(Alliance News) - Rightmove PLC on Friday delivered mixed news for investors, lowering full-year revenue guidance but announcing a new share buyback. Read More
Robert Walters PLC - London-based recruitment firm - Pretax loss narrows to GBP6.8 million in the six months that ended June 30 from GBP10.2 million a year before, despite net fee income edging down 3.9% to GBP134.6 million from GBP140.0 million. The revenue decline is 3% at constant currency, and Robert Walters notes that represents "a clear sequential improvement from the 2025 trend", when net fees fell 14%. Read More
(Alliance News) - Alliance Witan PLC on Friday reported a positive first-half total return, and increased its dividend in line with guidance. Read More
Aberdeen Group PLC - Edinburgh-based wealth and asset manager - Non-Executive Director Rick Lacaille buys 50,000 shares at 242.36 pence, worth GBP121,180, on Thursday. Read More
Lloyds Banking Group PLC - Edinburgh-based lender - Starts on Friday the GBP1 billion share buyback it announced with its annual results on Thursday. Lloyds picks Goldman Sachs International to act as broker for the buyback. The buyback will be completed by January 27 next year, and the repurchased shares will be cancelled. The new GBP1 billion buyback is additional to the GBP1.75 billion buyback announced with the bank's 2025 results in January. That programme was set to be completed by the end of this calendar year. Read More
(Alliance News) - European equities moved higher on Friday, ending the week strongly, as a tech rally in the US and Asia overnight improved risk sentiment. Read More
(Alliance News) - Intertek Group PLC on Friday reported higher half-year pretax profit and revenue, but declared no interim dividend due to its impending takeover by private equity. Read More
(Alliance News) - Mayors in the UK are being given a fast-track route to building new tramways, roads and light rail, the Transport secretary has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - IMI PLC on Friday reported double-digit-percentage profit growth for the first six months of this year, and raised its interim dividend by 10%. Read More
(Alliance News) - Melrose Industries PLC on Friday reported a sharp fall in statutory first-half profit after being hit by foreign exchange losses and costs related to an incident at its Garden Grove facility. Read More
(Alliance News) - Pearson PLC on Friday reiterated its 2026 and medium-term guidance, expecting to be "uniquely" placed to meet growing customer demand, as interim revenue rose. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - NatWest Group PLC on Friday raised its guidance for 2026 and said it will consider a new share buyback at its annual results, six months earlier than planned, after profit and income beat expectations in the second quarter. Read More
(Alliance News) - Shell PLC on Friday said it was selling its subsidiary, BG Cyprus Ltd, to Budapest-based peer MOL Group for USD720 million. Read More