LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Bigblu Broadband revealed on Wednesday that non-executive director Christopher Mills had purchased 2.89m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed rural broadband services provider via his interest in Harwood Capital.
Mills, who founded Harwood Capital, acquired the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 78.0p each, for a total value of £2.26m.

Earlier in October, Bigblu's subsidiary Quickline Communications won a further competitive tender to provide "significantly improved" broadband speeds to premises across North Lincolnshire.

It said the contract provided for a total network investment of £1.8m, leading to "significantly faster" broadband speeds in the more isolated areas of North Lincolnshire within two years.

As of 1650 BST, Bigblu shares were up 11.39% at 88.0p.

Top Director Buys

Bigblu Broadband (BBB)
Director name: Mills,Christopher
Amount purchased: 2,897,500 @ 78.00p
Value: £2,260,049.92

Hydrogen Group (HYDG)
Director name: Temple,Ian
Amount purchased: 592,105 @ 38.00p
Value: £224,999.90

Menzies(john) (MNZS)
Director name: Kappelhoff-Wulff,Christian
Amount purchased: 100,000 @ 124.00p
Value: £124,000.00

S4 Capital (SFOR)
Director name: Sorrell,Martin
Amount purchased: 20,900 @ 393.25p
Value: £82,189.25

Just Group (JUST)
Director name: Bass,J P Hastings
Amount purchased: 112,000 @ 44.90p
Value: £50,288.00

Icg Enterprise Trust (ICGT)
Director name: Bruce,Alastair
Amount purchased: 4,000 @ 875.60p
Value: £35,024.00

Ejf Investments Ltd Npv (EJFI)
Director name: Wilson,Neal J
Amount purchased: 20,623 @ 116.00p
Value: £23,922.68

Team17 Group (TM17)
Director name: Crawford ,Mark
Amount purchased: 1,394 @ 717.00p
Value: £9,994.98

Castings (CGS)
Director name: Cooke,Brian J
Amount purchased: 3,000 @ 323.50p
Value: £9,705.00

Personal Assets Trust (PNL)
Director name: Ferguson,Iain
Amount purchased: 4 @ 45,811.00p
Value: £1,832.44

Jupiter Emerging & Frontier Income Trust Red (JEFI)
Director name: Moakes,Nicholas
Amount purchased: 1,171 @ 84.45p
Value: £988.91

Personal Assets Trust (PNL)
Director name: Ferguson,Iain
Amount purchased: 2 @ 45,811.00p
Value: £916.22

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Samuel,Christopher
Amount purchased: 86 @ 850.48p
Value: £731.42

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Samuel,Christopher
Amount purchased: 60 @ 850.48p
Value: £510.29

Bp (BP.)
Director name: Looney,Bernard
Amount purchased: 140 @ 222.10p
Value: £310.94

Alliance Trust (ATST)
Director name: Samuel,Christopher
Amount purchased: 33 @ 850.48p
Value: £280.66

Oxford Instruments (OXIG)
Director name: Barkshire,Ian
Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,694.00p
Value: £152.46

Oxford Instruments (OXIG)
Director name: Hill,Gavin
Amount purchased: 9 @ 1,694.00p
Value: £152.46

Superdry (SDRY)
Director name: Gresham ,Nicholas
Amount purchased: 93 @ 161.70p
Value: £150.38

Zotefoams (ZTF)
Director name: McGrath ,Gary
Amount purchased: 34 @ 441.00p
Value: £149.94

Zotefoams (ZTF)
Director name: Stirling,David
Amount purchased: 34 @ 441.00p
Value: £149.94

M&g (MNG)
Director name: Bousfield,Clare
Amount purchased: 89 @ 168.41p
Value: £149.88

Firstgroup (FGP)
Director name: Mangold,Ryan
Amount purchased: 288 @ 52.00p
Value: £149.76

Meggitt (MGGT)
Director name: Wood,Tony
Amount purchased: 48 @ 311.06p
Value: £149.31

Emis Group (EMIS)
Director name: Southby,Peter
Amount purchased: 14 @ 1,064.00p
Value: £148.96

Imi (IMI)
Director name: Shook ,Daniel
Amount purchased: 12 @ 1,109.00p
Value: £133.08

Imi (IMI)
Director name: Twite,Roy
Amount purchased: 12 @ 1,109.00p
Value: £133.08

Jpmorgan American Inv Trust (JAM)
Director name: Collins,Alan
Amount purchased: 21 @ 542.00p
Value: £113.82



Top Director Sells

Kingspan Group (KGP)
Director name: Murtagh,Gene M
Amount sold: 43,120 @ 79.89
Value: 3,444,856.77

Raven Property Group Limited (RAV)
Director name: Bilton,Anton John Godfrey
Amount sold: 2,601,251 @ 36.00p
Value: £936,450.40

Hydrogen Group (HYDG)
Director name: Temple,Ian
Amount sold: 592,105 @ 38.00p
Value: £224,999.90

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Carmi ,Yaniv
Amount sold: 91,976 @ 200.00p
Value: £183,952.00

Raven Property Group Limited (RAV)
Director name: Hirsch,Glyn Vincent
Amount sold: 434,962 @ 36.00p
Value: £156,586.33

S4 Capital (SFOR)
Director name: Sorrell,Martin
Amount sold: 20,900 @ 390.20p
Value: £81,551.80

Essentra (ESNT)
Director name: Forman,Paul
Amount sold: 26,905 @ 249.64p
Value: £67,166.72

Raven Property Group Limited (RAV)
Director name: Sinclair,Mark
Amount sold: 170,892 @ 36.00p
Value: £61,521.12

Fulcrum Utility Services Ltd. (di) (FCRM)
Director name: Gutteridge,Stephen
Amount sold: 40,000 @ 40.05p
Value: £16,020.00

Raven Property Group Limited (RAV)
Director name: Smith,Colin Andrew
Amount sold: 35,101 @ 36.00p
Value: £12,636.36

Raven Property Group Limited (RAV)
Director name: Jewson,Richard W
Amount sold: 8,033 @ 36.00p
Value: £2,891.88

Raven Property Group Limited (RAV)
Director name: Jewson,Richard W
Amount sold: 5,617 @ 36.00p
Value: £2,022.12

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