United Drug's chairman Ronnie Kells and his wife spent a combined total of £32,000 on shares in the medical distributor today.
He and his wife Elizabeth each took 10,000 shares at 160p a time, lifting their stake to about 165,000 shares.
The purchases come in the same week United warned that first half results are likely to be lower than last year due to challenging trading conditions and the weakness of sterling.
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