LONDON (Alliance News) - Carphone Warehouse and Virgin Group are in exclusive talks to sell their Virgin Mobile France joint venture to Numericable Group for EUR325 million, just a day after Carphone announced its GBP3.6 billion merger with Dixons Retail. The joint Read More

EnQuest Reiterates Production Guidance As Average Production Rises

16th May 2014 08:18

LONDON (Alliance News) - EnQuest PLC Friday reiterated its production guidance for 2014, as it saw average production of barrels of oil equivalent per day rise in the 4 months to end-April. The oil and gas development company expects to see an average production between 25,000 to 30,000 bar Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: EnQuest Executives Exercise Options

8th May 2014 11:58

LONDON (Alliance News) - EnQuest PLC Thursday said Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Swinney and Neil McCulloch, a divisional president, exercised options over 8,823 shares and 29,411 shares, respectively, at an exercise price of 102 pence per share under a sharesave scheme Wednesday. Shares Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: EnQuest Divisional Head Awarded Shares

1st May 2014 15:48

LONDON (Alliance News) - EnQuest PLC Thursday said Faysal Hamza, a divisional executive, was allotted 39,360 shares as a result of a bonus share plan vesting Tuesday. Following this transaction, Hamza now holds 236,131 shares, representing 0.03% of the share capital. Shares closed up Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: Enquest Manager Acquires Shares

24th Apr 2014 11:45

LONDON (Alliance News) - Enquest PLC said Thursday that Faysal Hamza, a divisional manager, acquired 13,436 shares due to the shares vesting as part of the company's share plan on Tuesday. Following this transaction, Hamza holds 196,771 shares representing 0.03% of the share capital of t Read More

DIRECTOR DEALINGS: EnQuest Chairman Awarded Shares

3rd Apr 2014 11:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - EnQuest PLC Thursday said Chairman Jim Buckee was awarded 708,440 shares as a result of a share plan vesting Tuesday. Following this transaction, Buckee holds 1.9 million shares, which represents 0.24% stake in the firm. Shares in the oil and gas company were Read More

MARKET COMMENT: FTSE 100 Pares Early Gains To Close Flat

26th Mar 2014 17:19

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the FTSE 100 ending the day almost perfectly flat, as investors were starved of any fresh UK macroeconomic data. London's major stock indices all opened the session firmly higher as traders were by buoyed by a positive Read More

UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Government Completes 2nd Lloyds Bank Stake Sale

26th Mar 2014 13:40

LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK government has raised a further GBP4.20 billion from its second sale of Lloyds Banking Group PLC shares, meaning it has now recouped GBP7.41 billion of the roughly GBP21 million that taxpayers injected into the bank during the financial crisis.< Read More

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Standard Life Leads FTSE 100 Risers

26th Mar 2014 11:30

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Standard Life, up 5.2%. The company has agreed to buy Ignis Asset Mana Read More

TOP NEWS: UK Government Raises GBP4.2 Billion From Lloyds Sale

26th Mar 2014 11:17

LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday. ---------- COMPANIES ---------- The UK government said it has raised GBP4.2 billion in its sale of a second tranche of Lloyds Banking Group Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Life Insurers Lead UK Stocks Higher

26th Mar 2014 10:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK and European stocks are pushing higher Wednesday, with life insurers leading the UK gains in the absence of any significant data hurdles and amid improved investor sentiment after Tuesday's bumper reading of US investor sentiment. There continues to be background Read More

EnQuest 2013 Profit Falls On Costs And Expenses

26th Mar 2014 09:00

LONDON (Alliance News) - EnQuest PLC Wednesday said its pretax profit fell in its full year 2013 despite an increase in revenues, as costs and expenses hit the company. The oil and gas development and production company, with operations in the UK Continental Shelf said its pretax profit fel Read More

MARKET COMMENT: Stocks To Open Higher, Lloyds Placing Is Priced

26th Mar 2014 07:41

LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to continue higher Wednesday after gaining on Tuesday on the back of some strong earnings, reasonable economic data, and the absence of any further escalation of problems in Ukraine. US consumer confidence reached a six-year high on Tuesday. Inves Read More

UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead

26th Mar 2014 06:26

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