It looks as though managers at Topps Tiles (TPT) are keen to start the new financial year afresh. The past 12 months have been torrid for Topps, which culminated in a 15 per cent plunge in pre-tax profits for the year ended 30 September 2017. But hopes are high: like-for-like sales at the start of the new financial period are up a solid 3.2 per cent, while a new push into the commercial tile market should help bolster this return to growth.
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Now, chief executive Matthew Williams and finance director Rob Parker have both added to their shareholding, demonstrating their belief that FY2018 will be a different story for investors. Mr Williams spent north of £192,000 on 300,000 more shares, while Mr Parker added a more modest 40,000 for £25,600.
| Buys | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| AVEVA | Rohinton Mobed | 24 Nov 17 | 3,000 | 2635 | 79,050 | 3,000 | 0.005 |
| Babcock International | Mike Turner (ch) | 27 Nov 17 | 9,500 | 672.532 | 63,891 | 84,884 | 0.017 |
| Babcock International | Archie Bethel (ceo) | 27 Nov 17 | 14,868 | 667.29 | 99,213 | 388,191 | 0.077 |
| Be Heard* | David Wilkinson | 29 Nov 17 | 535,714 | 2.8 | 15,000 | 1,886,208 | 0.192 |
| Be Heard* | Ian Maude | 29 Nov 17 | 178,571 | 2.8 | 5,000 | 2,605,989 | 0.265 |
| Be Heard* | David Morrison | 29 Nov 17 | 2,142,857 | 2.8 | 60,000 | 2,142,857 | 0.218 |
| Be Heard* | David Poutney | 29 Nov 17 | 3,892,857 | 2.8 | 109,000 | 10,692,857 | 1.089 |
| Be Heard* | Peter Scott (ch) | 29 Nov 17 | 2,678,571 | 2.8 | 75,000 | 19,856,680 | 2.022 |
| Be Heard* | Rakhi Parekh Goss-Custard | 29 Nov 17 | 178,571 | 2.8 | 5,000 | 764,325 | 0.078 |
| Be Heard* | Robin Price (fd) | 29 Nov 17 | 357,142 | 2.8 | 10,000 | 2,897,227 | 0.295 |
| Caledonia Investments♥ | William Wyatt (ceo) | 29 Nov 17 | 29,300 | 2720 | 796,960 | 1,139,785 | 2.058 |
| Charles Stanley | Ben Money-Coutts (cfo) | 24 Nov 17 | 5,500 | 365 | 20,075 | 12,220 | 0.024 |
| Chesnara | John Deane (ceo) | 24 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 350 | 35,000 | 29,677 | 0.020 |
| D4t4 Solutions | John Lythall | 28 Nov 17 | 65,000 | 133.27 | 86,626 | 1,913,960 | 5.003 |
| D4t4 Solutions | Roger McDowell | 29 Nov 17 | 200,000 | 123 | 246,000 | 1,550,000 | 4.051 |
| DFS Furniture | Luke Mayhew | 23 Nov 17 | 12,500 | 197.9 | 24,738 | 44,121 | 0.021 |
| Direct Line Insurance | Danuta Gray | 24 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 358.7 | 35,870 | 10,000 | 0.001 |
| Frontier Developments | Charles Cotton | 28 Nov 17 | 8,550 | 1,296.10 | 110,817 | 148,219 | 0.394 |
| Frontier Developments | David Walsh | 29 Nov 17 | 500 | 1,304.40 | 6,522 | 500 | 0.001 |
| Frontier Developments | David Walsh | 29 Nov 17 | 1,200 | 1,311.76 | 15,741 | 3,500 | 0.009 |
| Frontier Developments | David Walsh | 29 Nov 17 | 1,800 | 1,300.70 | 23,413 | 2,300 | 0.006 |
| Haynes Publishing | Alex Kwarts | 29 Nov 17 | 10,792 | 195 | 21,044 | 25,792 | 0.171 |
| Homeserve | Mark Morris | 27 Nov 17 | 6,235 | 811 | 50,566 | 71,716 | 0.022 |
| IG Design | Mark Tentori | 29 Nov 17 | 7,404 | 405 | 29,986 | 7,404 | 0.012 |
| MITIE | Derek Mapp (ch) | 29 Nov 17 | 40,000 | 203.57 | 81,428 | 140,000 | 0.039 |
| Montanaro UK Smaller Companies Inv Tr | Arthur Copple | 28 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 576.94 | 57,694 | 15,000 | 0.045 |
| Morrison (Wm) Supermarkets | Rooney Anand | 29 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 218.9 | 21,890 | 22,500 | 0.001 |
| Mothercare | Mark Newton-Jones (ceo) | 24 Nov 17 | 150,738 | 66.34 | 100,000 | 534,710 | 0.313 |
| Mothercare | Richard Rivers | 24 Nov 17 | 72,000 | 68.2 | 49,104 | 210,869 | 0.123 |
| Nasstar♥ | Nigel Redwood (ceo) | 29 Nov 17 | 231,490 | 10 | 23,149 | 10,706,920 | 1.864 |
| Nasstar♥ | Niki Redwood (fd) | 29 Nov 17 | 231,490 | 10 | 23,149 | 10,716,883 | 1.866 |
| Norcros* | David McKeith | 23 Nov 17 | 2,941 | 172 | 5,059 | 17,941 | 0.022 |
| Norcros* | Martin Towers (ch) | 23 Nov 17 | 26,363 | 172 | 45,344 | 160,817 | 0.201 |
| Norcros* | Jo Hallas | 23 Nov 17 | 3,921 | 172 | 6,744 | 23,921 | 0.030 |
| Norcros* | Nick Kelsall (ceo) | 23 Nov 17 | 235,507 | 172 | 405,072 | 1,151,391 | 1.440 |
| Norcros* | Shaun Smith (fd) | 23 Nov 17 | 5,920 | 172 | 10,182 | 25,920 | 0.032 |
| RIT Capital Partners♥ | Hannah Rothschild | 24 Nov 17 | 7,701 | 1948 | 150,015 | 14,261,140 | 9.180 |
| RIT Capital Partners♥ | Lord Rothschild (ch) | 24 Nov 17 | 7,701 | 1948 | 150,015 | 9,904,096 | 6.375 |
| Scapa | Graham Hardcastle (fd) | 28 Nov 17 | 15,000 | 481.6359 | 72,245 | 35,000 | 0.023 |
| Scapa | Lawrence Pentz (ch) | 28 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 479.6 | 47,960 | 10,000 | 0.007 |
| Spire Healthcare | Justin Ash (ceo) | 23 Nov 17 | 84,500 | 236.5 | 199,843 | 173,500 | 0.043 |
| Spire Healthcare | Peter Bamford | 27 Nov 17 | 5,000 | 239.84 | 11,992 | 5,000 | 0.001 |
| Thomas Cook | Paul Edgecliffe-Johnson | 23 Nov 17 | 17,852 | 111 | 19,816 | 17,852 | 0.001 |
| Topps Tiles | Matthew Williams (ceo) | 28 Nov 17 | 300,000 | 64 | 192,000 | 2,018,696 | 1.028 |
| Topps Tiles | Rob Parker (fd) | 28 Nov 17 | 40,000 | 64 | 25,600 | 417,895 | 0.213 |
| Urban&Civic | Ian Barlow | 28 Nov 17 | 17,800 | 274.75 | 48,906 | 92,272 | 0.064 |
| Sells | |||||||
| Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
| Caspian Sunrise | Kairat Satylganov (cfo) | 27 Nov 17 | 29,745,958 | 7.41 | 2,204,175 | 175,682,697 | 10.522 |
| Clinigen | Chris Rigg | 23 Nov 17 | 4,955 | 1017 | 50,392 | 1,608 | 0.001 |
| Luceco | John Hornby (ceo) | 24 Nov 17 | 2,000,000 | 234.53 | 4,690,600 | 31,396,512 | 19.525 |
| MJ Gleeson♥ | Christopher Mills | 23 Nov 17 | 1,500,000 | 725 | 10,875,000 | 7,055,000 | 12.924 |
| Mincon♥ | Kevin Barry | 29 Nov 17 | 3,800,000 | 88.65877 | 3,369,033 | 11,117,800 | 5.281 |
| NAHL | Steve Dolton (cfo) | 23 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 150 | 15,000 | 898,999 | 1.952 |
| Nasstar | Lord Daresbury (ch) | 29 Nov 17 | 3,200,000 | 9.97 | 319,040 | 1,588,562 | 0.277 |
| Schroders | Michael Dobson (ch) | 23 Nov 17 | 51,678 | 3,508 | 1,812,864 | 151,394 | 0.067 |
| TBC Bank | Giorgi Shagidze (cfo) | 23 Nov 17 | 538 | 1650 | 8,877 | 4,565 | 0.009 |
| TBC Bank | Giorgi Shagidze (cfo) | 27 Nov 17 | 1,925 | 1,614.11 | 31,072 | 2,640 | 0.005 |
| TBC Bank | Stephan Wilcke | 27 Nov 17 | 10,000 | 1,593.75 | 159,375 | 51,075 | 0.096 |
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