LONDON (Alliance News) - British outsourcing company Capita PLC Thursday said its 2013 pretax profits fell by 24% largely as a result of the disposal of its insurance distribution businesses, but said it has made a strong start to 2014 with contract wins totalling GBP588 million. In a state Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> is leading the FTSE 100 lower Monday after the struggling insurer confirmed it is considering a number of measures to bolster its balance sheet, while <strong>HSBC Holdings</strong> is also down after its results missed market forecasts.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Monday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br /><strong>Vodafone Group</strong>, up 6%. Vodafone's shares have jumped after the 6-for-11 consolidation of i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Clean Air Power Ltd Monday said it has received an order for 50 Genesis-EDGE, Dual-Fuel trucks from Sainsbury's. The firm did not disclose the financial details of the deal. But it comes just weeks after Clean Air received an order for 19 trucks from an unnamed dist Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Centrica, up 3%. The major energy supplier's shares have jumped despite it reporting that pretax profit fell 32% to GBP1.65 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's inflation rate has fallen below the Bank of England's 2% target for the first time in more than four years Tuesday, a decrease that will support governor Mark Carney's recent prediction that the bank's interest rate won't rise for some time to come.<br /><br / Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS BHP Billiton, up 1.2%. The Anglo-Australian mining giant has reported an 83% increase in profit for the first half of fiscal Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Clean Air Power Ltd Tuesday said it has received an order for 19 Genesis-EDGE Dual Fuel trucks from an unnamed distribution company in the UK in a deal worth GBP500,000. The developer and global leader in Dual-Fuel engine management systems for heavy duty vehicles s Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK property companies are flavour of the day Monday, with commercial property trusts performing well on the back of strong results from <strong>Hammerson</strong> and housebuilders doing well after Rightmove reported a further surge in house prices.<br /><br />Hammerso Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Outsourcing company Capita PLC Monday said it has won a GBP325 million contract to deliver a single shared network for all public sector organisations within Scotland. The nine-year Scottish Wide Area Network deal will see more than 4,600 sites be connected to a net Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JPMORGAN RAISES LLOYDS TO 'OVERWEIGHT' ('NEUTRAL') - TARGET 95 (84) PENCE <br />----------<br />SOCGEN RAISES LLOYDS PRICE TARGE Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Clean Air Power Ltd Monday said it has entered into a funded concept development agreement with a global truck manufacturer. The duel-fuel engine management software developer said the deal is to develop a duel-fuel engine for a South East Asian market. The co Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Wednesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />BERENBERG CUTS BSKYB PRICE TARGET TO 680 (750) PENCE - 'SELL' <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES WHITBREAD PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK inflation rate has fallen back to the Bank of England's 2.0% target for the first time since 2009 after easing unexpectedly in December, welcome news for both the central bank and the government.<br /><br />The Consumer Price Index hit 2% for the first time sinc Read More