UK MIDDAY BRIEFING: Balfour Beatty, Carillion Talks End In Dispute
31st Jul 2014 13:36
LONDON (Alliance News) - Struggling engineering firm Redhall Group PLC Thursday said its losses widened in the first half, a week after Chief Executive Richard Shuttlework resigned as the company lowered its expectations for its current financial year for a second time in two months amid delays i Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK stocks closed firmly higher Friday, with the FTSE 100 posting its biggest daily rise since April 29, boosted by a strong session on Wall Street on Thursday and after the US non-farm payroll report came in broadly as expected. London's major equity indices opened Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Wm Morrison Supermarkets</strong> is one of the big fallers on the FTSE 100 Friday after it was hit by investor disquiet over its turnaround plan at its annual general meeting, with significant protest votes against the re-election of Chief Executive Dalton Phi Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - LOSERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>Smith & Nephew</strong>, down 1.1%. Volatile trading in the medical technology compa Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - UK shares have opened higher Friday following a strong lead from Wall Street and ahead of US jobs figures later in the day.<br /><br />Four brokers have slashed their price targets for AIM darling <strong>ASOS</strong>, following its fall from grace on Thursday, but re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Redhall Group PLC Chief Executive Richard Shuttleworth resigned Friday, after the company lowered its expectations for its current financial year for a second time in two months, hit by further delays in the timing of major contracts and as it took a more cautious line on Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>InterContinental Hotels</strong> Group saw its share price jump Friday after the company declared a USD750 million special dividend and reported strong results for its first quarter. <br /><br />IHG's dividend comes after the firm completed two asset disposals Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday.<br />-------<br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br />-------<br /><strong>InterContinental Hotels</strong> Group, up 8%. The company has reported that revenue pe Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Redhall Group PLC Friday said it is trading in line with expectations but said further delays are being experienced converting major opportunities into contract awards. It said it now expects these delays to result in a deterioration in its performance to a level be Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Redhall Group PLC Chairman David Jackson Wednesday said trading in the first half of the company's financial year will be marginally ahead of last year, but its profitability will be weighted towards the second half after delays in some of its key projects. In a sta Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened higher Wednesday, as the UK government completed its second sales of shares in <strong>Lloyds Bank</strong>. <br /><br />The UK government said it has raised GBP4.2 billion from the sale, meaning it has now recouped GBP7.41 billion of the roughly GBP Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Online fashion retailer <strong>Boohoo.com</strong>, the latest UK retailer to firm up its initial public offering, has said it plans to raise GBP300 million in the AIM listing, giving it a higher-then-expected initial market capitalisation of GBP560 million.<br /><br Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Friday. ------- FTSE 100 - WINNERS Aviva, up 4.2%. After closing as the blue-chip index's biggest riser on Thursday, Aviva is again the stand out performer Frid Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Fashion retailer boohoo.com Friday said it will raise GBP300 million in its initial public offering and have an initial market capitalisation of GBP560 million when it floats next week.<br /><br />Dundee-based Alliance Trust has warned that the looming Scottish indepen Read More