DIRECTOR’S DEALS

CHRISTOPHER Bailey, Burberry’s president and chief creative officer, has bought nearly £ 157,000 worth of shares in the retailer.

He stepped aside as chief executive in July, to be replaced by Marco Gobbetti, as part of an overhaul that followed criticism that Bailey should not fill both creative and chief executive roles.

The designer, in a relationship with British actor Simon Woods since 2009, received shares worth £10.5m when he changed roles, while his salary stayed at £1.1m.