Director dealings: Live Company chairman ups stake

Live Company Group revealed on Wednesday that chairman David Ciclitira had acquired 2.05m ordinary shares in the AIM-listed children's entertainment and education brand.

Ciclitira, who took over as chairman in 2001, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 10.0p, for a total value of £205,000.

On Tuesday, Live Company said it had made "significant" cost-saving initiatives during the second quarter, identifying total savings of £2.1m of overheads and other operating costs against its original budget for the year.

Live also noted it had made further use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to furlough 61 out of its 77 staff, with different staff being furloughed in different groups at different times up to the end of June.

As of 1630 BST, Live shares were up 7.77% at 9.70p.

Top Director Buys

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount purchased: 198,071 @ 151.00p
Value: £299,087.21

Energean (ENOG)
Director name: Topouzoglou,Efstathios
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 567.60p
Value: £227,040.00

Energean (ENOG)
Director name: Rigas,Matthaios
Amount purchased: 40,000 @ 567.60p
Value: £227,040.00

Live Company Group (LVCG)
Director name: Ciclitira,David
Amount purchased: 2,050,000 @ 10.00p
Value: £205,000.00

Energean (ENOG)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Arena Events Group (ARE)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Charles Stanley Group (CAY)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Stv Group (STVG)
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Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (cdi) (GTE)
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Gran Tierra Energy Inc. (cdi) (GTE)
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Tullow Oil (TLW)
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Tesco (TSCO)
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Value: £306.83

Tesco (TSCO)
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Mj Gleeson (GLE)
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Mj Gleeson (GLE)
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Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX)
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National Grid (NG.)
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Spectris (SXS)
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Spectris (SXS)
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Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
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Amount purchased: 32 @ 469.00p
Value: £150.08

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
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Amount purchased: 32 @ 469.00p
Value: £150.08

Barr (a.g.) (BAG)
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Value: £150.08

Phoenix Group Holdings (PHNX)
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Value: £148.72

National Grid (NG.)
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Value: £145.07

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Value: £145.07

Avon Rubber (AVON)
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Value: £133.00

Avon Rubber (AVON)
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Ssp Group (SSPG)
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Value: £126.37

Ssp Group (SSPG)
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Amount purchased: 48 @ 257.90p
Value: £123.79

National Grid (NG.)
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Amount purchased: 13 @ 906.69p
Value: £117.87

Top Director Sells

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Carmi ,Yaniv
Amount sold: 91,976 @ 151.00p
Value: £138,883.76

Tremor International Ltd (di) (TRMR)
Director name: Druker,Ofer
Amount sold: 33,023 @ 150.50p
Value: £49,699.61