(Alliance News) - J Sainsbury PLC has agreed to sell its ATM machines to operator NoteMachine, as the chain sharpens its focus on the retail business after offloading its main banking arm. Read More
Dunelm Group PLC - Leicester-based home furnishings retailer - Deputy Chair Will Adderley, together with Nadine Adderley, sells 10 million shares in a placing run by Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs International and UBS AG. The shares are sold at 1,140 pence each, raising GBP114.0 million. Following the sale of the 4.9% stake, the Adderley family continue to hold 37.6% of Dunelm. Will Adderley previously was chief executive, taking over in 1996 from his father, Bill Adderley, who founded Dunelm in 1979 and remains life president. "Sir Will Adderley remains fully committed to Dunelm in his role as deputy chairman as well as remaining a very substantial shareholder in the company," Dunelm says on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - WH Smith PLC on Monday announced the start of its new share buyback programme. Read More
(Alliance News) - Associated British Foods PLC on Wednesday confirmed the extension of its share buyback programme, to be run by Barclays Capital Securities Ltd. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Friday, as a weaker US jobs report hit equity market sentiment, and left the size of the Federal Reserve's expected interest rate cut later this month finely balanced. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK house prices rose in August at the fastest annual rate in nearly two years, data published by Halifax showed Friday. Read More
Barclays PLC - London-based bank - Alistair Currie, group chief operating officer & chief executive of Barclays Executive Services, sells 268,526 shares at GBP2.72, worth GBP610,091, on Monday. The shares are sold via Solium Capital UK Ltd as administrator of the Barclays nominee service. Read More
Gateley Holdings PLC - Birmingham, England-based provider of legal and other professional services - Appoints Edward Knapp as independent non-executive director and chair designate. Knapp joins the board immediately and will take over the chair from Nigel Payne on November 1. Payne has been chair of Gateley since its London listing in 2015. Knapp is a non-executive director of F&C Investment Trust PLC. As an executive, he worked at a number of UK financial services firms, including investment manager M&G PLC, fintech firm Revolut Group Holdings Ltd, and lenders HSBC Holdings PLC and Barclays PLC. Read More
(Alliance News) - Temple Bar Investment Trust PLC on Wednesday said the UK offered a rare attraction of political stability, noting a boost from NatWest Group PLC, Barclays PLC, and ITV PLC among others. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher, as investors await minutes from the imminent meeting of the US Fed's Federal Open Market Committee. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK's biggest banks could stay open and would not need to be bailed out by the government should they collapse, the Bank of England has found in an assessment of their crisis planning. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London extended falls in afternoon trading on Friday to close down sharply as weak US jobs figures increased worries as to the health of the world's largest economy. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Barclays PLC on Thursday raised its outlook and announced a new share buyback, as it reported second-quarter top line growth. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open higher on Thursday, after the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said a September US rate cut is a possibility. Read More
Ocado Group PLC - Hatfield, England-based online grocer and technology licensor - Plans to raise GBP600 million from two bond offers. Prices GBP250 million in guaranteed senior unsecured convertible bonds due 2029 and also will offer GBP350 million in senior unsecured notes due 2029. The convertible bonds will be issued at par value and carry a coupon of 6.25% per year. They will be convertible into shares at an initial conversion price of GBP6.11 each. The money from the convertible and high-yield bond offers will be used to tender for outstanding bonds and notes due in 2025 and 2026. Read More
(Alliance News) - A major probe into whether people overpaid on their car loans has been extended, as the UK's financial watchdog said it could decide to set up a scheme to compensate consumers. Read More
(Alliance News) - Equities in London traded higher heading into Monday afternoon, while the pound struggled, amid the growing conviction that the Bank of England will cut rates this week. Read More