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Sagentia Appoints Rebecca Hemsted As Finance Director

LONDON (Alliance News) - Sagentia Group PLC said Monday that it had appointed Rebecca Hemsted as finance director, starting Monday. Hemsted will succeed Neil Elton, who will remain with the board to ensure an orderly handover until February 14. Shares in the technology consulting comp

Sagentia Expects In Line Performance For Full Year, Finance Director Steps Down

DIRECTOR DEALING - Sagentia Issues Treasury Shares, Director Exercises Options

Tuesday broker round-up UPDATE

Adept Telecom: Northland Capital revises target price from 108p to 115p and maintains a buy recommendation. AG Barr: Panmure Gordon raises target price from 500p to 600p and retains a hold recommendation. Aquarius Platinum: Westhouse Securities shifts target price from 35p to 40p upgrading from se

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Anglo Pacific Group: Finncap cuts target price from 320p to 279p staying with its buy recommendation. Ashtead Group: Citi takes target price from 660p to 750p and maintains a buy recommendation. Centrica: Berenberg ups target price from 370p to 380p keeping a hold recommendation. Coal of Afica: I

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Admiral Group: Deutsche Bank takes target price from 1140p to 1300p retaining a hold recommendation. African Barrick Gold: Deutsche Bank ups target price from 173p to 180p staying with its hold recommendation. Albemarle & Bond: Canaccord Genuity reduces target price from 280p to 146p and downgrade

Monday broker round-up UPDATE

Aggreko: JP Morgan takes target price from 1845p to 1870p, while reiterating a neutral rating. Anglo American: Nomura reduces target price from 1800p to 1700p and downgrades from neutral to reduce. ARM Holdings: Deutsche Bank increases target price from 400p to 445p, but still recommends selling.

Revenues sag at Sagentia as medical project suspended

The research and development consultancy, Sagentia, has issued a warning on 2012 revenues after a big project with a north American medical start-up was suspended. Sagentia says the suspension will see revenues in the first half of 2012 coming in lower than the second six months of 2011. The group

Sagentia makes eight million pound tender offer

Sagentia Group, the research and development outsourcer, has seen a sharp drop in its share price after announcing an £8m tender offer. Sagentia had a very tricky period in 2009 but has staged an impressive recovery since, gaining 575%. The board has considered several sale and merger offers but d

Sagentia signs $10m contract with US firm

Sagentia, the outsourced technology R&D group, has signed a multi-year contract with a major US consumer company to provide outsourced research and development services, including new product development. The value of the contract is around $10m over the initial term of three years. In a statem

Sagentia's revenue ahead of expectations

Outsourced research and development consultancy services provider Sagentia Group said its revenue grew in excess of 20% compared to last year, ahead of its expectations. Shares of the company soared 10% following the announcement, which also contained good news in the form of continued improvement

Sagentia's profits ahead of expectations

Profits during the first four months of Sagentia's year are said to be "materially ahead" of its expectations, helped by strong growth in the medical sector. The international technology consulting company said that the strong turnaround in operating performance - reported in February - has continu

United Utilities boss raises £588,000 from share sale

United Utilities chief executive Philip Green has raised £588,000 by selling 100,000 shares. Green still has 116,384 shares. The shares that were sold for 588p each were owned by Green and his wife Judy, who no longer holds any shares. In February, Green received 136,607 shares from the company'

Sagentia beats expectations but warns on demand

Sagentia's profits for the year to 31 December beat expectations, but the technology and product development consultant sounded a cautious note on future trading, saying demand is unpredictable. The company moved to a pre-tax profit of £2.2m against a loss of £3.5m the previous year, even as revenu

Incoming Whitbread boss takes another slice

Whitbread's incoming chief executive Andy Harrison has continued signalling his commitment to his new employers, spending nearly £500,000 on shares in the hotel and coffee shop operator. He bought 29,439 shares at 1,685.74 a time and now has 161,673. Harrison, who used to be chief executive at eas