A boost for Healthcare Locums, the AIM-listed healthcare staff provider involved in a protracted accounting saga, the group's shares rising 15%.
Alas, this was not so much the market changing its view of the company as a director taking advantage of its rock bottom share price.
Andy McRae, the MD of the Australian business, has bought 200,000 shares at 5.5p each - a total outlay of just over £10,000.