(Alliance News) - JTC PLC on Tuesday said it was well placed to benefit from multi-tear tailwinds amid a high level of recurring income and new business wins, as it posted an interim profit decline. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK Competition & Markets Authority on Tuesday invited comments on Unite Group PLC's proposed acquisition of Empiric Student Property PLC, as it began its information-gathering process. Read More
(Alliance News) - US financial firms have announced investments in the UK worth GBP1.25 billion before Donald Trump's state visit next week. Read More
(Alliance News) - Anglo American PLC said on Tuesday it has concluded a copper tie-up with the Chilean state-owned mining company Codelco. Read More
(Alliance News) - Manufacturing firms in the UK have seen an increase in activity in the third quarter of the year, with signs that pent-up investment demand has been released, according to a report. Read More
(Alliance News) - European equities made an underwhelming start on Tuesday, while the dollar continued to drift lower on the eve of the next Federal Reserve meeting. Read More
(Alliance News) - Unilever PLC on Tuesday said it has appointed Srinivas Phatak as its new chief financial officer, effective immediately. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK grocery sales picked up but price inflation eased, according to data from Worldpanel on Tuesday, while Tesco PLC achieved its strongest period of sales growth for almost two years. Read More
(Alliance News) - Unilever made its acting finance chief permanent, Anglo American finalised a copper deal with Codelco and Kier Group says it is trading ahead of expectations. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK unemployment rate was unmoved in July, as expected, numbers on Tuesday showed. Read More
(Alliance News) - US President Donald Trump will touch down in the UK on Tuesday ready to embark on his controversial second state visit. Read More
(Alliance News) - UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing the prospect of further questions about his leadership after sacking Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington over his links to the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Read More
Spirent Communications PLC - Crawley, England-based test and assurance solutions provider - A Chinese regulatory decision for the acquisition of Spirent by Keysight Technologies Inc is "not yet received", Spirent says on Monday. As a result, a court hearing planned for Tuesday will now "be used to consider the application to the court in respect of the long stop date extension". Earlier in September, Keysight and Spirent had agreed to extend the long stop date to October 27 from September 29. In March 2024, Spirent agreed to a takeover proposal from California-based manufacturer of electronics test and measurement equipment and software Keysight to buy the FTSE 250 firm for 201.50 pence per share, which valued Spirent at GBP1.16 billion. Read More
Castelnau Group Ltd - Guernsey-based closed-ended investment company - Secures new GBP65 million 3-year loan facility with Shawbrook Bank Ltd, a UK provider of specialist financing products to businesses. The loan is a secured revolving credit facility secured by assets of the company at an "attractive" interest rate, Castelnau says. The loan will initially be drawn to repay the existing GBP60 million loan from Phoenix UK Fund Ltd and associated costs of the refinancing, and will result in "significant" interest cost savings, Castelnau adds. Read More
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