WHIreland Share News (WHI)

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: W.H. Ireland CEO Acquires 65,000 Shares

WH Ireland Reaches Confidential Settlement With Former CEO

WH Ireland drops as profits tank

WH Ireland, the AIM-listed financial services group serving the smaller company market, saw shares fall sharply on Friday after the company reported that profits more than halved in its first half. Pre-tax profit totalled just £0.06m in the six months to May 31st, down from £0.19m the year before,

WH Ireland's annual turnover grows on new client wins

Financial services group WH Ireland narrowed its annual losses as turnover rose on new client wins and an increase in funds under management. The company's pre-tax loss for the year ended November 30th, 2012, amounted to £0.2m, down from £1.4m in 2011. Group turnover increased by 8.4% to £25.1m,

WH Ireland acquires Seymour Pierce assets

AIM-listed financial services group WH Ireland has acquired Tenebris's private wealth management arm, formerly Seymour Pierce. The Manchester based stockbroking firm paid £25,000 to buy Seymour Pierce, one of the oldest brokers in the City of London, out of administration. The deal boosts WH Irelan

SABMiller Marketing Director trades in shares

Nick Fell, the Marketing Director of SABMiller, has sold 12,400 shares, it was announced Tuesday. The transaction, which took place last week, saw Fell trade in the shares at 2,886.82p per share, pocketing a total of £357,966 before tax. At the end of November the company reported that it had bee

WH Ireland appoints CEO following FSA approval

WH Ireland has appointed Richard Killingbeck as Chief Executive Officer after receiving approval from the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The corporate broking and private wealth management company said Killingbeck has agreed to take on the role with immediate effect. Rupert Lowe, Chairman of

WH Ireland trading update: 'cautiously optimistic' about 2013

AIM-listed financial services group WH Ireland has issued a trading update citing it's cautiously optimistic view about 2013, one day after the group announced that Chief Executive Officer Richard Killingbeck had left with immediate effect. The trading update in respect of the year ending November

Aegis director makes double sale

Harold Mitchell, a senior board member of Aegis Group, the FTSE-250 media and digital communications group, has made a double sale of shares in the month following its better-than-expected full year results. Mitchell, who is the Executive Chairman of Aegis Media Pacific, sold 150,000 shares at 5.5

Small caps round-up: Transense Tech, WH Ireland, Animalcare ...

Animalcare Group, a supplier of veterinary medicines, has said that its Project Quatto has received marketing authorisation from the Veterinary Medicines Directorate. The firm can now place the product on the market. The first sales are expected by the end of the current financial year. WH Ireland

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

WH Ireland moves into profit

Financial services group WH Ireland swung into a half year profit as turnover increased nearly 30% despite ongoing challenging market conditions. Profit before tax for the half year ended 31 May 2011 was £0.71m compared to a loss of £0.62m the year before. Group turnover increased by 29.7% to £11.4

WH Irelands buy big again

Bosses at the stockbroker WH Ireland have been snapping up more shares in the company, continuing a recent spate of buying. Chief executive Paul Compton took 150,000 shares and now has about 1.07m, more than 5% of the company. Chairman Rupert Low took 145,000 and has some 1.06m. They paid 58.5p a

WH Ireland bosses buy big

Bosses at WH Ireland had the company they work for in their sights today as they splashed out thousands of pounds on shares in the stockbroker. Chief executive Paul Compton was the biggest spender, taking 670,448 shares at 50p a time. The purchase, which set him back £335,174, takes his holding to

Small caps round-up: WH Ireland, Norseman Gold, Geong...

Stockbroker WH Ireland made pre-tax loss of £0.3m in the 12 months to November, much less than the £2.1m deficit reported the year before. Turnover fell 25% to £18.4m, but the new financial year has started well, in line with the firm's internal budget and much better than for the previous year.