On Saturday however, the Times reported that WH Smith intends to sell the business without the rights to its brand name. The Times wrote that "the retailer, run by Chief Executive Carl Cowling, is ...

Ardley, England-based Viridor is currently owned by US private equity company KKR & Co Inc, which acquired it from Pennon Group PLC in 2020 for GBP4.2 billion. Bloomberg reported last month that KKR ...

(Alliance News) - Fiske PLC shares fell more than 10% on Friday, despite reporting that profit more than doubled in the first half of its current financial year. The London-based stockbroker and ...

(Alliance News) - Blue-chip stocks in Europe recovered lost ground to end largely higher on Friday afternoon, though the FTSE 100 outperformed. The FTSE 100 index ended up 53.53 points, 0.6%, at 8,809 ...

(Alliance News) - Oxford Biodynamics PLC shares tumbled 10% on Friday, after the firm reported its loss widened in 2024 despite a rise in revenue. The Oxford, England-based biotechnology company has ...

(Alliance News) - AstraZeneca PLC on Friday said its breast cancer therapy, Enhertu, which is being developed jointly with Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd, has been ...

Advanced Nutrition revenue fell 16% to GBP16.1 million from a restated GBP19.3 million, with Benchmark attributing the weakness to "continuing soft shrimp markets" as well as a change in product mix.

(Alliance News) - Thungela Resources Ltd warned on Friday it expects sharply lower annual earnings and reported that it has sealed its acquisition of the remaining 15% of Australian-based Ensham coal ...

(Alliance News) - Tritax Big Box REIT PLC on Friday said its profit grew more than six times higher during 2024, driven by its swing to a positive return on investment for its property portfolio.

It takes its annual dividend to EUR0.09. IAG's EUR0.03 interim dividend was its first since 2019. In addition, it announced a EUR1.00 billion share buyback, returning excess capital to shareholders ...

The deal came as Weir said pretax profit rose 8.1% to GBP347 million in 2024 from GBP321 million a year prior. Adjusted operating profit rose 2.8% to GBP472 million from GBP459 million. But revenue ...

The FTSE 100 index was up 26.71 points, 0.3%, at 8,782.92. The FTSE 250 was down 77.39 points, 0.4%, at 20,337.34, and the AIM All-Share was down 3.49 points, 0.5%, at 704.23.