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Companies whose story just changed: new, sizeable and unusual signals of the last 7 days – read from every announcement and weighed against each company's own history.

1. Sanderson Design Group PLC SDG · £56m +0% in 7 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 7 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 −9% in 7 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 7 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. Acceler8 Ventures PLC AC8 · £493m +5% in 7 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 7 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
4. Roadside Real Estate PLC ROAD · £95m −4% in 7 days
   1. Apr 2026 acquisition agreed · 1 director bought £324k
   2. May 2026 acquisition completed
   3. Jun 2026 disposal – agreed · acquisition agreed · acquisition completed
   4. Jul 2026 acquisition completed · directors sold £663k
   5. Aug 2026 1 director bought £11.4m
   6. Oct 2026 activist campaign by Dowgate Group Limited (5.6%)
   What moved in the last 7 days
   • 16 Oct Activist Activist campaign first since Oct 2023
     The Concert Party would therefore continue to hold shares carrying more than 50 per cent. of the voting rights of the Company.
5. Gunsynd PLC GUN · £1.7m +0% in 7 days
   1. Nov 2025 acquisition agreed
   2. Dec 2025 acquisition agreed
   3. Oct 2026 placing · new strategy / restructuring · activist campaign
   What moved in the last 7 days
   • 16 Oct Activist Activist campaign first since Oct 2023
     The Board, together with the Company's legal advisers, is assessing the validity of the Notice.
   • 12 Oct but Placing
6. Vertu Motors PLC VTU · £259m +1% in 7 days
   1. Nov 2025 acquisition agreed
   2. May 2026 results – ahead of expectations
   3. Jun 2026 Constellation Retail Group Limited to 19.1% · guidance raised
   4. Aug 2026 guidance raised
   5. Oct 2026 guidance raised
   What moved in the last 7 days
   • 14 Oct Financial Guidance raised
     Full year results anticipated to be above current expectations
   • 14 Oct Operational Like-for-like sales up first in 1 year
     Like-for-like revenue growth 4.3%
7. Oxford Instruments PLC OXIG · £1,508m −7% in 7 days
   1. Nov 2025 profit warning · Ameriprise Financial, Inc. down to 5.0%
   2. Dec 2025 Aberdeen Group plc down to 0.00%
   3. Mar 2026 buyback programme £50.0m
   4. Jun 2026 guidance raised
   5. Jul 2026 1 director bought £71k
   6. Oct 2026 guidance raised
   What moved in the last 7 days
   • 13 Oct Financial Guidance raised
     The strength of order intake and resulting orderbook cover for H2 underpins the Group’s confidence in delivering full year results in line with market expectations[2].
   • 13 Oct Operational Order book up
     Interim Trading Update. H1 order intake up 44% with revenue growth of 8% and margin expansion; confidence in full-year guidance
8. Power Probe PLC PWR · £48m +7% in 7 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 7 days
   • 15 Oct Ownership Chema Garcia (CEO) bought £145k 4 director buys in 3 months – usually about 1
   • 12 Oct Ownership Chema Garcia (CEO) bought £15k

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.