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Charles Taylor acquires KnowledgeCenter

Charles Taylor, which provides professional services to clients in the insurance market, has acquired the business and assets of KnowledgeCentre. KnowledgeCenter, which provides business solutions to the insurance industry through its management software applications, will become part of Charles Ta

Charles Taylor Buys KnowledgeCenter Insurance Services For Up To GBP7.1M

InterContinental Hotels director sells 70,000 shares

InterContinental Hotels' President of the Americas has sold 70,000 shares on Monday, reducing his stake to 388,330 shares. The shares were sold for 1,858.95p each for a total of £1.3m. The transaction comes just a few weeks after the company agreed to sell the leasehold interest at its London P

Intu Properties Deputy Chairman continues to build stake

John Whittaker, the Deputy Chairman of Intu Properties, has continued to show his support for the company after it was relegated to the FTSE 250 by boosting his stake in the group to 20 per cent. In two separate transactions the well-known property mogul purchased 600,000 shares worth £1.98m and t

Charles Taylor names Tito Soso as new CFO

Professional services provider Charles Taylor has appointed Tito Soso as its new Group Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director with immediate effect. David Marock, Group Chief Executive of Charles Taylor, said: "We are very pleased to have Tito on board. His breadth of knowledge across diffe

Charles Taylor appoints temporary Chief Financial Officer

Charles Taylor, which provides professional services to clients in the global insurance market, has appointed Tito Soso as Interim Group Chief Financial Officer to replace George Fitzsimons, who as previously announced will be stepping down as an Executive Director and as Group Finance Director at t

Charles Taylor FD steps down

Insurance consultancy firm Charles Taylor announced that finance director George Fitzsimons will be stepping down from the board after seven years with the company. Fitzsimons will remain with the company for the time being to ensure an orderly handover, Charles Taylor explained. The board has st

BBA Aviation boss jettisons incentive plan shares

Shares in aviation support service group BBA Aviation are a few pence off their 52-week high, so it was not a bad time for Group Chief Executive Simon Pryce to get shot of a pile of shares awarded under the firm's long term incentive and bonus plans. Pryce jettisoned 323,613 shares at 215.55p each

Arena Chief puts his money where his mouth is

Mark Elliot, Chief Executive of Arena, the race course owner, has acquired over two million shares in the firm. The company announced that over 12m ordinary shares in the firm were allotted for submission onto the LSE, over 8.7m of which were allotted following vesting of awards granted pursuant t

Charles Taylor off to satisfactory start after watershed 2011

Insurance consultancy firm Charles Taylor Consulting is putting its January profits warning behind it, with Chairman Rupert Robson claiming that the new Chief Executive's strategy is already delivering results. "2011 was a watershed year for Charles Taylor. We welcomed David Marock, our new Group C

Friday preview: Charles Taylor, mortgage lending, consumer confidence

A week dominated by the Budget looks set to end on a quiet note, with few heavy hitters from the corporate world expected to make announcements. Insurance consultancy firm Charles Taylor issued a profit warning back in January after slightly higher fourth quarter costs in the Management Services bu

Monday broker round-up - UPDATE

BAE Systems: Barclays Capital upgrades to overweight from neutral. Weir: JP Morgan downgrades to neutral from overweight. Royal Dutch: ING initiates coverage at buy. IMI: UBS downgrades from buy to neutral, target cut from 950p to 900p. Renishaw: UBS upgrades from neutral to buy, target hiked

Charles Taylor at lower end of forecasts

Insurance consultancy firm Charles Taylor Consulting said its trading performance was towards the lower end of management's expectations, after slightly higher fourth quarter costs in the Management Services business and a quieter end to the year in Adjusting Services. The Management Services busi

Double deal for African Barrick Gold

It was a double director deal for African Barrick Gold on Monday after its chief financial officer and senior independent non-executive director both bought shares in the mining firm. CFO Kevin Jennings added to his stock with 9,000 shares at 494.94p each, for a total of £44,545, while Derek G. P

Bramson tightens hold on FCAM

Activist investor Edward Bramson effectively staged a board room coup earlier this year at F&C Asset Management, but having installed himself as chairman, he has continued to build up his interest in the company. On Friday, he acquired a beneficial interest of 200,000 shares in the asset management