banking Group Holds No Voting Rights

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Ashley House PLC (ASH.LN), said Friday that Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LLOY.LN), was no longer interested in the company's voting rights. -Shares traded Friday at 37.0 pence, valuing the company at GBP20.59 million. -By Razak Musah Baba, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9

AH Medical Properties Agrees GBP2M Convertible Loan

By Razak Musah Baba Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES LONDON (Dow Jones)--AH Medical Properties said Tuesday it has secured GBP2 million of new financing through the issue of a secured convertible loan note to two private individuals which will be used to buy and renovate three new properties, as well

Small caps round-up: Ithaca, Ambrian Capital, Providence...

Oil and gas firm Ithaca Energy said it increased production throughout the second quarter of 2010 and remains on target to achieve forecast 2010 production levels. Production in the second quarter averaged 10,217 barrels of oil per day, a 17% improvement over first quarter production. Stockbroker

Ashley House FY10 Pretax Profit Down 69% On Project Delays

LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.K. primary care infrastructure company Ashley House PLC (ASH.LN) Tuesday posted a 69% fall in fiscal-year pretax profit, citing a difficult year characterized by "exceptional delays" to projects due to political uncertainty and budget concerns. The company, which designs a

Ashley House in good health

Care home builder Ashley House virtually doubled profits at the interim stage but cautioned that the short term outlook remains uncertain. Profit before tax in the six months to 31 October surged to £1.47m from £0.75m the year before, on revenue that advanced to £13.35m from £8.12m. ‘The fundament

Tuesday tips round-up: J Sainsbury, Phorm, Pace

Analysts also point out that comparative sales figures for J Sainsbury are about to get tougher, which might take the sheen off its recent strong performance, says the Telegraph. Given Sainsbury's third place in the UK market, the work it needs to do to catch up with Tesco and continuing uncertaint