(Alliance News) - Pulsar Helium Inc on Friday said a well at its flagship Topaz project has encountered an additional pressurised gas influx, as it prepares for a coordinated testing programme across three wells. Read More
(Alliance News) - The estimated number of UK home sales in November last year was 8% higher than the same month in 2024, according to HM Revenue & Customs figures. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-caps on Friday. Read More
Next PLC - Leicester, England-based clothing and homeware retailer - Picks a new non-board sales & marketing director, while also naming a new senior independent director for the board. Matt Barnes, currently the online customer services director, is promoted to group sales & marketing director, replacing Jane Shields, who will retire as sales, marketing & HR director and leave the Next board on May 21, when Next holds its annual general meeting. Barnes joined Next in 1999. He won't join the board "at this stage", Next says. Shields started with Next as a sales assistant in 1985 before becoming sales director in 1999 and sales & marketing director in 2010. Read More
(Alliance News) - Herald Investment Trust PLC shares rose on Friday after it announced plans to offer all stockholders the option to sell their entire stakes. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
Unite Group PLC - Bristol, England-based owner and manager of student accommodation - Launches a GBP100 million share buyback programme on Friday, as it confirms its 2025 guidance. The first half of the buyback will be run by Deutsche Bank AG and the second half by JP Morgan Securities PLC. It will be completed by June 30. Unite Group says further capital allocation will be kept under review as it progresses with its property disposal programme worth between GBP300 million and GBP400 million. Read More
Clarkson PLC - London-based provider of shipping services - Expects underlying pretax profit for 2025 "to be not less than" GBP90 million. Says this reflects "stronger results in the second half of the year". Previously, in March last year, Clarkson said that underlying pretax profit for 2024 increased 5.6% to a record high of GBP115.3 million, surpassing the GBP100 million mark for the third year in a row. The company will report its 2025 results on March 9. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in London opened higher on Friday, as the FTSE 100 was buoyed by news of merger talks between Glencore and Rio Tinto. Read More
Halma PLC - Amersham, England-based safety products manufacturer - Acquires Milan, Italy-headquartered Safetec Srl, which produces "customised fire and gas safety solutions for large-scale, complex and high-risk industrial projects". Says Safetec's markets include highly regulated sectors such as power generation, oil and gas, and pharmaceuticals, and that its major geographic markets are Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Expects Safetec to report around EUR30 million in revenue for 2025. Cash consideration totals EUR72.5 million, which Halma will fund using its existing facilities. Safetec will retain its current management and continue to operate as a standalone business within Halma's Safety Sector. Read More
(Alliance News) - J Sainsbury PLC on Friday reported mixed third-quarter sales, with food outperforming expectations, while the performance of clothing and general merchandise and of non-food division Argos fell short of consensus forecasts. Read More
International Consolidated Airlines Group SA - London and Madrid-based owner of British Airways, Iberia and other carriers, trading as International Airlines Group - Chief Financial & Sustainability Officer Nicholas Cadbury has decided to step down and will leave IAG with effect from June this year, having been CFO since 2022. Company has appointed Jose Antonio Barrionuevo as CFO, also effective from June. Says Cadbury will stay on over the next six months to provide support during the leadership transition. Barrionuevo has been British Airways' chief financial & transformation officer since mid-2023, and first joined International Consolidated Airlines in 2013 as director of strategy & transformation at Iberia before serving as that carrier's CFO for seven years. Read More
(Alliance News) - J Sainsbury reports a strong Christmas period as food sales rise, while Herald Investment Trust launches a tender offer conditional on Saba selling all of its shares. Read More