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Galliford Try completed the acquisition of the Miller Construction business from Miller Group Holdings in July for a total price of £16.57 million. Miller Construction is a UK-only construction business which delivers building and infrastructure projects to both the public and private sectors.
In the year to last December Miller reported revenues of £409m. Galliford Try said: “The transaction accelerates the growth in construction turnover towards £1.25 billion, and increases the 2018 target to circa £1.5b. The acquired order book of £1.4b doubles the group’s order book to £2.8b.”
The deal helped the group’s share price to a 12% hike, the biggest rise by any large Thames Valley-based company.
Tissue Regenix Group, the regenerative medical devices company, saw its share price rise 8% in a month when it received approval from MHRA (the Medicines and Healtcare Products Regulatory Agency) to start the first UK clinical trial for a new device to aid knee repairs.
Once again the best gains were in the sub-£50m turnover category, where Milestone Group shares soared 55%. The digital media and technology company announced more plans for its Foundation’s “Passion Project”, which aims to inspire young people through training and vocational opportunities.
Another high riser was Zincox Resources based at Bagshot, whose price increased 28%. It is applying “game-changing” technology in its bid to become a major zinc recycling company.
Large (over £1 billion) Closing price
GALLIFORD TRY SHIRE
DIXONS RETAIL ELEMENTIS SEGRO
BG GROUP
GLAXOSMITHKLINE ELECTROCOMP.
30/06/14 1142.0 4570.0 49.8
260.3 345.2
1235.0 1564.0 262.8
INTL.CONS.AIRL.GP. (LON) (CDI) 370.5 SPECTRIS
2220.0
Closing price 31/07/14 1275.0 4891.0 51.7
270.0 357.9
1172.0 1436.5 238.0 330.8
1908.0
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INTERSERVE
RWS HOLDINGS XP POWER (DI) COSTAIN GROUP
BIG YELLOW GROUP GENUS
DE LA RUE
TT ELECTRONICS DAIRY CREST KOFAX
30/06/14 600.0 735.0
1459.0 260.0 496.0
1147.0 810.0 207.0 470.5 499.5
TISSUE REGENIX GROUP OXFORD BIOMEDICA VERNALIS
REAL ESTATE INVESTORS MCKAY SECURITIES RM
MICHELMERSH BRICK HDG. ACAL
NANOCO GROUP EGDON RESOURCES
30/06/14 25.4 2.8
31.5 51.8
223.0 168.0 73.6
242.0 105.5 27.5
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MILESTONE GROUP
OXFORD TECHNOLOGY 2 VCT ZINCOX RESOURCES
RESOURCE HOLDING MAN. PETARDS GROUP SOPHEON
CORAC GROUP PIPEHAWK
TALENT GROUP BEZANT RESOURCES
30/06/14 0.6
13.0 10.1 13.5 10.8 72.5 6.6 5.3 1.3 9.4
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Closing price 31/07/14 636.5 775.5
1500.0 263.0 501.5
1047.0 730.0 185.0 419.7 421.5
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228.0 160.0 68.8
216.0 92.3 24.0
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university news
Speakers at the first European conference of the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association, hosted by Buckinghamshire New University
Bucks New University hosts prestigious music conference
Buckinghamshire New University has hosted the first European conference of the Music & Entertainment Industry Educators Association (MEIEA), featuring speakers from Australia, Canada, the UK, and the US.
The two-day event took place at Bucks New University’s Missenden Abbey Conference Centre and was attended by delegates from the music and entertainment industries discussing how to prepare students for careers in the industry.
Teresa Moore, head of department – music and event management at Bucks New University, said the conference was a “prestigious event“ which had provided “thought-provoking and potentially ground-breaking recommendations“.
Subjects discussed included the implications of classic albums for education in music branding; an analysis of factors affecting long-term chart success; and the causes, effects, and solutions for a manager when working with different artists.
Speakers included Ben O’Hara, head of music business at Box Hill Institute in Melbourne, Australia; Storm Gloor, associate professor in music and entertainment industry studies at the University of Colorado in the US; and David Schreiber, lecturer in music business at Belmont University, in Nashville, Tennessee. Ray Sylvester of Bucks New University coordinated the two-day event.
Serena Elton, MEIEA president
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and an associate professor at the University of Miami, opened the conference. She said: “This is the first time the MEIEA conference has been staged outside of the US.
“With over 30 speakers and delegates from around the world I am delighted that this first European summit held at Missenden Abbey and hosted by Bucks New University has been such a success.”
Teresa Moore, who spoke on 'Sustainability and Music Events: The Attitude/Behavioural Gap', explained that from September 2014 Bucks will be introducing a BSc (Hons) Event & Festival Sustainability Management qualification which will teach people to deal with the demand for greater sustainability and environmental care surrounding live events and festivals.
Moore said: “There have been many attitudinal studies carried out with music festival audiences and we are always left pondering why, when over 80% of audiences agree with many environmental concerns at festivals, only around 50% of these act on those concerns.
“It’s time to start focusing on what motivates audiences so that we can change behaviour.”
Details: 01494-522141
teresa.moore@
bucks.ac.uk www.bucks.ac.uk
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