LONDON (ShareCast) - The Chief Executive Officer of Workspace Group, which specialises in providing office space to start ups, has purchased 112,525 shares, significantly boosting his stake in the FTSE 250 firm.

Jamie Hopkins, who took on the role of CEO in April of this year, bought the shares at 266p each for a total of £299,316, increasing his stake to 117,414 shares, equivalent to 0.081% of the issued share capital.

The company's share price has risen by more than 25%, equal to 54.55p, over the past year, having performed particularly well since May of this year.

In its most recent update, given in late July, the company said like-for-like occupancy was up 0.6% in the three months to the end of June at 88.4%, while average rent per square foot was £12.74 compared to £12.61 the same period the previous year.


Top Director Buys

Workspace Group (WKP)
Director name: Mr Jamie Hopkins
Amount purchased: 112,525 @ 266.00p
Value: £299,316

PureCircle Ltd. (DI) (PURE)
Director name: Mr Paul E Selway-Swift
Amount purchased: 48,000 @ 210.00p
Value: £100,800

Elektron Technology (EKT)
Director name: Mr Keith Anthony Daley
Amount purchased: 250,000 @ 18.00p
Value: £45,000

PureCircle Ltd. (DI) (PURE)
Director name: Mr Olivier Maes
Amount purchased: 15,000 @ 210.00p
Value: £31,500

Homeserve (HSV)
Director name: Mr Jonathan King
Amount purchased: 10,921 @ 212.00p
Value: £23,153

Legal & General Group (LGEN)
Director name: Mr Nick Prettejohn
Amount purchased: 13,000 @ 134.69p
Value: £17,510

CLS Holdings (CLI)
Director name: Mr Sten A Mortstedt
Amount purchased: 2,264 @ 721.00p
Value: £16,323

North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust (NAS)
Director name: Mr Christopher H B Mills
Amount purchased: 1,500 @ 1,050.00p
Value: £15,750

Land Securities Group (LAND)
Director name: Ms Stacey Rauch
Amount purchased: 1,750 @ 769.50p
Value: £13,466

PZ Cussons (PZC)
Director name: Mr Richard J Harvey
Amount purchased: 4,038 @ 306.49p
Value: £12,376

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