Macfarlane Grp. Share News (MACF)

Macfarlane Remains Optimistic Despite Mixed Trading In Second Half To Date

Galliford Try CEO reduces stake in company after upbeat update

Greg Fitzgerald, the Chief Executive of Galliford Try, the FTSE 250 building group, has reduced his stake in the company by 300,000 shares just a week after announcing the group is now 'well positioned to deliver further profitable growth'. Fitzgerald, who has occupied the role of CEO since 2005,

Capital Shopping Deputy Chairman fills his basket

John Whittaker, Deputy Chairman of Capital Shopping Centres, the FTSE 100 shopping centre operator, has taken 28,250 shares to the till. His purchases, 324.80p each, cost him a total of £124,236. Whittaker may have been making the most of the firm's share price, which is down 68p or 17.5% over th

Saudi businesswoman opens WPP account

Non-executive director Lubna Olayan has opened her account in the advertising and marketing giant WPP. The Saudi businesswoman took 10,000 shares 738.5p a pop, paying a total of £73,850. Olayan, the daughter of entrepreneur Sulaiman Olayan, has been with WPP since 2005. In an update last week,

Small caps round-up: LSL Property Services, MacFarlane, Oxford Biomedica ...

Estate agent and surveyor LSL Property Services said it is cautious on the market for 2011 given the shortage of mortgage finance and other economic challenges but confident it can continue gaining market share. For the year to 31 December, revenue at LSL, which operates Britain's biggest estate ag

Small caps round-up: John Menzies, Hyder Consulting, Macfarlane...

Aviation and newspaper distribution group John Menzies announced its is trading well and continues to be highly cash generative. Profitability and debt levels for the full year are expected to be in line with expectations. The aviation division remains on track for a strong year boosted by larger c

Former UKFI boss buys Lloyds shares

Glen Moreno has bought his first shares in Lloyds Banking Group since he was appointed senior independent non-executive director of the company on 1 March. He has bought 50,000 ADRs, which is the equivalent of 200,000 shares, at $3.69 each. That is equivalent to just over 61p a share, making the c

Small caps round-up: Strontium, Griffin Mining, OPG...

Professional services group Strontium increased profit after tax and exceptional items 13-fold in the six months to 31 December to £97,895. Profit on continuing activities before taxation and impairment charges rose 95% to £145,270 on revenue from continuing activities up 23% to £1.23m. "Market c

Macfarlane 'cautiously optimistic' for 2010

Support services firm Macfarlane ramped up underlying profit by 28% last year and says trading has been encouraging at the start of 2010. Pre-tax profit rose to £3.18m from £2.48m in 2008 on revenue unchanged at £123.6m, while profit from continuing operations increased to £2.49m from £1.97m. "The

Small caps round-up: Trafficmaster, UK Coal, Xtract Energy

Satnav group Trafficmaster is still heading higher after growing pre-tax profit by 43% in the first six months of 2009 to £3.4m on revenue up 6% to £28.9m. 'We expect to continue to encounter tough market conditions, but we believe we are well placed to meet expectations for the year,' chief execut