Directa Plus Plc (LON:DCTA) chief executive Giulio Cesareo has upped in his stake in the graphene group through the acquisition of £50,000 worth of shares at 67p.
He is now interested in 7.08% of the company.
Alliance Pharma plc (LON:APH) shareholder Nigel Wray, meanwhile, has reduced his stake in the mature pharma products group by around a quarter with the sale of around 8.1mln shares. His stake drops to 5.31%.
Winston North has jumped ship from IMI PLC (LON:IMI) to become group finance director and company secretary at Stadium Group plc (LON:SDM).
Deltex Medical Group plc (LON:DEMG) has launched a non-invasive High Definition Impedance Cardiography (HD-ICG) module in the UK to augment its CardioQ-ODM+ monitoring platform.
Sound Energy PLC (LON:SOU) is entering the final decisive stages of work on a potentially significant gas well in Italy. It has reached the fourth casing point at Badile, near Milan, at 3,379 metres in the Eocene Scaglia formation.
PowerHouse Energy Group Plc (LON:PHE) said it has shifted its waste-to-power unit to a new location at the Thornton Science Park, operated by the University of Chester. It follows the successful first-phase of re-commissioning G3-UHt system, which recently delivered the production of synthesis gas.
High-flying PhotonStar LED Group PLC (LON:PSL) has raised £465,000 through a placing of 37.2mln shares at 1.25p a throw.
Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc (LON:AMPH) hit its £15mln revenue target in year to March. Shares rose 5% to 85p.
ID checking software specialist ClearStar (LON:CLST) is to supply its platform to MultiLatin, a background screening company that operates in thirty Latin American and Caribbean countries. ClearStar’s platform is configurable for all major languages and will enable MutliLatin to add seamless language translation and access to global records to its service.
Copper explorer Asiamet Resources LIMIted (LON:ARS CVE:ARS) is mulling going deeper at its BKM prospect in Kalimantan after it hit more thick mineralisation in the BK044 Zone. Moderate to high-grade copper mineralisation extended more than 100 metres below the base of the conceptual open pit design, said the junior, though further exploration will be needed along strike (north-south) and laterally to establish the continuity of this deeper domain.