By Iain Gilbert
Date: Wednesday 25 Feb 2026
LONDON (ShareCast) - (Sharecast News) - Unite Group revealed on Wednesday that chairman Richard Huntingford had acquired 37,985 ordinary shares in the FTSE 250-listed student accommodation provider.
Huntingford, who took over as chairman in November 2020, purchased the shares on Tuesday at an average price of 529p, for a total value of £200,940.65.
As of 1450 GMT, Unite shares were down 1.49% at 488p.
Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com
Top Director Buys
Unite Group (UTG)
Director name: Huntingford,Richard N L
Amount purchased: 37,985 @ 529.00p
Value: £200,940.65
(KEN)
Director name: Bird,Colin
Amount purchased: 6,400,000 @ 2.00p
Value: £128,000.00
(KEN)
Director name: Churchouse,Martyn John
Amount purchased: 2,136,200 @ 2.00p
Value: £42,724.00
(KEN)
Director name: Thygesen,Kjeld
Amount purchased: 1,837,500 @ 2.00p
Value: £36,750.00
(KEN)
Director name: Kirby,Evan
Amount purchased: 1,012,500 @ 2.00p
Value: £20,250.00
(KEN)
Director name: Borrelli,Alex
Amount purchased: 550,000 @ 2.00p
Value: £11,000.00
Elixirr International (ELIX)
Director name: Retter,Simon
Amount purchased: 1,476 @ 677.20p
Value: £9,995.47
Top Director Sells
| Currency | UK Pounds |
| Price | 476.40p |
| Change Today | 3.00p |
| 52 Week High | 595.00p |
| 52 Week Low | 419.80p |
| Volume | 933,851 |
| Shares Issued | 514.06m |
| Market Cap | £2,448.96m |
| Strong Buy | 3 |
| Buy | 1 |
| Neutral | 8 |
| Sell | 1 |
| Strong Sell | 1 |
| Total | 14 |
