(Alliance News) - A cut to national insurance, stamp duty relief as well as a freeze on fuel and alcohol duties were among the marquee tax measures that UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in his budget on Wednesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, who has faced pressure from fellow Tory politicians to ease a record-high tax burden, announced tax cuts on Wednesday, as expected, as he seeks to woo voters ahead of this year's general election. Read More
(Alliance News) - eEnergy Group PLC on Friday announced an "exciting" funding deal with NatWest Group PLC, and expects to report GBP46 million in revenue for its latest year and a half. Read More
BHP Group Ltd - Melbourne, Australia-based miner - Appoints Ross McEwan as a non-executive director, starting April 3. McEwan is the chief executive officer of National Bank of Australia Ltd. He will retire as the CEO of NAB, effective from July 1. McEwan also joins Farnborough, Hampshire-based defence technology firm QinetiQ Group PLC as non-executive director from Friday. He served as CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, now named NatWest Group PLC, from 2013 to 2019. Read More
(Correcting sum of Lloyds Banking Group PLC's final dividend.) Read More
(Alliance News) - Lloyds Banking Group PLC on Thursday reported an annual profit surge and announced a new share buyback, though it said it has booked a provision in connection to a UK watchdog probe on historic motor finance arrangements. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed lower on Tuesday, whilst the pound bounced back, after the Bank of England's Andrew Bailey talked interest rate cuts. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were mixed at midday Tuesday, after a busy morning of corporate updates and earnings. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and Monday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened in the red on Tuesday, as European markets failed to find upward momentum amid muted trading in Asia, and Monday's public holiday in the US. Read More
(Alliance News) - European markets lacked direction on Monday, after a quiet day as the US markets celebrated George Washington's birthday. Read More
NatWest Group PLC - Edinburgh-based bank - Starts share buyback programme of up to GBP300 million with a nominal value of around GBP1.08 per share. The programme will run until maximum July 18. The maximum amount of shares NatWest will buy back is around 696.7 million. NatWest had previously announced the share buyback programme last week Friday when it released its 2023 results. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Monday morning and Friday: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed higher on Friday, finishing the week on a positive note, as investors digest the latest set of US inflation data. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were up strongly at midday on Friday, buoyed by UK retail sales data that came in far better than expected and soothed worries about the economy after numbers on Thursday showed it entered recession last year. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday morning, after a sentiment-boosting UK retail sales reading which calmed some nerves about the economy. Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Friday said it intended to start a much softer share buyback programme as it reported profit growth for 2023 and a mild outlook for 2024. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London are called to open higher on Friday, after a morale-boosting UK retail sales reading, while NatWest kicked off London's banking earnings season with a profit beat. Read More
(Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 set to open higher on Friday, as a data-heavy week in the UK culminates with a retail sales reading for January, while NatWest becomes the first of the major London-listed banks to report annual earnings. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 underwhelmed on Monday, with some of its largest constituents pulling it lower, while indices in Europe were on the up on favourable comments on interest rate cuts by a European Central Bank official. Read More