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Companies whose story just changed: new, sizeable and unusual signals of the last 14 days – read from every announcement and weighed against each company's own history.

1. Sanderson Design Group PLC SDG · £56m +3% in 14 days
   1. Oct 2025 guidance raised · 1 director bought £20k
   2. Sep 2026 LBV Asset Management LLP to 14.1% · activist campaign by LBV Asset Management LLP (14.1%) – board opposes
   3. Oct 2026 buyback programme £1.3m · guidance raised · activist campaign by LBV Asset Management LLP (14.1%) – board opposes · 2 directors bought £40k
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 12 Oct Activist Activist campaign – board opposes
     Unanimous Board Recommendation to VOTE AGAINST BOTH Requisitioned Resolutions
   • 12 Oct Financial Guidance raised first in 12 months
     In line with market expectations for the full year1
   • 12 Oct Capital Buyback programme £1.3m first since Oct 2023
     These results demonstrate the excellent progress we are making in evolving Sanderson Design Group into an internationally recognised design house with global distribution…
   • 13 Oct Ownership Lisa Montague (CEO) bought £30k 5 director buys in 3 months – usually less than 1
   • 12 Oct Ownership Juliette Stacey (Non-executive) bought £10k
2. Everyman Media Group PLC EMAN · £45m −8% in 14 days
   1. May 2026 1 director bought £114k
   2. Jun 2026 delisting · 1 director bought £332k
   3. Jul 2026 1 director bought £50k
   4. Aug 2026 IG Markets Limited down to 0.01% · Pageant Investments Ltd to 7.2%
   5. Sep 2026 1 director bought £68k
   6. Oct 2026 4 directors bought £463k
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 16 Oct Ownership Charles Dorfman (Executive) bought £373k
   • 16 Oct Ownership Zachary Kaye (close associate of Adam Kaye) bought £30k
   • 16 Oct Ownership Evie Kaye (close associate of Adam Kaye) bought £30k
   • 16 Oct Ownership Rosie Kaye (close associate of Adam Kaye) bought £30k
3. Power Probe PLC PWR · £48m +43% in 14 days
   1. Dec 2025 placing £11.2m
   2. Mar 2026 1 director bought £37k
   3. Oct 2026 buyback programme £757k · 1 director bought £160k
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 15 Oct Ownership Chema Garcia (CEO) bought £145k 4 director buys in 3 months – usually about 1
   • 8 Oct Capital Buyback programme £757k first since Oct 2023
     The Buyback Programme will have a budget of up to $1.0 million (the “Maximum Amount”) to be used to buy back Power Probe’s ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each in the capita…
   • 12 Oct Ownership Chema Garcia (CEO) bought £15k
4. Kenmare Resources PLC KMR · £210m +30% in 14 days
   1. Jan 2026 profit warning
   2. Mar 2026 profit warning
   3. Apr 2026 refinancing stress · profit warning
   4. Jul 2026 trading update – below expectations
   5. Aug 2026 profit warning
   6. Oct 2026 takeover – approach · profit warning
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 6 Oct Corporate Takeover – approach first in 1 year
     The Board of Kenmare Resources plc notes recent press speculation and confirms that it has received a non-binding proposal from International Resources Holdings RSC Ltd r…
   • 15 Oct Operational Production up
     Q3 2026 Production Report. Q3 ilmenite production up 59% quarter-on-quarter but full-year guidance cut due to WCP A commissioning delays.
   • 15 Oct but Profit warning
5. Cmc Markets PLC CMCX · £1,931m +13% in 14 days
   1. Nov 2025 results – ahead of expectations
   2. Jun 2026 guidance raised
   3. Jul 2026 guidance raised
   4. Aug 2026 directors sold £1.1m
   5. Sep 2026 directors sold £1.5m
   6. Oct 2026 1 director bought £4.7m
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 6 Oct Ownership CEO bought £3.4m 6 director buys in 3 months – usually about 1
   • 5 Oct Ownership CEO bought £1.0m 5 director buys in 3 months – usually about 1
6. Netcall PLC NET · £220m +3% in 14 days
   1. Dec 2025 acquisition agreed
   2. Jan 2026 new order £3.0m – s&p
   3. Mar 2026 2 directors bought £73k
   4. May 2026 Liontrust Investment Partners LLP down to 4.8% · directors sold £188k
   5. Jul 2026 guidance raised
   6. Oct 2026 guidance raised
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 7 Oct Financial Guidance raised
     Netcall has started FY27 well, with trading since the financial year end in line with management expectations.
   • 7 Oct Operational Pipeline up 5 business updates in 3 months – usually about 1
     Good momentum continued into FY27, with a record sales pipeline and contracted revenue order book (5) of £98.6m of which £51.0m is expected to be recognised within the ne…
   • 7 Oct Operational ARR / recurring revenue up 4 business updates in 3 months – usually about 1
     Revenue grew 20% to £57.7m, including 12% organic growth (FY25: 10%), while recurring revenue increased to 83% of Group revenue (FY25: 80%).
   • 7 Oct Operational Order book up 3 business updates in 3 months – usually about 1
     The contracted revenue order book reached a record £98.6m at year end (FY25: £78.9m), with £51.0m expected to be recognised within the next 12 months (FY25: £41.7m), prov…
7. Acceler8 Ventures PLC AC8 · £493m −4% in 14 days
   1. Apr 2026 going-concern doubt · takeover – approach – board opposes
   2. Aug 2026 placing · delisting · acquisition agreed · 1 director bought £102k
   3. Sep 2026 acquisition completed
   4. Oct 2026 1 director bought £162k
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 15 Oct Ownership CFO bought £47k
   • 15 Oct Ownership CEO bought £53k
   • 15 Oct Ownership CEO bought £46k
   • 16 Oct Ownership Chair bought £15k
8. First Tin PLC 1SN · £73m +12% in 14 days
   1. Oct 2025 placing £10.1m
   2. Nov 2025 trading update – ahead of expectations · legal / regulatory
   3. Jun 2026 legal / regulatory
   4. Jul 2026 Arlington Group Asset Management Ltd. down to 0.00%
   5. Oct 2026 takeover – offer
   What moved in the last 14 days
   • 9 Oct Corporate Takeover – offer first since Oct 2023
     Metals X submitted a preliminary, non-binding indicative cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of First Tin not already owned by Metals X…

Signals from deals, strategy, leadership, business momentum, capital, ownership and risk. Ranked by size, novelty for the company and how many different kinds point the same way. Not investment advice.