🇬🇧 United Kingdom insider buying in October 2026
Directors and managers of United Kingdom listed companies made 145 open-market share purchases in October 2026, worth €38.7M in total across 109 companies and 130 insiders. The largest was HAVAS S.A.S (Person Closely Associated with Yannick Bolloré, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ SA) at Canal+ SA, for €27.2M. Data from FCA filings under MAR Article 19; transactions above €100m are excluded as likely holding-threshold filings rather than trades.
Largest insider buys
| Date | Company | Insider | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-06 | Canal+ SA | HAVAS S.A.S Person Closely Associated with Yannick Bolloré, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ SA | €27.2M |
| 2026-10-02 | Canal+ SA | HAVAS SAS Person Closely Associated with Yannick Bolloré, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ SA | €2.5M |
| 2026-10-09 | Oxford Metrics | PDMR at Oxford Metrics PDMR | €2.3M |
| 2026-10-09 | Oryx International Growth Fund Limited | 1) Christopher Mills 2) North Atlantic Smaller Companies Investment Trust Plc 1) Director 2) PCA | €2.1M |
| 2026-10-07 | On the Beach Group plc | Hawksford Trustees Jersey Limited (as trustees of the SC 2014 Settlement) on behalf of the family of Simon Cooper PCA of Simon Cooper, Founder Non Executive Director of On the Beach Group plc | €1.0M |
| 2026-10-05 | Canal+ SA | HAVAS S.A.S Person Closely Associated with Yannick Bolloré, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Canal+ SA | €915k |
| 2026-10-08 | IG Design Group plc | Ari Bensoussan Chief Financial Officer | €499k |
| 2026-10-09 | Oxford Metrics | PDMR at Oxford Metrics PDMR | €381k |
| 2026-10-14 | British American Tobacco p.l.c. | Karen Guerra Non-Executive Director | €299k |
| 2026-10-13 | LendInvest plc | Stephan Wilcke Independent Non-Executive Chair of the Board | €117k |
| 2026-10-15 | Xaar Plc | Dayson Enterprises Limited Person closely associated with Daniel Dayan, Director and PDMR | €88k |
| 2026-10-09 | Oxford Metrics | PDMR at Oxford Metrics PDMR | €67k |
| 2026-10-12 | Oxford Nanopore Technologies plc | Adrian Hennah Non-Executive Director | €61k |
| 2026-10-05 | Land Securities Group | Mark Allan Chief Executive Officer | €58k |
| 2026-10-07 | AVI GLOBAL TRUST PLC | MR JOSEPH BAUERNFREUND PDMR | €57k |
| 2026-10-02 | Cropper (James) | Jon Yeung Non-Executive Director | €55k |
| 2026-10-13 | Acceler8 Ventures plc | Daniel Levine Chief Executive Officer | €54k |
| 2026-10-06 | First Property Group plc | PDMR at First Property Group plc PCA of Ben Habib (Chief Executive of First Property Group plc) | €53k |
| 2026-10-12 | Living REIT plc | Passaic Services Limited PCA of Benedict Green – PDMR (Director of Investment Manager) | €51k |
| 2026-10-05 | Vistry Group PLC | Alice Woodwark Independent Non-Executive Director | €47k |
| 2026-10-02 | SIG plc | Simon Kesterton PDMR (Chief Financial Officer) | €44k |
| 2026-10-13 | Pathos Communications plc | Omar Hamdi Chief Executive Officer | €42k |
| 2026-10-06 | AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC | Judith Bauernfreund PDMR | €42k |
| 2026-10-09 | Insig AI plc | Richard Bernstein Chief Executive Officer | €41k |
| 2026-10-01 | Tandem Group | PDMR at Tandem Group Non-Executive Director b. | €40k |
Most-bought companies
- Canal+ SA4 buys · €30.6M
- Oxford Metrics4 buys · €2.8M
- Oryx International Growth Fund Limited1 buy · €2.1M
- On the Beach Group plc1 buy · €1.0M
- IG Design Group plc1 buy · €499k
- British American Tobacco p.l.c.2 buys · €299k
- LendInvest plc1 buy · €117k
- Xaar Plc1 buy · €88k
- Sanderson Design Group PLC5 buys · €81k
- SIG plc2 buys · €65k