(Alliance News) - Safran SA on Friday pointed to a rise in defence business as it posted "record" annual results and outlined medium-term financial targets. Read More
(Alliance News) - European Opportunities Trust PLC on Friday said it has started a strategic review of its future, warning it is unlikely to meet the conditions for its performance-related tender offer later this year. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Friday reported improved full-year and fourth-quarter earnings, with its total dividend rising by 51% and a timeline outlined for its GBP750 million buyback scheme. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened slightly higher on Friday, as markets steadied following a sharp US and Asian sell-off sparked by renewed artificial intelligence fears, while investors digested fresh economic signals from Europe and awaited US inflation data. Read More
(Alliance News) - GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd on Friday said it continued to progress disposals as it announced a slight decline in net asset value per share. Read More
(Alliance News) - Astrazeneca on Friday hailed positive results from a phase-three trial of its asthma treatment breztri aerosphere. Read More
SkinBioTherapeutics PLC - Newcastle Upon Tyne, England-based life science firm focused on skin health - Chief Executive Officer Stuart Ashman resigns after being suspended by the board "pending an investigation into matters relating to his conduct". SkinBioTherapeutics provides "no further comment" on the subject of the probe, saying it is "undertaking a full investigation, supported by its professional advisors". Non-Executive Chair Martin Hunt becomes executive chair temporarily while the company looks for an interim CEO and then new permanent CEO. Back in October, Chief Operating Officer Simon Hewitson had left, with his duties taken over by Ashman and Finance Director Emily Bertram. Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest beats annual earnings expectations and boosts shareholder returns, while AstraZeneca reports positive late-stage trial data for Breztri in asthma, as UK retail footfall improves from a weak Christmas period but remains below last year's levels. Read More
Delta Gold Technologies PLC - developing intellectual property aimed at the quantum computing space that can be licensed globally - Announces research sponsorship and exclusive technology licensing agreement with Penn State University in Pennsylvania, US. Delta will sponsor a first year research programme estimated to be up to USD997,142 which will be paid to Penn State on a cost reimbursement basis. "The research will extend existing work on gold-based quantum technologies with the aim of generating valuable intellectual property," Delta says. The total cost reimbursable contract is for up to around USD3.0 million over three years. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are set to open higher on Friday, ahead of US consumer price inflation data and following an across-the-board sell-off on Wall Street and in Asian markets. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shopper footfall rallied in January compared with the disappointing Christmas but remained down on a year earlier, figures show. Read More
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(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More