The German-born ex-director of the Uffizi Galleries, Eike Schmidt, is still in the fight to become Florence’s next mayor after a first round of voting over the weekend put him firmly in second place behind leading candidate Sara Furano. As neither received more than 50 percent of the vote, the …
Read More »Director dealings: Senior board member buys £26k of Kingfisher shares
B&Q owner Kingfisher was on the list of buys on Wednesday, after its senior independent director spent more than £26k on shares. The FTSE 100 retailer said Catherine Bradley bought 10,000 shares in an open market transaction on Tuesday. Bradley paid 261.7p for each share, spending a total of £26,170 …
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Timothee Chalamet, left, and Rebecca Ferguson in a scene from Dune. Chia Bella James/The Associated Press Plan your screen time with the weekly What to Watch newsletter. Sign up today. Dune Directed by Denis Villeneuve Story continues below advertisement Written by Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth and Jon Spaihts, based on …
Read More »Director dealings: Sirius Real Estate CEO sells shares
Sirius Real Estate revealed on Wednesday that chief executive Andrew Coombs had disposed of 719,166 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed property company. Coombs, who joined Sirius in 2010, sold the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 74.99p each, for a total value of £539,281.01. Back in June, …
Read More »Director dealings: AO World CFO sells shares
AO World revealed on Tuesday that chief financial officer Mark Higgins had disposed of 146,411 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed retailer. Higgins, who exercised nil cost options over a total of 309,537 ordinary shares on Monday, sold the shares at an average price of 195.0p each, for a total …
Read More »Director dealings: Boohoo executives buy shares amid controversy
Online retailer Boohoo revealed on Thursday that multiple directors had upped their stake in the AIM-listed group that same day. Chairman Mahmud Kamani snapped up 5.0m ordinary shares in the firm at an average price of 214.28p each for a total of £10.7m, while co-founder Carol Kane purchased 2.0m ordinary …
Read More »Director dealings: Talktalk CEO makes share purchase
Talktalk revealed on Tuesday that chief executive Tristia Harrison had acquired 223,045 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed telecommunications firm. Harrison, who joined Talktalk back in 2010, purchased the shares at an average price of 89.0p, for a total value of £198.510.05. Last week, TalkTalk pulled guidance and set aside …
Read More »Director dealings: Midwich MD makes share purchase
Fenby, who took over as MD at Midwich back in 2010, bought the shares on Friday at an average price of 500.0p each, for a total transaction value of £1,000,000. Midwich chairman Andrew Herbert’s wife Sharon also snapped up 3,000 ordinary shares in the firm. As of 1635 GMT, Midwich …
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