(Alliance News) - Andy Burnham told ministers he will lead a "cost-of-living government" after announcing an GBP850 million tax cut on electricity bills. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings and trading updates by London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
Corrects Mony's adjusted Ebitda for the first half of 2025 to GBP75.1 million. Read More
(Alliance News) - The International Energy Agency on Tuesday warned against "complacency" over global oil security, saying the escalating conflict in the Middle East continues to pose risks to energy markets despite emergency stock releases and alternative supply routes helping cushion disruptions. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of earnings for London-listed companies, issued on Tuesday and not separately reported by Alliance News: Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London were higher at midday on Tuesday, following the release of UK jobs and borrowing data, and with defence stocks leading the FTSE 100 as investors believe the sector is "close to [new UK Chancellor John Healey's] heart". Read More
(Alliance News) - Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC on Tuesday said it was boosted by the FIFA World Cup as it announced a rise in sales. Read More
(Alliance News) - Galliford Try Holdings PLC on Tuesday said it has been appointed to the GBP9.5 billion Crescent Purchasing Consortium construction and capital works framework. Read More
(Alliance News) - Metro Bank Holdings PLC is considering making an offer for rival challenger bank Aldermore in a deal that could value the lender at around GBP2 billion, Sky News reported on Tuesday. Read More
(Alliance News) - Wickes Group PLC on Tuesday said sales growth accelerated in the second quarter of 2026, with a return to growth in its Retail business offsetting a slowdown in Design & Installation. Read More
Quilter PLC - London-based wealth manager - Appoints Kal Atwal and Kan Kotecha as non-executive directors, with effect from September 1. Atwal is a non-executive director of FTSE 100-listed hospitality firm Whitbread PLC and of Kent-based mortgage lender OSB Group PLC. Kotecha is a chief technology officer at Capital Integration Systems. He has served on the board of Avantax Inc, a US-listed financial services company. Quilter also says Moira Kilcoyne will step down as a non-executive director on December 31 after a decade in post. After these board changes, including the departure of Kilcoyne, Quilter will have eight non-executive directors. Read More
Wise Group PLC - London-based money transfer services - Starts on Tuesday the share buyback programme it announced with its annual results in June. Wise commissions Goldman Sachs International to buy back up to GBP405 million, about USD540 million, in shares by the end of March next year, which is Wise's financial year-end. In announcing the buyback last month, Wise only said it would be worth more than USD500 million. About 40% of the shares repurchased will be used for employee share awards and the remainder held in treasury. Wise pays no cash dividend. Read More