(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is set to open a touch lower at the start of the week, with poorly-received data out of China hurting the mood ahead of the week's major central bank decisions. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Tuesday morning and on Monday: Read More
(Alliance News) - UK grocery price inflation resumed its slowdown, while Ocado delivered its quickest rate of growth since May 2021, figures on Tuesday showed. Read More
J Sainsbury PLC - London-based supermarket chain - Agrees to buy 10 leasehold stores currently trading as Homebase to convert into Sainsbury's supermarkets. Homebase is a do-it-yourself store chain. The 10 stores being bought by Sainsbury from HHGL Ltd are scattered across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, including in Birmingham, Londonderry and Inverurie. They will add 235,000 square feet of new trading space. Sainsbury says the total cost of buying and fitting out the stores is expected to be GBP130 million. Its free cash flow targets remain unchanged, despite the investment, it said. Sainsbury continues to target at least GBP500 million in retail free cash flow in financial year 2025 and at least GBP1.6 billion over the three years to financial 2027. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed higher on Tuesday, shaking off some midday weakness thanks to a hopeful US producer price inflation print. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK grocery inflation accelerated for the first time since March last year, figures on Tuesday showed. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of London-listed company director and manager changes announced in August so far and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - UK supermarkets are not likely to be misleading shoppers over loyalty pricing – but questions remain over whether displayed savings are genuine, the competition watchdog has suggested. Read More
(Alliance News) - Centrica PLC on Thursday reported sharply lower half-year revenue and profit, amid a "more normalised external environment", meaning lower wholesale energy prices, but the British Gas-owner said its balance sheet allowed for a dividend increase. Read More
(Alliance News) - Falling inflation, football and fake tan dominated grocery shopping in the UK this month as rising consumer confidence and Euros excitement was damped by the relentlessly wet summer, figures show. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened lower on Tuesday, as hopes for lower interest rates in the coming months was offset by investor concern about a second US presidency for Donald Trump. Read More
(Alliance News) - Royal Mail's prospective new owner has vowed to maintain the service's requirement to deliver letters six days a week throughout the UK. Read More
(Alliance News) - Centrica PLC is in talks to find a successor to Chair Scott Wheway, Sky News reported Saturday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stocks in London closed lower on Tuesday as investors assessed hot eurozone inflation figures, and central bankers said the battle against pricing pressures was far from won. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were lower at midday, in underwhelming trade ahead of some US labour market data as the week progresses, and after numbers showed inflation in the eurozone cooled. Read More
(Alliance News) - J Sainsbury PLC on Tuesday backed its guidance as a "market-beating" grocery performance helped offset a drop in sales at Argos. Read More
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 was on the back foot in early dealings, with barely a handful of its heavyweights in the green, in nervy trade ahead of eurozone inflation and US labour market data. Read More
(Alliance News) - Equities in London are called to open lower on Tuesday, in a sign of some nerves ahead of readings of the US labour market which are released as the week progresses. Read More
(Alliance News) - Major high street retailers in the UK are facing pressure from shareholder activists to pay all workers the minimum earnings necessary to meet the cost of living. Read More