LONDON (Alliance News) - Tritax Big Box REIT PLC Wednesday said it has exchanged contracts to acquire a regional distribution warehouse used by Next Group PLC at West Moor Park, Doncaster in a deal worth GBP60 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.07%. The real estate investment firm Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Barclays Renumeration Committee Chair Buys Shares

6th Jun 2014 11:35

LONDON (Alliance News) - Barclays PLC Friday said Crawford Gillies, newly appointed Chairman of its remuneration committee bought 40,000 shares at a price of 239.76 pence per share Thursday. Following this transaction, Gillies has a total beneficial interest in 50,000 shares in the financia Read More

PRESS: PPI Compensation Payments Could Have GBP1 Billion Shortfall - BBC

5th Jun 2014 13:50

LONDON (Alliance News) - A number of the UK's high street banks may have underpaid compensation due to certain customers over the payment protection insurance mis-selling scandal, the BBC reported on Thursday. According to an expert commissioned by the BBC, the shortfall could be somewhere Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Morgan Stanley Cuts SABMiller To Equal-Weight

4th Jun 2014 09:07

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- NOMURA RAISES REED ELSEVIER PRICE TARGET TO 1050 (975) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- CITIGROUP CUTS TULLOW OIL PRICE TA Read More

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Tesco Reports Sales Decline Amid Price Cutting

4th Jun 2014 07:25

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened mostly lower, with small-caps slightly outperforming Wednesday ahead of the Queen's Speech and further European economic data. Starting the trading day on a negative note, Tesco PLC reported a sharp drop in sales in the Read More

GCP Student Living Cuts Borrowing Costs With New Financing Deal

30th May 2014 10:08

LONDON (Alliance News) - GCP Student Living PLC Friday said it has reduced its weighted average cost of debt to 3.0% after signing a new GBP40 million facility with Barclays Bank PLC set to mature in May 2019. The firm said at the end of March its total bank borrowings were GBP38.6 million, Read More

UK BROKER RATINGS: Citigroup, Numis Raise Mitchells & Butlers To Buy

30th May 2014 09:13

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning: ---------- FTSE 100 ---------- UBS RAISES SMITH & NEPHEW PRICE TARGET TO 1100 (1000) PENCE - 'BUY' ---------- UBS REMOVES RANDGOLD RESOURCES FRO Read More

Firestone Diamonds To Begin Work At Lesotho Mine After Finance Agreed

27th May 2014 09:30

LONDON (Alliance News) - Firestone Diamonds PLC Tuesday said it is set to begin building the main treatment plant at the Liqhobong Diamond Mine in Lesotho in the coming weeks after entering into the previously arranged financing package. In a statement, the AIM-quoted diamond company said i Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Posts Biggest Weekly Loss For Six Weeks

23rd May 2014 15:55

LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed lower Friday, ensuring that it posted its biggest weekly loss for six weeks, but individual stocks were again in focus as the broader index traded a tight range ahead of the long weekend. "The Federal Reserve, quantitative easing, and low rates a Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Barclays Fined For London Gold Fixing Failings

23rd May 2014 11:40

LONDON (Alliance News) - Barclays was Friday fined GBP26.0 million by UK regulators for failings surrounding the London Gold Fixing, while one of its former traders has been banned for trying to influence the price-setting process just one day after the bank was fined for its Read More

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