There has been no end of speculation about industry-specific effects from June's referendum vote, with one of the main areas of concern centring on the UK automotive sector. Not surprising when you consider it supports around 800,000 jobs and accounts for 11.8 per cent of the country’s total exports - the majority of which are destined for continental Europe.
Regardless of the prospective outcome of the UK's 'Brexit' negotiations, it certainly seems that it's still business as usual at BCA Marketplace (BCA) - the largest wholesaler of used cars in the UK and owner of the 'We Buy Any Car' retail site. Ergo the group has just augmented its automotive support services business through a £105m deal to acquire Paragon Automotive - a major operator in outsourced vehicle services.
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Action Hotels ♥ | Mubarak Al-Sabah (ch) | 15 Jul 16 | 858,911 | 52.5 | 450,928 | 98,037,827 | 66.405 |
Amino Technologies ♥ | Thomas Todd (ch) | 20 Jul 16 | 25,000 | 133 | 33,250 | 445,444 | 0.631 |
BCA Marketplace | David Lis | 19 Jul 16 | 25,000 | 170.5 | 42,625 | 100,000 | 0.013 |
BCA Marketplace | Piet Coelewij | 19 Jul 16 | 86,000 | 172.7 | 148,522 | 86,000 | 0.011 |
BCA Marketplace | Stephen Gutteridge | 19 Jul 16 | 25,000 | 171.5 | 42,875 | 25,000 | 0.003 |
Biotech Growth Trust (The) | Julia Le Blan | 20 Jul 16 | 4,000 | 665 | 26,600 | 4,000 | 0.007 |
Biotech Growth Trust (The) | Kay Davies | 18 Jul 16 | 3,500 | 665 | 23,275 | 3,500 | 0.006 |
Conygar Investment Company (The) | Nigel Hamway (ch) | 15 Jul 16 | 80,000 | 134.8 | 107,840 | 1,089,700 | 1.411 |
Conygar Investment Company (The) | Preston Rabl | 15 Jul 16 | 40,000 | 134.8 | 53,920 | 1,525,480 | 1.975 |
Conygar Investment Company (The) | Robert Ware (ce) | 20 Jul 16 | 100,000 | 133.5 | 133,500 | 4,500,000 | 5.827 |
Crawshaw ♥ | Ken McMeikan | 14 Jul 16 | 180,000 | 83 | 149,400 | 180,000 | 0.228 |
Crest Nicholson Holdings | Pamela Alexander | 19 Jul 16 | 4,777 | 418.6 | 19,997 | 4,777 | 0.002 |
Cyan Holdings * | John Read | 15 Jul 16 | 2,694,166 | 0.18 | 4,849 | 46,734,531 | 0.330 |
Cyan Holdings * | John Cronin (ch) | 15 Jul 16 | 103,891,389 | 0.18 | 187,005 | 282,244,537 | 1.995 |
Cyan Holdings * | Harry Berry | 15 Jul 16 | 12,362,361 | 0.18 | 22,252 | 59,243,297 | 0.419 |
Cyan Holdings * | Simon Smith (cfo) | 15 Jul 16 | 42,477,778 | 0.18 | 76,460 | 168,355,466 | 1.190 |
Cyan Holdings * | Paul Ratcliff | 15 Jul 16 | 2,967,777 | 0.18 | 5,342 | 5,745,527 | 0.041 |
Dixons Carphone | Sally Morgan | 14 Jul 16 | 7,000 | 330 | 23,100 | 7,991 | 0.001 |
EKF Diagnostics Holdings ♥ | Chris Mills (ch) | 15 Jul 16 | 9,000,000 | 14.89 | 1,340,100 | 127,100,000 | 27.377 |
EKF Diagnostics Holdings ♥ | Chris Mills (ch) | 19 Jul 16 | 2,900,000 | 15 | 435,000 | 130,000,000 | 28.001 |
Electra Private Equity | David Lis | 19 Jul 16 | 1,000 | 3740 | 37,400 | 1,000 | 0.002 |
Electra Private Equity | David Lis | 19 Jul 16 | 1,500 | 3761.2133 | 37,612 | 2,000 | 0.005 |
Electra Private Equity | Edward Bramson | 15 Jul 16 | 300 | 3711.5 | 11,135 | 11,425,398 | 28.372 |
Electra Private Equity | Edward Bramson | 15 Jul 16 | 388 | 3695.9 | 14,340 | 11,425,786 | 28.373 |
Elegant Hotels | Simon Sherwood (ch) | 14 Jul 16 | 22,639 | 66.2 | 14,987 | 1,872,028 | 2.108 |
Faroe Petroleum | Jonathan Cooper (cfo) | 19 Jul 16 | 25,714 | 70 | 18,000 | 200,957 | 0.056 |
Faroe Petroleum | Graham Stewart (ce) | 19 Jul 16 | 71,428 | 70 | 50,000 | 1,025,278 | 0.287 |
Faroe Petroleum | Helge Hammer | 19 Jul 16 | 42,857 | 70 | 30,000 | 544,481 | 0.152 |
Faroe Petroleum | John Bentley (ch) | 19 Jul 16 | 71,428 | 70 | 50,000 | 172,270 | 0.048 |
Faroe Petroleum | Timothy Read | 19 Jul 16 | 50,000 | 70 | 35,000 | 160,000 | 0.045 |
LXB Retail Properties ♥ | John Irvine | 14 Jul 16 | 1,408,472 | 59.9 | 843,675 | 6,126,041 | 3.639 |
LXB Retail Properties ♥ | John Irvine | 15 Jul 16 | 69,265 | 60 | 41,559 | 6,195,306 | 3.680 |
MS International ♥ | Michael O'Connell (fd) | 18 Jul 16 | 2,744 | 148 | 4,061 | 1,554,183 | 9.417 |
MS International | Michael O'Connell (fd) | 18 Jul 16 | 10,399 | 148 | 15,391 | 1,551,439 | 9.400 |
Marwyn Management Partners ♥ | James Corsellis | 14 Jul 16 | 2,867,595 | 2.5 | 71,690 | 2,892,595 | 0.383 |
Marwyn Management Partners ♥ | James Corsellis | 15 Jul 16 | 265,500 | 2 | 5,310 | 3,158,095 | 0.418 |
Marwyn Management Partners ♥ | Mark Brangstrup Watts | 14 Jul 16 | 2,867,585 | 2 | 57,352 | 2,892,585 | 0.383 |
Marwyn Management Partners ♥ | Mark Brangstrup Watts | 15 Jul 16 | 265,500 | 2 | 5,310 | 3,158,085 | 0.418 |
Norcros | Shaun Smith (fd) | 15 Jul 16 | 20,000 | 157 | 31,400 | 20,000 | 0.033 |
Picton Property ome | Nick Thompson (ch) | 20 Jul 16 | 15,000 | 68 | 10,200 | 133,366 | 0.025 |
Plastics Capital | Keith Butler-Wheelhouse | 14 Jul 16 | 47,500 | 97.2526 | 46,195 | 147,500 | 0.417 |
President Energy ♥ | Peter Levine (ch & ceo) | 15 Jul 16 | 150,000 | 7.875 | 11,813 | 122,488,336 | 23.317 |
Prime People | John Lewis | 19 Jul 16 | 17,750 | 86 | 15,265 | 1,036,750 | 8.492 |
Rambler Metals and Mining | Glenn Poulter | 19 Jul 16 | 3,000,000 | 3.75 | 112,500 | 3,000,000 | 0.724 |
Sanderson | Adrian Frost (fd) | 20 Jul 16 | 10,000 | 66.99 | 6,699 | 277,421 | 0.506 |
Sanderson | David Gutteridge | 18 Jul 16 | 30,000 | 66.87 | 20,061 | 575,000 | 1.048 |
ScS | Alan Smith (ch) | 15 Jul 16 | 6,667 | 150 | 10,001 | 18,096 | 0.045 |
Secure Trust Bank | Michael Forsyth | 19 Jul 16 | 1,200 | 1990 | 23,880 | 1,200 | 0.007 |
Sepura | Gordon Stuart | 18 Jul 16 | 5,333 | 35 | 1,867 | 21,333 | 0.006 |
Sepura ♥ | Gordon Watling (ceo) | 18 Jul 16 | 66,732 | 35 | 23,356 | 609,224 | 0.165 |
Sepura | Gordon Watling (ceo) | 18 Jul 16 | 238,538 | 35 | 83,488 | 542,492 | 0.147 |
Sepura | Russell King (ch) | 18 Jul 16 | 14,286 | 35 | 5,000 | 34,286 | 0.009 |
Sepura | Sion Kearsey | 18 Jul 16 | 2,433,657 | 35 | 851,780 | 10,433,657 | 2.819 |
Sepura | Nigel Smith | 18 Jul 16 | 7,111 | 35 | 2,489 | 28,444 | 0.008 |
St Ives ♥ | Matt Armitage (ceo) | 19 Jul 16 | 100,000 | 83.875 | 83,875 | 466,931 | 0.328 |
St Ives ♥ | Richard Stillwell (ch) | 15 Jul 16 | 23,000 | 80.17 | 18,439 | 90,000 | 0.063 |
Volex | D Morris (cfo) | 18 Jul 16 | 25,000 | 40.8 | 10,200 | 345,000 | 0.382 |
Workspace | Daniel Kitchen (ch) | 18 Jul 16 | 7,200 | 685.5 | 49,356 | 44,700 | 0.027 |
Workspace | Stephen Hubbard | 18 Jul 16 | 7,140 | 691.8564 | 49,399 | 15,290 | 0.009 |
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