LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's main stock indices are higher Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 having reached its highest level in fourteen years, as markets continue to leave geopolitical concerns on the back-burner and focus instead on the potential for further central bank stimulus from both China Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK housebuilders Friday hit back at the Labour Party's criticism that they hoard land, publishing research which they say shows developers are not building on only a small percentage of land which could be under construction. According to their trade body, The Home Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The FTSE 100 lost ground Tuesday, snapping a five day winning streak as investors returned from a long weekend, over which the conflict in Ukraine continued to escalate, to some disappointing corporate news from the likes of <strong>Barclays</strong> and <strong>Balfou Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Persimmon leads the UK housebuilders higher Tuesday, up 3.5% after Barclays published a positive report on the sector that was particularly flattering for the York-based company. Of all the housebuilders, Persimmon has arguably been the largest beneficiary of the He Read More
(Correcting AstraZeneca made its statement on Tuesday.) LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Persimmon</strong>, up 3 Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Tuesday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Persimmon</strong>, up 3.6%, and <strong>Barratt Developments</strong>, up 1.8%. The h Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />TRADERS: NUMIS RAISES MELROSE INDUSTRIES TO 'HOLD' ('REDUCE') <br />----------<br />TRADERS: SOCGEN RAISES RBS PRICE TARGET TO Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Gresham House PLC Thursday said it has exchanged contracts with Persimmon Homes Ltd, a division of UK housebuilder Persimmon PLC, for the sale of 20 acres of its 28 acre site at Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside in a deal worth GBP7.4 million in cash, plus overage, conditiona Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The UK's biggest retailer, <strong>Tesco</strong>, Wednesday reported a second consecutive decline in its annual trading profit as it was hit by lower sales in both the UK and Europe, and said it would respond to the growing encroachment by the discount retailers by in Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>Sports Direct International</strong>, up 6.2%. Shares of the sports retailer Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following is a summary of top news stories Wednesday.<br />----------<br />COMPANIES<br />----------<br />British supermarket chain<strong> Tesco</strong> reported another drop in annual group trading profit for its last financial year, as it saw falling sales in t Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Wednesday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br />FTSE 100 - WINNERS<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>Sports Direct International</strong>, up 6.2%. Shares of the sports retailer Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - RSA Insurance Group said Wednesday the Chief Executive of the business which houses its troubled Irish operations has resigned in order to become Executive Chairman, underwriting and distribution, at business partner A J.Gallagher. The company said UK & Western Euro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilder Persimmon PLC Wednesday said it has been greatly boosted by the UK government's flagship mortgage financing scheme, after selling around 5,000 new homes through Help to Buy, as visitor levels rise and cancellation rates fall. Chief Executive Jeff Fairbu Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks are set to open firmly higher Wednesday, paring some of the heavy losses posted on Tuesday, as investors take their cues from a strong close on Wall Street on Tuesday and a strong performance by Asian stocks overnight.<br /><br />Europe's major equity indices Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed firmly lower Tuesday, with the FTSE 100 more than reversing the modest gains it posted on Monday, as mounting tensions and military action in Ukraine again weighed on equity markets.<br /><br />London's major equity indices had spent much of the day tr Read More