(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were deep in the red at midday on Friday, despite some positive data for the UK private sector, as banking stocks slumped. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Wetherspoon PLC on Friday said it swung to a half-year profit in line with improving revenue performance, while it expressed cautious optimism about further progress in the financial year and beyond. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Friday morning, as improved UK retail sales figures failed to lift market mood after two weeks of interest rate hikes by major central banks. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were set to open lower on Friday, after a string of interest rate hikes from a number of major central banks. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK will avert a recession this year, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday, as he set out a GBP94 billion package to help households weather the cost-of-living crisis as part of his spring budget. Read More
JD Wetherspoon PLC - Watford, Hertfordshire-based pub and hotel chain - Set to open new pub in the O2 centre in London on Tuesday next week. The Stargazer is named in honour of Edmund Halley, who was astronomer royal at nearby Greenwich Observatory. It will feature a 3,800 square foot beer garden and employ 85 staff. JD Wetherspoon says it invested GBP2.9 million in the new pub. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London were lower at the close on Wednesday amid a gloomy economic backdrop for the UK and mixed updates from UK-listed firms. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Wetherspoon PLC on Wednesday said it is "cautiously optimistic" for the current financial year, as the pub chain said recent sales have been only fractionally short of their pre-pandemic level. Read More
(Alliance News) - Caution prevailed in European equities on Wednesday, as investors looked past the midterm elections in the US to Thursday's US inflation reading. Read More
(Alliance News) - JD Wetherspoon PLC on Wednesday said like-for-like sales in the early stages of its current financial year are ahead of pre-virus levels, but in the "last" five weeks, sales were 1.1% lower than during the same period in 2019. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shares in London are set to open lower on Wednesday, with virus worries in China harming sentiment once again, while attention also is on US politics. Read More