It is not entirely foolproof, but following directors when they buy shares in their company is rarely a bad move. That is what draws the eye to Harworth, the property group that specialises in buying old industrial sites, cleaning them up and pushing them through the planning process to be used for homes, warehouses or workplaces. Its preferred hunting ground is the Midlands, northwest and northeast England.
Regularly overlooked by investors, its name came on the radar recently when three directors dipped into their pockets to buy stock worth nearly £100,000.
One was new chief executive Lynda Shillaw, who this month completed a review of the company and decided to double its size in five to seven years.
Given that she then made a £30,000