Director dealings: N Brown director makes share purchase

Alliance, the son of former chairman David Alliance, purchased the shares on Monday at an average price of 62.03p each, for a total value of £4.57m.

Last week, N Brown said annual profits had almost halved as income fell during the pandemic but the clothing and homewares retailer said product revenue had returned to growth.

Adjusted pretax profit for the year to the end of February fell 49.4% to £30.1m from a year earlier as group revenue dropped 13% to £728.8m.

Product revenue, which excludes financial services income, fell 14.4% to £468.4m. Statutory pretax profit plunged 72.3% to £9.9m.

As of 1625 BST, N Brown shares were up 5.19% at 66.32p.

Top Director Buys

Brown (n.) Group (BWNG)
Director name: Alliance,Joshua
Amount purchased: 7,375,000 @ 62.03p
Value: £4,574,786.31

Trainline (TRN)
Director name: Ford,Jody
Amount purchased: 36,067 @ 277.26p
Value: £99,998.86

Trainline (TRN)
Director name: McBride,Brian
Amount purchased: 18,684 @ 267.60p
Value: £49,998.39

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (AFM)
Director name: May,Jill
Amount purchased: 12,307 @ 325.00p
Value: £39,997.75

Lowland Investment Co (LWI)
Director name: Vinnicombe,Helena
Amount purchased: 1,000 @ 1,374.81p
Value: £13,748.13

Starcom (STAR)
Director name: Vatenmacher,Igor
Amount purchased: 750,000 @ 0.85p
Value: £6,375.00

Top Director Sells

Lancashire Holdings Limited (LRE)
Director name: Maloney ,Alex
Amount sold: 83,866 @ 648.00p
Value: £543,451.68

Schroders (SDR)
Director name: Dobson,Michael W R
Amount sold: 15,000 @ 3,575.00p
Value: £536,250.00