UK Earnings, Trading Statements Calendar - Week Ahead
1st Jul 2014 05:11
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK government Tuesday said pub tenants will get more rights to challenge rent increases, part of its effort to tackle claims that the tenant publicans are struggling to make a decent living due to high charges imposed by the pub owners. The new rules cover so-ca Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - British brewer and restaurant owner Greene King PLC Friday confirmed that it had been among the bidders to buy pub group Orchid Group, but has chosen to withdraw from the sale process as the transaction did not meet its "strict acquisition criteria". Chief Executive Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Lloyds Banking Group</strong> kicked off the first-quarter bank earnings season Thursday, reporting that its pretax profit dropped by a third to GBP1.37 billion after last year was buoyed by gains on the sale of government securities.<br /><br />However, its un Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - British brewer and restaurant owner Greene King PLC Thursday said it has agreed the sale of 275 of its UK-based non-core tenanted and leased pubs to Hawthorn Leisure Ltd in a deal worth GBP75.6 million. The company said the pubs generated earnings before interest, t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Thursday amid holidays across Asia and Europe. The US Federal Reserve late Wednesday continued to taper its bond-buying programme, showing confidence in the US economic recovery despite a weak GDP reading earlier in the day.<br /><br /><str Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>GlaxoSmithKline</strong> PLC Wednesday reported a drop in revenue and net profit for the first quarter due to asset sales and a decline in sales of pharmaceuticals in the US, but the company also raised its dividend and reiterated its full-year profit guidance Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - British brewer and restaurant owner Greene King PLC Wednesday said it expects to meet market expectations for the full year, supported by good like-for-like sales growth in both its retail and brewing businesses. Greene King currently operates around 2,200 pubs, res Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened flat to higher Wednesday ahead of big day of economic data in Europe and the US, as well as the results of the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting.<br /><br />Clothing and homeware retailer <strong>Next</strong> PLC raised its profit and sales g Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 closed higher for the second day in a row Tuesday, ending the day at its highest closing level since March 6, buoyed in part by a strong performance by oil major BP and drugs company Shire.<br /><br />Meanwhile, it was a volatile day for the pound. Sterlin Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />CREDIT SUISSE CUTS DIAGEO TO 'NEUTRAL' ('OUTPERFORM) - PRICE TARGET 1950 (2200) PENCE <br />----------<br />BERENBERG RAISES SHI Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Retailers <strong>Marks & Spencer</strong> and <strong>WH Smith</strong> Thursday reported better performances than of late, but still saw their shares decline as analysts worried that they still have a lot to do to fix their long-standing issues.<br /><br />Marks Read More
(An item published at 1134 BST misstated the units in the UK house price item. The correct version follows.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Centrica PLC-owned<strong> B Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS ------- Resolution, up 1%. The firm said its insurance and pensions provider Friends Life is scrapping active member Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Thursday.<br />----------<br /><strong>COMPANIES</strong><br />----------<br />Centrica PLC-owned<strong> British Gas</strong> has been forced to make GBP5.6 million in payments following errors in its switching and renewa Read More