The chief executive of investment company Brainspark, Alfredo Villa, has spent £112,500 on shares in the company.

He took 31,000 shares, paying 34.5p a share. Following the acquisition and the conversion of some other shares awarded to Villa into ordinary shares, he now has about 5.3m ordinary shares or about 38.3% of the company.

Brainspark's main investment is a site in northern Italy where a large theme park is to be built. It also invests in Indian Restaurant Group, which aims to create a UK-wide chain of Indian restaurants.

Top Director Buys

Brainspark (BSP)
Director name: Mr Alfredo Villa
Amount purchased: 225,000 @ 50.00p
Value: £112,500

F&C Asset Management (FCAM)
Director name: Mr Edward Bramson
Amount purchased: 100,453 @ 75.67p
Value: £76,013

Optimal Pay (OPAY)
Director name: Mr Mark Mayhew
Amount purchased: 83,404 @ 59.50p
Value: £49,625

Quadrise Fuels International (QFI)
Director name: Mr Hemant Thanawala
Amount purchased: 1,019,211 @ 3.50p
Value: £35,672

Quadrise Fuels International (QFI)
Director name: Dr Ian Duckels
Amount purchased: 764,408 @ 3.50p
Value: £26,754

European Nickel (ENK)
Director name: Mr John Wallace McManus
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 15.68p
Value: £15,680

Anglo American (AAL)
Director name: Sir John Parker
Amount purchased: 761 @ 3,153.45p
Value: £23,998

Croma Group (CMG)
Director name: Mr Sebastian Morley
Amount purchased: 1,000,000 @ 2.00p
Value: £20,000

Ashmore Global Opportunities GBP Shares (AGOL)
Director name: Mr Nigel De La Rue
Amount purchased: 2,000 @ 778.25p
Value: £15,565

Corac Group (CRA)
Director name: Mr Richard King
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 14.65p
Value: £14,650


Top Director Sells

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FQM)
Director name: Mr G Clive Newall
Amount sold: 20,000 @ 7,871.19p
Value: £1,574,238

Bahamas Petroleum Co (BPC)
Director name: Mr Alan R Burns
Amount sold: 5,000,000 @ 21.36p
Value: £1,068,000

Cobham (COB)
Director name: Mr Andrew Stevens
Amount sold: 59,108 @ 231.61p
Value: £136,900

British American Tobacco (BATS)
Director name: Mr John Daly
Amount sold: 5,500 @ 2,420.00p
Value: £133,100

Cobham (COB)
Director name: Mr Warren G Tucker
Amount sold: 54,482 @ 231.61p
Value: £126,186

Cobham (COB)
Director name: Mr Warren G Tucker
Amount sold: 51,825 @ 231.61p
Value: £120,032

KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC)
Director name: Mr Nicholas Stone
Amount sold: 50,143 @ 67.50p
Value: £33,847

KBC Advanced Technologies (KBC)
Director name: Mr George Bright
Amount sold: 41,137 @ 67.50p
Value: £27,767

Thorpe (F.W.) (TFW)
Director name: Mr Peter Mason
Amount sold: 3,200 @ 760.00p
Value: £24,320

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Brainspark (BSP) share price
Croma Group (CMG) share price
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FQM) share price
Corac Group (CRA) share price
ENK (ENK) share price
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