(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London closed in the red on Wednesday, as markets wait for the US rate decision and after the Iran war's latest developments sent the price of oil rocketing upwards amid fears of a "supply crisis". Read More
(Alliance News) - Genel Energy PLC on Wednesday reported a narrowed annual loss in 2025, and hailed positive restructuring moves and an improved net cash position. Read More
(Alliance News) - Tufton Assets Ltd on Wednesday announced a higher net asset value per share as it noted that the ongoing war between the US-Israel and Iran was "very influential". Read More
(Alliance News) - British military experts are working with the US on options to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Read More
evoke PLC - Gibraltar-registered betting shop operator behind William Hill and 888casino - Expects to publish 2025 revenue and adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in line with a trading update it provided in late January. Back then, it guided for revenue of GBP1.79 billion, up 1.8% from GBP1.75 billion in 2024, and adjusted Ebitda of between GBP355 million and GBP360 million, up from GBP312.5 million in 2024. Further, evoke says it started the first quarter of 2026 positively with current trading in line with its own expectations. The company will release 2025 results on April 29. Read More
(Alliance News) - Ryanair Holdings PLC on Wednesday announced the inauguration of a new EUR25 million maintenance centre at Madrid-Barajas Airport. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shepherd Neame Ltd on Wednesday announced its pubs traded well across the country, fuelling growing profits in its half-year results, despite a slight revenue decline caused by the Brewing and Brands division. Read More
(Alliance News) - TruFin PLC on Wednesday said initial revenue in 2026 has tracked its expectations, as it printed revenue and earnings gains in 2025. Read More
(Alliance News) - Clarkson PLC on Wednesday said it has acquired North American physical crude and derivatives oil brokerage business and data provider Link Group in an all-cash deal. Read More
(Alliance News) - Manchester & London Investment Trust PLC on Wednesday said its net asset value per share total return was negative mostly due to Microsoft Corp, as it hailed the emergence of autonomous artificial intelligence agents as a "watershed moment" in its outlook. Read More
(Alliance News) - itim Group PLC on Wednesday said it expects to report a pretax loss for 2025, citing an impact by a bad debt of a retail customer going into administration in early 2026. Read More
(Alliance News) - BioPharma Credit PLC on Wednesday announced a new USD50 million investment in Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc to fund the completion of the company's combination with Radius Health Inc. Read More
Oxford BioMedica PLC - Oxford, England-based gene and cell therapy developer - Enters a five-year licensing and option agreement with Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility, an Australian contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) and "the country's first commercial manufacturing facility of its kind", having signed a non-binding terms sheet in October. VVMF will have a non-exclusive global licence to use Oxford BioMedica's inAAVate platform "know-how and intellectual property", and an option to extend the licence to the LentiVector platform. OXB says it will receive a low single-digit million licence fee and is eligible for future platform use payments. Expects the contract to enable VVMF "to accelerate its operational and commercial readiness to provide advanced viral vector technologies to customers, capturing global demand with a particular focus on the fast-growing APAC region, and positioning Australia as a regional hub for high‑quality cell and gene therapy manufacturing." Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Wednesday, as investors were calmed by reports of progress in restarting oil exports from the Middle East, and turned their attention to the upcoming US rate decision. Read More
(Alliance News) - FDM Group Holdings PLC on Wednesday announced that it is seeing increasing client appetite for artificial intelligence-enabled skills, as it noted that recent events in the Middle East added to economic uncertainty. Read More